意大利最伟大恐怖大师达里奥.亚金托(《阴风阵阵》)执导的经典悬疑恐怖片 。一个在罗马的英国音乐家在一本神秘的鬼怪书中读到关于他邻居如何残忍被杀的过程,他前去拜访该书的作者,发现她也成了谋杀的牺牲品。音乐家在解开谜团的过程中,经历了许多奇异而恐怖的事情。影片的形式感非常强,无论是令人心跳的摇滚乐还是恐怖气氛的营造,都十分到位。意大利的完整版比其他版本多出20多分钟,其中包含了更多的血腥暴力场面。。一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。一八路军战士缴获了日军的战略进攻地图,但无奈身负重伤,只得将地图交给自己的农民弟弟二柱,拜托其赶到火车站把地图送给同志。与此同时,来自东北的秦贵被掌柜委派,去火车站接收地图,另一方面,立志加入八路军抗日的弹棉花农民老幺和自家年轻的叔叔顺子四处寻找八路军的队伍,叔侄俩在茶馆中偶遇擅长口技的说书人,三人在日本军官佐佐木一郎带队追索地图的枪火中救下了已经受伤的二柱,说书人顶替二柱交接地图,老幺和顺子则一路狂奔引开了佐佐木的队伍。在火车站,秦贵误认说书人是八路军接头人从而死缠不放,随后赶到的老幺和顺子短暂汇合后四人被日军的炮火再次打散,秦贵、老幺和说书人被困地窖,顺子去邻村搬来村民搭救,一场普通人和鬼子的追逐好戏正式上演……。