Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer| and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and wife find a diary of the husband's ancestor from 1771| and reports of gruesome murders in the area begin to surface| they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments are being conducted in the old house. Based on an H.P. Lovecraft
1939年,持续三年的西班牙内战接近尾声,右翼法西斯分子风头正劲。左派战争孤儿卡洛斯(费尔南多·缇艾弗 Fernando Tielve 饰),被父亲的战友们送到一个位于荒郊野外的孤儿院。这个孤儿院由严厉的卡门女士(玛丽莎·佩雷德斯 Marisa Paredes 饰)和和蔼的卡萨瑞斯教授(Federico Luppi 饰)共同经营。卡洛斯离开亲人和叔叔们的失落情绪并未持续太久,他很快就融入了这个满是同龄人的大家庭。不过,这个院子中央插着炮弹的地方,也许原本就存在着些许异常。卡洛斯所睡的12号床之前属于一个名叫山迪的孩子,山迪在不久前离奇死去。自从卡洛斯来之后,那个小男孩的鬼魂便不断出现……本片荣获2002年阿姆斯特丹奇幻电影节评委会银奖;2002年法国Gérardmer电影节国际影评人奖、评委会特别奖和青年评委会奖;2002年青年艺术家奖最佳演员奖(Fernando Tielve)。