马可·佩雷拉

　　不久的未来，毒品泛滥已经失去控制，一种极易上瘾的非法药品“D药丸”在美国境内流行，政府当局只好利用高科技监视系统对抗失控的局面。卧底的缉毒探员弗瑞德（基努•里维斯 饰）化名巴布•亚特，试图追踪毒品来源，这样，他与小毒贩唐娜•霍桑（薇诺娜•瑞德饰）、吸毒者吉姆•贝芮斯（小罗伯特•唐尼饰）、厄尼•洛克曼（伍迪•哈里逊饰）、查尔斯•费克（罗瑞•考克兰饰）等人住在一起。但实际上，弗瑞德也被“D药丸”的毒瘾深深吸引。随着毒瘾越来越深，他逐渐模糊现实与虚假间的界线，失去神智的弗瑞德，不断追寻大毒枭的隐藏之处，毫不知情自己一直置身于幕后黑手的摆弄。

　　Metal music, wet paint, and family are the passions of Jesse, a struggling painter who lives a happy life with his wife, Astrid, and their preteen daughter, Zooey. And things look even brighter when Jesse and Astrid are able to put in a bid on their dream home - a huge property in rural Texas with a barn big enough for a proper art studio - after the price is driven down due to the home's mysterious past. After the trio moves in, Jesse's work starts taking on a new, considerably darker flavour - and things get even more ominous when Ray, the hulking, clearly unbalanced son of the deceased former owners, appears on the doorstep one night, clutching a red electric guitar and asking to "return home." It soon becomes clear that Ray and Jesse are both being influenced by the same satanic forces, and that Jesse's family won't be safe until they find a way to quiet the Devil himself.

　　本片讲述一个男孩从6岁到18岁的成长历程，导演理查德·林克莱特花了12年时间来完成这部作品。它仔细描画了孩子的成长过程，及其父母亲各个方面的变化，可以让观众细致入微地体会岁月流逝的痕迹。为了不打扰主演艾拉·萨尔蒙的正常生活，拍摄均在他暑假期间的简短时间内完成。