A group of divers searching for sunken treasure witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but a killer great white is determined not to let any of them escape its waters....
After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorize her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind....
时间是1979年，美国俄亥俄州一个平凡小镇。少年乔·兰布（乔尔·科特尼 Joel Courtney 饰）痛失母亲，生死悲痛让他久久地沉默。数月后，他应好朋友查尔斯（雷利·格里芬斯 Riley Griffiths 饰）的邀请，决定约上几个朋友一起用超8摄像机（8 mm）拍摄一部恐怖电影。当然令他下定决心的，是那个令她心仪的美丽女孩爱丽丝（艾丽·范宁 Elle Fanning 饰）也参与其中。在某个夜晚，爱丽丝驾驶父亲的汽车载着伙伴们来到火车站拍戏，谁知却目睹了一场极其惨烈的火车事故。
这起事故还只是一系列不寻常事件的开始，小镇上的人们相继离奇失踪，各种奇怪的事件也接连发生。少年们的摄像机记录关于这一切的秘密……...
