Edward newgate (jim sturgess, jim sturgess), a psychiatrist and scholar who claimed to be from Oxford University, moved to the remote Hearst Psychiatric Hospital in Si Tong, hoping to learn relevant treatment methods from the accomplished Professor Silas Lyme (Ben Kingsley, Ben Kingsley). Silas's face was gloomy, and the treatment adopted was quite different from the popular method at that time, but it seems that the patient's mental condition has been alleviated and restored to a certain extent. During this period, Edward is attracted by Irina Captelova Graf (played by kate beckinsale kate beckinsale), a beautiful and dignified woman suffering from psychotic hysteria. Edward, a newcomer, vaguely realized the strangeness of this hospital, and he soon discovered the terrible and amazing secret behind it. ...