吉米(西恩•潘 Sean Penn 饰)、戴夫(蒂姆•罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰)和西恩(凯文•贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰)是儿时最要好的玩伴。戴夫10岁那年的一桩事件却改变了单纯美好的童年和友谊。尚且年幼的戴夫被歹徒绑架,对他施以性虐待,这个羞辱的经历从此改变了戴夫的人生。他变得与别人越来越疏离,三人的友谊在慢慢消融。
三人各奔东西,却因为吉米的女儿遭杀害而重新有了联系。因为负责这个案件的,碰巧是西恩,此时他已是一名警探,面对好友女儿的被害,心急要找出真凶,却意外发现所有证据的矛头都指向了那个曾经亲密无间的伙伴——戴夫。关系变得剑拔弩张,而过去的友谊,如今的对立,都在拉扯着每个当事人的心
The film tells the story of single mother “Kara” (Elizabeth Roberts) who moves from New York to the quiet countryside with her two children for a job opportunity she can’t afford to turn down. The family moves into their humble new guesthouse. Kara begins her work as a private nurse to “Walter,” (Bruce Davison) a man stricken with multiple sclerosis and an appraiser of rare antiquities with a secretive past. Her teenage son, Jesse, (Arman Darbo) is unhappy about this most of all. Losing his friends and moving to the middle of nowhere hasn’t made his job of looking after his little sister, “Cambria,” (Chloe Perrin) any easier. Doom precedes them. “Akiba,” (Treva Etienne) a shady international associate of Walter’s, brings with him a mysterious relic of ancient origin. “Kara” encounters run in with a local sheriff played by genre veteran actor Denise Crosby. All too quickly they discover the relic contains more than just legends. Inside, waits a terrifying creature born of ancient darkness and pure instinct…a pre-historic cave Spider unlike the modern world has ever seen.