亚瑟(阿德里安·劳林斯 Adrian Rawlins 饰)是一位精明强干的律师,凭借着他机敏的头脑和灵活的舌头打赢过许多官司。一天,一个身世神秘的寡妇找到了亚瑟,希望他能够前往她所居住的小乡村来处理一下她的遗产问题,就这样,亚瑟跟着寡妇上路了。 来到了小镇上后,亚瑟发现似乎这里的居民们都非常不欢迎自己的到来,而且对于寡妇避之不及。最终,亚瑟明白了,原来一切的源头,都在寡妇所拥有的房子中。一个凶残而又狂暴的女鬼在期间出没,并且持续的骚扰着住在周围的居民们。这个女鬼想要夺回本来属于她的东西。When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing. Ignoring the towns-people's cryptic warnings, he goes to the house where he discovers its horrible history and becomes ensnared in its even more horrible legacy.