Horror Anthologies

本片以一个鬼怪故事为骨架，叙述了五个鬼故事。建筑师沃尔特·格兰杰到郊外一个农庄去洽谈业务。他感到农庄像旧地重游，原来他做过一个可怕的怪梦，屋里所有的人都在梦里出现过的。当他向客人谈及这怪事时，范医生发表自然怀疑论的看法，从而引出每个客人叙述了—段自己亲身经历的鬼故事。

1：...And All Through the House
这个故事讲述一名在圣诞前夕谋杀了自己丈夫的女子正在处理尸体之际，曾在广播中报道过的一名有着强烈杀人倾向并乔装成圣诞老人的模样变态却逃窜到她家附近，而这时的她却无法报警....
2：Reflection of Death
一名男子为了私奔，不惜抛妻弃子，深夜与情人驾车逃离本来的居处，可是在路上却发生了令人异想不到的恐怖事件，这个故事十分精彩，后期的《小岛惊魂》，甚至是《死神来了》等很多恐怖片的灵感来源都可以在这个故事里得到充分体现
3：Poetic Justice
讲述两名冷酷势力的父子，为了赶走他们一向讨厌的邻居，用尽残忍冷酷的手段而逼死他人并最终得到报复的故事，这个故事非常传统，剧情也几近老套，但是由于老牌演员Peter Cushing那令人惊叹，入木三分的表演而提高到了另一个层次，让观众深深为故事里那位受尽排挤，但却善良孤独的老人而同情悲愤。

本片由一位探长调查一间明星失踪案开始，分别阐述了四段围绕在一间老屋的恐怖故事。第一个故事讲述了一对夫妇搬来这间老屋，丈夫是位恐怖小说家，没想到笔下创造的恐怖人物竟然出现在现实生活了；第二个故事讲了一个退休的经纪人搬来这间屋子住，偶然发现小镇上有间蜡像馆，里面有一个叫“莎乐美”的蜡像有着动人的美貌，让他无法忘记，可是事情却越来越离奇；第三个故事讲了一位父亲带着女儿来到老屋，父亲请来了一位女家教教导女儿学习，后来女家教发现女儿和父亲各有蹊跷；第四个故事讲的是一个准备拍摄吸血鬼电影的明星搬来老屋，因为拍摄现场需要吸血鬼斗篷，他来到一家神秘的商店买了一件古老的斗篷，结果让他变成真正的吸血鬼。

五个陌生人登上一列火车，一个神秘的算命先生提供了能够读取他们的塔罗牌。五个独立的故事展开：建筑师回到他的祖籍地找到一个狼人复了仇; 医生怀疑他的新婚妻子是一个吸血鬼; 智能藤接管房子; 爵士音乐家从巫术仪式抄袭音乐; 一个自负艺术评论家的无形手。

本片分为四个故事：《黑发》居住在京都的武士（三國連太郎 饰）厌倦了贫苦的生活，他抛弃妻子（新珠三千代 饰），与一个贵族小姐（渡辺美佐子 饰）结婚。然而现任妻子的冷酷让武士怀念起前妻的温柔贤淑，他再次与前妻相遇，结果却出人意料；《雪女》狂风暴雪的一日，青年（仲代達矢 饰）在山上邂逅美丽的雪女（岸恵子 饰）。雪女爱慕青年，饶他不死，但青年不得将这次相遇告知外人；《无耳芳一的故事》盲僧芳一（中村賀津雄 饰）的琵琶弹唱连鬼魂也分外欣赏，但经常与鬼接触势必折损阳寿，寺中的长老决定拯救芳一；《茶杯中》武士关内（中村翫右衛門 饰）喝茶时发现茶碗有一个陌生人的面孔，他打破茶碗，却引来了一个不速之客。
本片根据小泉八云同名短篇小说改编，并荣获1965年戛纳电影节评委会特别奖、1966年每日电影最佳艺术指导和最佳摄影两项大奖。

Framing StoryDr Martin (Robert Powell) arrives at a secluded asylum "for the incurably insane" to be interviewed for a job by the wheelchair-using, authoritarian Dr Lionel Rutherford (Patrick Magee). Rutherford explains that he owes his current incapacitation to an attack by an inmate. Rutherford reveals his unorthodox plan to determine Martin's suitability for the post of head Doctor. One of the asylum's current inmates is Dr B. Starr, the former head doctor who underwent a complete mental breakdown. Martin is to interview the inmates of the asylum to deduce which one is Dr Starr. If his choice is correct Rutherford will "consider" him for the post.
The attendant Max Reynolds (Geoffrey Bayldon) admits Martin through the security door to the inmates' solitary confinement cells where he interviews each in turn.
"Frozen Fear"Bonnie (Barbara Parkins) recounts the plot to murder Ruth (Sylvia Sims), the wealthy wife of her lover Walter (Richard Todd). Ruth is a possessive heiress who studies voodoo, and this interest stands in the way of Bonnie and Walter being together.
"The Weird Tailor"Bruno (Barry Morse) recounts how poverty forced him to accept the unusual request of a Mr Smith (Peter Cushing) to produce an elaborate suit of clothing from a mysterious, scintillating, fabric that can animate anything, including the dead.
After learning what the suit will be used for, Bruno fights Smith and accidentally kills him. He returns with the unsold suit. His wife Anna (Anne Firbank) dresses their store mannequin in the suit and its true powers are revealed.
"Lucy Comes To Stay"The ebullient Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) informs Martin she has been in an asylum before. After her release from that asylum she was closely monitored at home by her brother George (James Villiers) and a nurse, Miss Higgins (Megs Jenkins). This frustrated existence is relieved when her mischievous friend Lucy (Britt Ekland) comes to visit.
"Mannikins of Horror"Finally Martin interviews Dr Byron (Herbert Lom) who holds Rutherford in deep contempt. Byron explains he is working towards soul transference with a small automaton whose head is a likeness of his own, and shows Martin several earlier models. Byron plans to "will" his mannequin to life, and explains the interior of the robot is organic, a miniaturised version of his own viscera. Martin concludes his interview and Max shows him downstairs to deliver his judgement to Rutherford.
Byron successfully brings his mannequin to life: it makes its way to Rutherford's office and kills him with a surgical knife. Then, Martin destroys the mannequin and seeks help from Max Reynolds, and Dr. Starr's true identity is revealed.

An anthology film of two classic tales from Edgar Allan Poe. A re-edited and dubbed version of Masterworks of Terror (1960) for American cinemas.