Silver spoon Boston lawyer Declan Fitzpatrick fell in instant love with a Louisiana bayou 'haunted' estate when he drove by with college friends. Now he learns it's on sale and rushes to the rather destitute owner, old Odette Simone. She leaves in a cabin nearby and makes sure he gets to meet her orphaned granddaughter, headstrong restaurateur Lena. The youngsters sort of fall in love, but the estate's bloody slavery days past, including fratricide and infanticide, comes to weigh heavily, even in ghostly fashions. 《午夜小河》那些穿越时空的情话。让人爱上新奥尔良。 2001年，新奥尔良狂欢夜。来自波士顿的律师德克兰•菲兹帕特里克（Jerry O'Connell 饰）午夜时分在一个废弃别墅内遭遇离奇经历。八年后萨其蒙节前夕，感情失意的德克兰重返新奥尔良，并买下了那幢传说中闹鬼的别墅。搬家当天，德克兰结识了美丽的邻家女孩莉娜（Lauren Stamile 饰），彼此都留下不错的印象。 然而，这样美好的感觉并未持续太久。德克兰很快发现房屋中有人居住的痕迹，夜晚传出奇怪的响动，紧接着他更是看到令人难以置信的幻影。幻影中，他看到美丽的女佣、富贵家族的遗产之争、破碎错位的爱情……这一切，仿佛都和这幢别墅的历史密切相关。德克兰不知不觉被卷入其中……
