这是科波拉入行前的疯狂杰作，特纳把超自然元素塞进黑色侦探叙事里，拍了整整三个小时。虽然技术上它是黑白电影，但特纳导演极其擅长利用蒙太奇剪辑来制造紧张感，看完就像坐了一趟失控的过山车。约翰·赫特与理查德·约翰逊的表演张力十足，完美诠释了“不死军团”的绝望与死寂。影片摒弃了同期好莱坞的恐慌风格，采用类似黑色电影的**冷静叙事**，营造出一种行尸走肉般压抑而宿命的氛围。亨利·方达那句“Turn around, you bastards”简直是影史神来之笔，和僵尸海啸撞在一起，那种绝望感太顶了。 如果你痴迷于二战的人性黑暗切片，或者想看这种克苏鲁神话与纳粹科学怪胎的奇妙混搭，千万别错过这部被低估的cult神作。

A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.