故事发生在民国年间一个叫黑石岭的地方，频发的战乱使得百姓民不聊生，各路怪力乱神频现，一直流传着“招黑石岭山神附身”可堪吉凶的说法。主人公刘三木历经各种磨难，在重重谜雾中不畏凶险，抽丝剥茧终于揭开了一切事情的真相，将光明带到黑石岭……
Prehistoric sand-dwelling sharks are unleashed on the island of White Sands when an underwater earthquake cracks open a crater deep beneath the ocean surface. The most menacing beats to ever rule the waters now rule the sand; with their monster appetities they mercillessly feast on anything that crosses their path Mark Atkins directs this sci-fi 'creature feature' horror. When an underwater earthquake opens up a deep crater on the ocean floor, a prehistoric breed of lethal sand-dwelling sharks is unleashed upon the unsuspecting residents of White Sands Island.
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.
1960年代初，中国刚从三年自然灾害中挣脱出来，广大农村围绕是否搞“三自一包”展开了一场激烈斗争。牛角石大队支部书记齐兰子（胡静 饰）和贫下中农带头反对，地委干部陈秉仁（常文治 饰），大队支委何一德（王保善 饰）等则极力拥护。何一德谣言惑众，药死齐兰子家的猪。无奈之下，齐兰子给党中央写信反映情况，陈秉仁使用“调虎离山”计，把齐兰子支到张家湾参观，趁机撤掉她的职务。齐兰子将计就计，在张家湾串联群众，把已经推行的“三自一包”翻了过来，并组织群众赶到牛角石，制止包产到户行为，陈秉仁恼羞成怒，对兰子进行人身迫害。关健时刻，县委领导宣布：“三自一包”是错误的......
