Norman Taylor is a successful young professor, married with Tansy Taylor. He is a very skeptical man, while his wife believes in magic and witchcraft. One day, he finds lots of amulets and witchcraft ...

母亲的早逝、姐姐的出嫁令少女艾玛（格温妮斯•帕特洛GwynethPaltrow饰）很快就成了哈菲尔德大宅的女主人，在成功撮合了她的家庭教师泰勒小姐（格列塔•斯卡奇GretaScacchi饰......