畅销恐怖小说作家萨特·凯恩（尤尔根·普洛斯诺 Jürgen Prochnow 饰）离奇失踪。由他撰写即将出版印刷的一部分小说手稿也随之神秘消失。凯恩身临其境的描写和大胆前瞻的预测，国产让此书还未出版就享有盛誉。很多粉丝如痴如醉的陷入他的作品之中不能自拔，国产甚至做出失去理性的暴力行为。为了不耽误出版，出版商找来私家侦探约翰·特伦特（山姆·尼尔 Sam Neill 饰）和女编辑琳达·斯泰尔斯（朱莉·卡门 Julie Carmen 饰）一起追查凯恩的下落。约翰起初并不相信此书的魔力，然而当他和琳达到达凯恩笔下所写的小镇的时候，两人都震惊了。这个小镇真的如同凯恩所描绘的一样，而小说里恐怖诡异的事情也旋即发生。
回复 :繁华的街道，穿梭的人群，只有在夜晚才能慢下来。我叫做灿，是一家酒吧的老板，这里也是我的家。在这里我遇到了形形色色的人，听到了许许多多的故事，很多人问我为什么这么沉默，因为我喜欢聆听。每个人都有属于自己的故事，就像水一样，里面有我最珍贵的回忆，如果能做到的话，什么酒都愿意为您调。喝的不是味道，而是喜、怒、忧、思、悲、恐、惊。
郭燕
回复 :A young woman (Rosemary Wilcox) is haunted by pop-Freudian dreams of her recently murdered psychologist (and lover), so for some reason she goes to a resort where the psychologist liked to hang out and becomes involved with a gangster (Adolf Celli) and the strange female resort owner (Alida Valli). Soon more murders occur involving the other guests at the resort.
高耀太
回复 :A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see
