主人公十岁的詹姆斯来自一个神奇的家族，他的祖父每当脑海中出现性幻想就会暂时失明，而他的父亲每当感到害怕时周围一切机械装置都会报销，而詹姆斯自己的超能力就是害死接触到的一切生命体，包括奶牛、草木、花朵以及他的祖父母、父母。为此詹姆斯一个人隐居到深山老林，直到十年后一名从癌症病房中逃出的少女找到了他。

平凡小镇的平凡一天，安迪（哈里·特里德维 Harry Treadaway 饰）、雷（艾兰·福德 Alan Ford 饰）、凯蒂（米歇尔·瑞恩 Michelle Ryan 饰）、戴维（杰克·杜伦 Jack Doolan 饰）等几名年轻人聚在一辆车内，密谋对镇上的芬尼克斯银行实施抢窃。他们胁迫女经理人顺利进入金库，250万欧元现金成功到手。当他们沉浸在这飞来横财的快乐中时，却发现自己已被警方包围，疑犯枪战后，双方形成胶着态势。
与此同时，小镇一处工地上挖掘机发现了一处年代久远的古墓，而刺眼的阳光也唤醒沉睡在泥土中的僵尸，所有被僵尸咬过的人也受到感染，发生异变。当劫匪遇见僵尸，一切开始朝着不可预测的方向发展……

15岁的米娅（凯蒂·贾维斯 Katie Jarvis 饰）性格叛逆而古怪，惹事生非的她不仅被学校开除而且连她最好的朋友都离她而去。米娅热爱跳舞，然而身边却似乎并没有多少人在意她那充满热情的舞步，直到一个叫康纳（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰）的男人出现。康纳是母亲的男朋友，在他与母亲同居的日子里，米娅被这个英俊而又友善的男人所吸引。在康纳的支持和鼓励下，米娅得到了一次舞蹈面试的机会，而且与康纳的关系也更进了一步。然而，现实世界并非想像的那样的美好……本片由在2006年凭借《红色之路》获得戛纳电影节评委会奖的英国新锐女导演安德里亚·阿诺德（Andrea Arnold）执导，是她的第二部电影长片。作为2009年戛纳电影节竞赛影片，《鱼缸》在2009年英国独立电影节获得8项提名。

Matthew’s life is devastated after the disappearance of his younger brother, Tom. Matthew’s father had left him to look after Tom and now Matthew feels responsible. His father is trying to hold back the anger and the blame but the cracks are beginning to show.
One day Matthew is looking through a box of press clippings and video tapes about Tom’s disappearance. Suddenly he hears a ghostly voice on one of the video tapes telling him “you never came for me!”. It’s the voice of his missing brother. He shows the tape to his father, Jake. This time there’s no voice and Jake flies into a rage as the wound is reopened.
Matthew tells his best friend Simon about the voices on the tape. Is he losing his mind, is Tom alive or dead?
At home, Matthew plays the tape and hears Tom’s voice again, desperately pleading for help. Then Matthew sees Tom at the window, gaunt and haggard. He rushes out to Tom but no one is there…
Matthew strikes up a friendship with next-door neighbour Amy, who is beautiful but troubled. He talks to her about Tom and she suggests he visits a local medium. Matthew is unsure but he is again haunted by nightmarish visions of Tom. When he tries to sleep he has recurring nightmares that he is being buried alive.
In desperation he goes to visit Melissa, the medium, who tells him that the area has been cursed through the ages. Her daughter gives Matthew a present, the drawing of a young girl. The following day Matthew is shocked when he finds out that Simon’s sister, Sophie, has been abducted. Matthew realises that the drawing by the medium’s daughter is of Sophie.
The hauntings escalate, Matthew’s state of mind deteriorates. Only Amy seems to believe him, as a tentative romance grows between them.
Matthew knows that he needs to get to the bottom of Tom’s disappearance if he is ever going to save Sophie. There is no going back as he hurtles towards the stark, chilling truth…
The Disappeared…you can’t bury the past.

汤姆（Harry Treadaway 饰）与巴里（Luke Treadaway 饰）是一对腹部相连接的连体双胞胎，为了避免这对儿兄弟收到环境的伤害，他们的父亲将一家搬到了荒僻的英国东海岸生活。七十年代，双胞胎兄弟长大成人，当地著名的娱乐商人扎克看好连体双胞胎的演艺前途，出钱买下了他们作品的娱乐版权，自此，兄弟俩在扎克的安排下接触摇滚乐训练，并显示出了各自的才华，汤姆性格温和，有敏锐的洞察力，而巴里躁动的性格天生具有摇滚明星的潜质。兄弟俩初次登台后观众反响热烈，但是他们被强制性的随时随地共处以及被安排的生活渐渐压垮了巴里的精神，盘踞在他脑部的肿块疑似当年夭折的第三个胎儿，兄弟俩愈发渴望分离的愿望最后导致混乱又悲伤的结局……
这部虚构的纪录片电影改编自Brian Aldiss的同名小说，获2006年波士顿电影节评委会奖。