Two gangsters are given 72 hours to discover the whereabouts of a stash of drug money stolen by their boss. There's only one problem...they just murdered him. Frantic to find the cash, the hapless criminals kidnap a psychic medium and force her to contact the dead gang boss. Unfortunately for them, they only succeed in unleashing an evil spirit bent on revenge.

　　一位访客（特伦斯·斯坦普 Terence Stamp 饰）的到来彻底改变了一个家庭的生活，虽然这个访客没有身份，没有历史，甚至连名字都没有，但家庭中的每一个人都被他诱惑为他癫狂。妻子（肖瓦娜·曼加诺 Silvana Mangano 饰），丈夫（马西莫·吉洛提 Massimo Girotti 饰），女儿（安妮·维亚泽姆斯基 Anne Wiazemsky 饰），儿子（Andrés José Cruz Soublette 饰），女佣（劳拉·贝蒂 Laura Betti 饰），每一个人都臣服于访客所带来的灵魂与欲望的纠葛之中。　　访客离开后，丈夫放弃了经营多年的工厂，妻子开始于工人们寻欢作乐，女儿陷入了内心的顽疾之中，儿子开始探索艺术带来的奇迹与喜悦，女仆的身上则显露了神迹。一切都陷入了混乱，可是依旧没有人知道，这位神秘的访客到底是何方神圣……

　　在男主的儿子加布利尔（Gabriel）去世后，胡尔格（Jorge）从保守的玻利维亚前往纽约市，与加布里埃尔的男友塞巴斯蒂安对峙。

一名17岁的少女在她计划自杀的当晚被绑架，她必须为活下去而战斗。她设法说服袭击者放过她，在经过26小时后等来了生机。但当她回家时，除了一名怀疑凶手为连环杀手的侦探外，没有人相信她的故事。　　影片改编自可怕的真实事件。

The last time Britain was a major force in world cinema was in the 1960s; a documentary of a few years back on the subject was entitled 'Hollywood UK'. This was the era of the Kitchen Sink, social realism, angry young men; above all, the theatrical. And yet, ironically, the best British films of the decade were made by two Americans, Richard Lester and Joseph Losey, who largely...