Lucas Jackson（保罗•纽曼 Paul Newman 饰），一个越战的退伍兵，在一个喝醉酒的夜里拆掉了镇上的停车计时器而被判两年的监禁。一开始，他就挑战监狱里的领袖人物Dragline（乔治•肯尼迪 George Kennedy 饰）。Dragline个头比Lucas大得多，把Lucas打得毫无还手之力，但Lucas却一直拒绝屈服，因此赢得了Dragline的尊重。而在监狱的扑克比赛中，...
A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs....