美国某普通高中，上世纪70年代曾发生一起骇人听闻的惨案，名叫杰克（Billy Aaron Brown 饰）的男孩受到同学的排挤，结果被关在锅炉房中遇到意外活活烧死。时光流逝，当年的惨剧已渐渐被人遗忘，少数知情者也将其尘封在记忆深处，不愿提起。保罗（Preston Jones 饰）、迪安娜（Catherine Combs 饰）、丽莎（Maitland McConnell 饰）因各种原因遭到校长留校察看的处罚。傍晚，狂风大作，暴雨倾盆，孩子们被困在校园内。就在此时，一个模糊漆黑的亡灵开始在他们周围逡巡，恐怖与死亡不断出现，杰克的亡灵似乎被震耳的雷声惊醒。

故事发生在十字军东征时期，罗宾（凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）身陷囹圄，带着两个狱友，罗宾杀死了警卫，成功越狱。途中，一个狱友不幸死去，临终时，他将遗物交给罗宾，托付他务必将此带给他的妹妹玛利亚（玛丽·伊丽莎白·马斯特兰托尼奥 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 饰），而另一位狱友亚森（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）则成为了罗宾最坚定忠诚的战友。

Ryan is a womanizing stockbroker whose unethical business practices cost him his job and his trader's license. Unable to find another job, he is forced to move in with his equally self-involved (and completely oblivious) girlfriend, Cindy, an insensitive advice columnist on the cusp of losing her own job due to her poor advice and slow work habits. Finding that the truth behind...