改编自H.P.Lovecraft的小说《查尔斯·德克特·沃德案件》，标题则取自爱伦坡《厄舍府之倒塌》中提及的诗歌闹鬼的宫殿。

影片讲述了摸金人陈无妄和女主角明珠，以及好友狗子三人深陷历史玄机、古墓迷云、江湖恩怨交织的重重迷雾，恰逢千年古墓中藏匿的离奇宝藏现世，天命玦、地星玦、苍生玦成为世人争抢开启宝藏的密钥。从寒意阴森的森林到暗藏机关、怪兽的古墓地宫，陈无妄与兄弟狗子、明珠过关斩将经历了无数风险，多次被困机关重地，靠着机智与勇气过关斩将绝地求生的精彩故事。

二十代の独身貴族ノエラは、仕事のため愛車でロスアンジェルスに向かう。だがカリフォルニアの路上で、コンボイとベンツとの銃撃戦に遭遇する。混乱の中、いきなりノエラの車に飛び乗ったのは、マーシャと名乗る謎の金髪美少女と彼女が抱える猫のピコ。マーシャは自分たちをデスバレーに送ってくれれば、現金で二万ドル払うと申し出た。デスバレーへ向かう一同だが、先のベンツ、さらには上空の武装ヘリが彼らを攻撃。一同は絶対危機の中を逃げ惑う。マーシャが握る驚異の機密。それは超能力を持つ、宇宙生命体に関するものだった！

Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in ,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche