安东尼奥·马格赫特的第一部也是最受争议的恐怖电影作品。一个年轻人和朋友打赌，独自前往一个闹鬼的城堡过夜，途中邂逅并爱上了一个美丽的女鬼，随后却陷入了一群鬼的阴谋之中。马格赫特也是为意大利恐怖电影贡献了无数杰出作品的人物，这本片中，他充分利用黑白摄影以及城堡自身的幽闭制造恐惧感，并赋于影片更多的暴力、色情场景，远远超出了当时的电影观众的接受能力。

At the end of 1972, con artist and thief Simon receives a remission to celebrate the New Year outside La Santé Prison. While heading to his apartment in Paris to meet his mistress Françoise, Simon notices that a car is chasing his cab. In the apartment, Simon leans that Françoise has a lover and he leaves the place without being noticed. Simon recalls the Christmas of 1966, when he travels out-season to Cannes with his partner and friend Charlot to heist the jewellers Van Cleef and Arpels. While plotting a scheme to rob the jewellers, Simon meets the intellectual antique dealer Françoise whose shop is the next-door neighbor of the target and he falls in love with her. But his scheme does not work as planned and Simon is arrested.

"A young woman is tormented by nightmares of her miscarriage. She becomes unfaithful to her husband and meets various lovers. Eventually, reality begins to unfurl around her."

一个暴徒杀手想退休，但他的老板们认为这不是个好主意。随之而来的是并发症，以及许多血腥的枪战。

一名摩托车手的兄弟在调查绑架一名小男孩的案件时被杀，这是两个犯罪家庭之间战争的副产品。摩托车手发誓要找到被绑架的男孩并摧毁两个家庭，以此进行报复。

A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.

在母亲离奇去世后，一名少女很快开始怀疑她新近丧偶的继父可能与此事有关。

　　记者艾伦·福斯特打赌，他可以在闹鬼的布莱克伍德城堡度过一个晚上。据他所知，城堡里有鬼的传言确实是真的。在万灵之夜，城堡里的鬼魂会寻找鲜血，以度过一年的难关。在城堡里，福斯特遇见并爱上了伊丽莎白·布莱克伍德。

The ageing Countess discovers that the blood of a maid can temporarily restore her youth and great beauty. She falls in love with a dashing young soldier but is compelled to kill again and again to maintain her attractiveness and prevent the secret getting out.