野兽之死

The film opens in a bleak police station where celebrated war correspondent Kate Rafter (Seagrove) faces questions from a psychiatrist, Dr Shaw (Kurylenko), as they work through the painful events of Rafter’s life. A horrific incident in war-torn Iraq and the death of her mother (Steed) have brought a haunted Rafter home to Herne Bay, a place she believed she had escaped forever. Her resentful sister (Friel) has not made her sister welcome and her forbearing husband Paul (Miles) fails to broker peace. Whilst packing up her mother’s belongings from her childhood home, Rafter comes to believe there is something strange and terrifying happening in the house next door.

　　奥斯卡（大卫·本奈特 David Bennent 饰）的家庭有些荒诞。他的母亲和自己的表弟相恋，由于近亲不能结婚，所以被迫嫁给了一位商人。奥斯卡是谁的孩子只有他母亲知道。在他三岁生日那天，母亲送了他一面铁皮鼓。奥斯卡十分喜欢，整天挂在脖子上敲。
　　一天，奥斯卡躲到桌子底 下玩的时候发现了母亲与舅舅的秘密，他认为成人世界充满了欺骗，于是决定不再长大。当奥斯卡从楼上跳下时，奇迹发生了，他从此不再长高，身高永远只有三岁的水平！
　　奥斯卡还意外获得了一种神秘的能力――高分贝的尖叫。当看到母亲与舅舅幽会时，他会爬上钟楼，用尖叫震碎所有玻璃；当老师责骂他时，他的尖叫震坏了老师的眼镜。奥斯卡维持着三岁的身高水平慢慢长大。