塞西莉亞（西德妮·斯威尼 飾）是一個非常虔誠的修女，她來到意大利鄉間修道院開始新生活，卻在這個幾乎全是女人的地方意外懷孕，原來這里隱藏著黑暗和可怕的秘密。

影片改編自蒲松齡《聊齋志異》之《聶小倩》。小倩生前被人所負含恨而終，死后化為女鬼，被姥姥囚禁于蘭若寺。恰逢書生寧生進京趕考，借宿此地，意外救下小倩。逃亡途中，兩人不斷遭遇人間及地府勢力的阻撓，卻也在此般經歷中感情升溫。寧生帶著小倩感受了人間美好，小倩決心還陽，卻在到達鬼市后發現事情遠沒有這么簡單……

　　北洋政府統治時期，盤踞上海的軍閥武大帥之子武七（文章 飾）為洗刷恥辱，輾轉找到了前清遺老馬走日（姜文 飾）求助。在此之后，馬走日和在法租界當警督的發小項飛田（葛優 飾）聯手策劃了名為“花域總統選舉”的大型選美活動，和馬從小就認識的現總統完顏英（舒淇 飾）成功衛冕。誰知就在繁華喧囂的最頂點，命運之車竟急轉直下駛向深淵。在一個平凡的早上，完顏陳尸郊野，張皇失措的馬走日找到武七的姐姐武六（周韻 飾）及其母親齊老師（洪晃 飾），希望通過大帥幫自己洗刷殺人犯的罪名，結果卻盲打誤撞救下了險些被整死的項飛田。背負殺人犯之名的馬絕路逃亡，而武六則以該事件拍攝了名為《槍斃馬走日》的電影，馬的命運愈加撲朔迷離……　　本片根據民國奇案“閻瑞生案”改編。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.