影片讲述一个成功的体育经纪人达伦（迈克尔·伊雷饰），当他被卷入由一个身份存疑、不知羞耻但行为坚定的侦探（希拉里·斯万克饰）领导的警方调查中，他原本的完美生活渐渐消失……

1937年的洛山矶唐人街，警员杰克（杰克?尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）因不满这里的黑暗，辞职当起了私家侦探。这天，一个自称莫拉雷太太的女子请杰克调查丈夫的外遇，杰克欣然接受。杰克发现莫拉雷原来是当地水利总工程师，正在为兴建水坝问题和当地农民争执。随后有人给 了杰克一些证明莫拉雷偷情的照片，隔天早上真正的莫拉雷太太却找上门来要求杰克停止调查莫拉雷。事情变得越来越迷离，杰克决心追查下去……

The film begins with the title Chorokbam filling the screen, which is amazing to see. This is the very moment at which the audience decides to trust this film without hesitation. In terms of how to fill and empty the square frame, the film is bold and skillful. Chorok, meaning green in English, is the color of fate in this movie. The problems of all the family members a hopeless father who works as a night guard, a mother who is completely exhausted with house works, a poor son who works for the disabled and their funeral ceremony are all dominated by the color, green. It is not bright or fancy but dark and scary in some sense. With attractive images and scenes, the film develops a series of worldly episodes of a family up to the level of poetic sentiment of blues and depression. (JUNG Hanseok)

故事发生在十二世纪中期，帕斯伯亲王（文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price 饰）因为信奉邪恶的撒旦而对当地的农民实行重税制度，使得当地居民们苦不堪言。帕斯伯亲王十分喜爱一位名叫弗兰西斯卡（珍·爱舍 Jane Asher 饰）的女子，为了逼迫她就范，帕斯伯亲王不惜逮捕和拘禁了范的父亲，同时被拘禁的还有当地的农民领袖吉诺（David Weston 饰）朱利安（哈泽尔·考特 Hazel Court 饰）苦苦的恋慕着亲王，却无法得到他的任何回应。于是，朱利安决定帮助范的父亲和吉诺越狱，不幸的是，计划失败了。范的父亲企图刺杀亲王，却反被杀死，幸存的吉诺遭到了流放。危险的红死病在乡间蔓延开来，吉诺遇见了一个神秘的红衣人，在红衣人的帮助下，他展开了他的复仇大计。