《秘窗》改编自史蒂芬·金的《午夜四点》(Four Past Midnight)小说集的第二部分《秘密窗,秘密园》(Secret Window, Secret Garden)。畅销小说作家莫特遭遇共枕多年的妻子红杏出墙后心灰意懒。他的生活步入低谷,一个神经质陌生人指责莫特窃取了其小说创意,他居住的木屋里有扇窗户经常发出些古怪的声音,甚至像是被人猛击一样颤栗。在这一切神秘事件的背后,到底是谁操纵者?他是人还是什么怪物?他到底有什么目的?
Shooter:You read it?
Rainey:I did.
Shooter:I imagine it rang a bell, didn''t it?
Rainey:Oh, it certainly did. When did you write it?
Shooter:I thought you would ask that. I wrote it seven years ago, 1997.
Rainey:Drop it.
Shooter:Drop it?
Rainey:You said you wrote your story in 1997. I wrote mine in late 1994.It was published for the first time in June 1995 in a magazine.Nice try, Mr. Shooter, but I beat you by two years.
Shooter:You lie!
Rainey:No I don''t.
Shooter:If we do start to fight, it''s not going to end until one or the other of us is dead. Hold your water. I''m just getting my smoke s. I will give you three days. Show me the magazine with your sto-ry in it—if there is such a magazine--and I''ll be back.
舒特:你读完手稿了?
雷尼:读完了。
舒特:我猜它让你想起什么来了吧?对不对?
雷尼:是啊,是这样。你是什么时候写的这手稿呢?
舒特:我就知道你会问这个。我是7年前写的,1997年。
雷尼:算了吧。
舒特:算了吧?
雷尼:你说你的故事是1997年写下的。我的可是1994年年底写成的,1995年6月第一次发表在一本杂志上。干得不错,舒特先生。不过我比你领先了两年。
舒特:你撒谎。
雷尼:我没有。
舒特:咱们俩要是打起来的话,那就非得打到有一方先死掉不可。别害怕,我不过是拿香烟而已。我给你3天时间。你把那本有你的故事的杂志拿来给我看——如果真有这么本杂志的话。我会回来找你的。