喜爱夜蒲

　　一名年轻美国女子被派往罗马、展开服侍教会的人生，却接触到了令她质疑信仰的黑暗力量，并揭露恶魔转世的可怕阴谋。

　　Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story of the same name, a folklorist investigates reports of unusual creatures in Vermont only to uncover more than he bargained for

 “人生路上步履不停，为何总是慢一拍”。位于偏远小镇的横山一家，生活平静祥和。父亲恭平（原田芳雄 饰）是业已退休的医生，却时时牵挂小镇诊所内的事务。长子纯平继承了父亲的事业，却在15年前为救落水儿童而溺水身亡。次子良多（阿部宽 饰）与父亲意见相左，执意前往异地当起了绘画修复师。多年的打拼换来的却是失业，困顿的良多与带着孩子的由香里（夏川结衣 饰）结婚，相互扶持，继续生活。又逢纯平的忌日，良多和姐姐千奈美（YOU 饰）带着家人分别赶回家中。平静的横山家再次热闹起来……本片荣获2009年蓝丝带最佳导演奖和最佳女配角奖（树木希林）、2008年报知电影和2009年电影旬报最佳女配角（树木希林）、2009年每日电影奖最佳男主角（阿部宽）、2008年马塔布拉塔国际电影节评审团大奖和最佳影片。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...