英俊帅气的凯尔(Aaron Dean Eisenberg 饰)在某清洁公司打工期间,意外从一户人家收来一口制作精美、古色古香的棺材。令他和好友萨顿(J. Walter Holland 饰)感到惊奇的是,棺材内部竟然安装了宛如钟表一般精密的仪器。通过钥匙上的名字,凯尔查到棺材最早属于15世纪一个被称为邪恶版达芬奇的酷刑装置发明家特里斯腾。特里斯腾发明了这个名为“幽灵诞生机”的装置,可以让人在无痛苦的情况下体验死亡的感觉。在此之后,凯尔找来女友朱莉(Liz Fenning 饰)和同学普莱特(Jared Grey 饰)。他们相继躺入棺材中,只为体验那灵魂出窍的神秘感觉。 在这一过程中,他们似乎发现更多关于这口棺材的秘密,却不知自己正被拖向万劫不复的黑暗深渊……
When six-year-old Sophie is tragically orphaned guardianship is assigned to her estranged aunt Annabelle. The two move into a large, eerie, Victorian house where Sophie unearths a locked wooden box with a strange symbol drawn on it. Desperate to connect with her niece Annabelle pries the lock open revealing a beautiful music box. Each time the music box is wound and replayed it's surprisingly chilling melody plays slightly longer, captivating Sophie even more. When the music box begins affecting Sophie's behavior and health Annabelle seeks the aid of a child psychologist and clairvoyant who soon discover the music box is possessed by an evil spirit who seeks to haunt Sophie and destroy Annabelle. As the haunting intensifies time begins to run out and Annabelle finds herself racing against the music box's melody to defeat the spirit before the last note plays.