New York private detective Duncan "Mac" MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from "Gabriel" to "Vera." Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps.
Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly "Uncle Mac" who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an "emergency rehearsal", called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems.
Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to "go home and get Marty." Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new "Uncle Mac."
優：有恐怖到、觀眾互動、只花30塊
富强、民主、文明、和谐、自由、平等、公正、法治、爱国、敬业、诚信、友善！
原先不抱太高期望，只求能接近国外普通恐怖片的效果就行了，但实际质量其实并不比一些有名的国外恐怖片要差。
坠爱的东亚民俗主题，虽然有点晦气但不妨碍我喜欢。
【3】伪纪录片形式和过于“招摇”的配乐是矛盾的，况且多样的视点也难以自洽，对材料的编辑意志过强（结构太有存在感）。视觉各种取材（从艾斯特到伊藤润二），但对民俗志怪的结合还算到位，有文化代入感这点还是重要的，很难得看到一部属于我们的恐怖电影，情节走向是真的“邪恶”的，能让部分人觉得晦气可见一斑。所以给个及格吧。
这么多年终于等到比《中邪》更棒的华语恐怖片了！！！！剧本写作非常完美！！！年度电影！！
原先以为只是一个小孩儿发神经，类似于《孤儿怨》这种。但欲往下看便愈发觉得本片挺有导演的个人意识。
确实晦气 但又挺好看的 但故事又讲得不清不楚。。。就是牙齿头发什么的，女主的孩子为什么被选中还有诅咒为什么是这种表现形式也没说，就单纯地诡异和恶心。。
有点慢有点碎片化，不过要饭还嫌馊啊？有的看就不错了
逃不开伪纪录片的pov视角+刻意作死忽略逻辑的举动，尤其是摄影机/监视器这样的媒介被滥用后，叙事视角难免显得奇怪，还不如老老实实拍一部“传统”恐怖片更好，严重审美疲劳。东方式巫术/民俗奇观的引入，本该是亮点，但依然没有超出预期，我还是怀念《双瞳》。
不知道你们有没有发现，湾湾的片子之前大陆没资源的时候，人家好评如潮，一旦大陆上了资源，口碑猛跌，是因为大陆人欣赏水平高？还是只是单纯的难伺候？
空手指、莲蓬乳，转发诅咒，可以说是互联网上古时代宇宙了。
恐怖片不恐怖那就太搞笑了。符合且高于预期，没有讨论价值和争论空间的作品只能说太过平庸。况且，能让一群张扬个性特立独行的小唯物们喊出社会主义24字大明咒，这第四堵墙打得好，而且打得很有必要
看到一半就觉得这实在太克了，不可名状的上古邪神；接近真神后陷入癫狂自毁的状态；而最后的镜头简直克总发糖。很惊喜，虽然小说领域不乏优秀作品，但作为电影把亚州民俗文化和克系恐怖结合起来这应该是第一次……吧？
想起以前曾有许多巴拉巴拉必须转发多少次巴拉巴拉不转发就怎样怎样的智障信息，这个“咒”亦或有影射于此的意思。不信谣不传谣跟大佬走，马选毛选挂中堂，镇宅辟邪当属顶流。
一群人身上画咒的片段明明最邪，可偏偏不扩展，民俗大方向能爆发的内容真的很多，然而导演转头铺垫下一个jump scard，是准备把高潮全都用在下一部？
恐怖倒是不恐怖，就是这种打破第四面墙和观众互动的形式太特么缺德晦气了！想拿石头砸导演家窗户。友情提示看到后面要念咒不要念，叫你记图案不要记，信则有，不信则无。
他们说 要带着心 征服每一个观众
这个概念本身挺好，但从完成度上来讲，这部电影可以说是失败的。
每次一想到女主那么害怕还不忘举着摄像头我就好出戏啊，不能吃喝只是说不能从嘴入对吧，那不能注射葡萄糖吗都自己扎了🤣
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