A cultural snapshot of turn-of-the-millennium Toronto with subtle comic energy and a great cast, Sook-Yin Lee’s adaptation of Chester Brown’s autobiographical 2011 graphic novel is a movie only Lee could make… because it’s her story, too.
Siren Phillips has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, however, she learns that she is far from ordinary. Destined to turn into a Mermaid at the age of twelve, Siren must struggle with her new reality, saying good-bye to her mother and friends, while she transitions into the water. To make matters worse, a group of hunters are trying to catch her. She soon becomes friends with Adam Wilts, a new boy at school, who she turns to for help. He agrees to help her, but finds himself caught in the middle, when it's his own father who is after Siren. When Siren's mother is taken, the town must rally behind her, and help her make a peaceful transition into the water, before the hunters can find out where she is.
空空荡荡的写字楼内,几乎所有的人都已下班,享受属于自己的快乐夜晚,只有身心俱疲的小职员查理(Napoleon Ryan 饰)还在站在复印机前,辛辛苦苦地影印材料。在这种几近崩溃的疲劳时刻,也许咖啡是唯一能令他稍感振奋的东西。突然,一件奇怪的事情毫无征兆地发生了。一张A4纸出来,上面没有任何所需的资料,只印了一个实心黑球。查理不以为意,将这张废纸放到一边,当他放置咖啡杯时,杯子竟然掉进了A4纸的黑洞里。这奇怪的黑洞引起了查理的注意,他尝试将纸挂在自动贩卖机上,结果成功地伸进黑洞拿到了里面的饮料。 这时,一个邪恶的念头闪过脑海……
一场严重的车祸夺去黛布拉(Angela Bloomfield 饰)的生命,而身负重伤的建筑师弗兰克(Michael J. Fox 饰)也在车祸后获得可与幽灵交流的能力。出院之后,弗兰克辞去工作,以通灵者的身份向镇上居民提供驱魂的服务。 某天,弗兰克所在的小镇接连发生神秘死亡事件,之后他更目睹了一个幽灵杀人的场面。与此同时,警方介入调查,弗兰克则因经常出现在死亡现场而成为重要嫌疑犯。他必须尽快为自己洗脱罪名,找出幽灵杀人背后的秘密…… 本片荣获1996年Sitges – Catalonian国际电影节最佳特效奖。