Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.

新婚燕尔的约翰·戈登（瓦德·霍尔顿 Ward Horton 饰）和妻子米娅（安娜贝拉·沃丽丝 Annabelle Wallis 饰）共同孕育了新的生命，对于这对未经世事的小夫妻来说，喜悦和担忧相伴而行。那个晚上，约翰找到了妻子寻觅已久的娃娃安娜贝尔，与此同时，邻居彼得家则发生了残忍血案，更为可怕的厄运也朝着戈登夫妇袭来。几名丧失人性的邪教男女闯入戈登家中，试图对他们展开屠杀。虽然戈登夫妇侥幸保住性命，但其中一名女子抱着安娜贝尔死去。在此之后，惴惴不安的米娅待在家中安胎，她试图从阴影中走出，然而接二连三的怪事相继在家中发生。