21世纪末，人类的科技水平已高度发达，克隆人技术和宇宙航行早已实现，不再是梦想。与此同时，许多科学家仍孜孜不倦追索着人类起源的秘密与真相。通过对许多古老文明的考察与对比，科学家伊丽莎白·肖（NoomiRapace饰）和查理·赫洛维（LoganMarshall-Green饰）发现，人类可能是来自一个遥远星系的外星人创造的。在Weyland公司资助下，他们乘坐维克丝（查理兹·塞隆CharlizeTheron饰）所掌管的宇宙飞船普罗米修斯号前往那颗未知的星球。经过对当地的考察，地球人的设想成功得到印证。可是他们贸然探查“神的秘密”的行为，也将自己引入万劫不复的深渊……
A mother moves into an old family home to undergo a rigorous treatment that she hopes will help her autistic daughter communicate. The therapy seems successful when the girl miraculously begins to speak. However, she soon discovers that her daughter has come into contact with the tortured entities of the place, who return from beyond to collect a dark debt from the past
