一部在当时来说构思和拍摄较为出色的一部恐怖电影。内容是一个清朝女子和一男人通奸，被村民捉奸并将女人浸猪笼。女子充满怨气的魂魄开始在海水中蔓延。时间切到199X年的香港，一女子游泳被水中异物拉住脚溺水而亡，腐烂发臭的尸体漂到岸边被人发现，后送到警察局法医鉴定处之后所发生的一系列恐怖事件。
故事发生在大约200年前的越南阮朝，探子阿坚受某村庄的邀请，前来调查神秘失踪的案子....
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
