弗拉维亚是一个贵族家庭的小女孩，刚搬到墨西哥城，过着寂寞无聊的生活，她认识了一个叫维罗尼卡的小姑娘，维罗尼卡听了关于巫婆的童话故事之后，非常想成为巫婆，并告诉弗拉维亚她就是巫婆的化身。之后她们玩一些关于巫术的游戏，甚至诅咒弗拉维亚的钢琴老师，而可怕的是她的钢琴老师真的莫名其妙的死去了，这使年幼的弗拉维亚对维罗妮卡是巫婆的事实更加相信

During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".

Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.