诺维尔（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）从大学毕业后便来到纽约街头找工作，缺乏经验的他只能在一家金融公司里担任一名收发室小职员。不久后总裁自杀身亡，公司的实权落入了老奸巨猾的董事会成员马斯伯（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）手中，这本来没有诺维尔什么事，不料马斯伯为了达到他低价收购公司的目的，竟将看似愚蠢的诺维尔任命为他的傀儡总裁。而诺维尔此刻正在一门心思地研发他的新发明——呼啦圈，马斯伯想借此发明使公司的股票跌入冰点，不料呼啦圈推出后竟大肆流行，公司的股票直线上升。恼羞成怒的马斯伯开始在暗中大动手脚，将公司的局势搅得一落千丈，诺维尔也变成了众矢之的，甚至有可能被关进精神病院。绝望的他再次回到公司大楼的顶层，准备纵身一跃一了百了，然而就在此时，原已故去的前任总裁竟然出现了……
The story revolves around three hobos: Brindille, Casquette and La Flèche. Every Tuesday, Brindille and Casquette play the lottery. They lose, but, for a brief moment, they allow themselves to dream. This Tuesday, it’s La Flèche who buys a lottery ticket and Brindille doesn’t like it. But, as it turns out, they win! They’re 125,000 euros up! Their victory represents a way out f...
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
1，因驾驶失误，富商爱德华（Bruce Payne 饰）的妻子爱玛（Denice D. Lewis 饰）不幸死于车祸，极度伤心和内疚的爱德华通过《死亡之书》的帮助，使爱玛复活。然而事情的发展却出乎他的意料……
2，疯狂科学家迈登博士（David Warner 饰）躲在寒冷的实验室里，潜心进行他的长寿研究。百年的岁月流逝，他和女助手日久生情，然一场突如其来的火灾摧毁了一切……
3，夫妻警察在追捕罪犯时走失，莎拉（Signy Coleman 饰）为寻找丈夫保罗（Obba Babatundé 饰）走入一间布满残肢断体的恐怖房间，她的噩梦从此开始……
本片根据魔幻小说的创始人美国作家霍华德?菲利浦?勒夫卡夫特的作品《死亡之书》中的几则短篇故事改编，并荣获1994年意大利罗马奇幻电影节最佳特效奖、1994年葡萄牙奇幻电影节国际奇幻电影奖最佳特效奖。
Known as America's Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow leads an idyllic life...until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it's the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet's lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
