一艘在深海被困的潜艇上突然出现一名神秘樵夫，而这艘潜艇带着不稳定的货物，已经被困在水下好几个月了。随着陷入恐惧的船员们穿过遇难船的走廊，发现自己正在接近最黑暗的恐惧的源头。

无论你是否看过希区柯克的心理惊悚代表作《迷魂记》，都会为这部重述作品中饱含的神秘与乐趣所着迷。全片素材都来自以已有的电影电视作品，追溯多种视觉媒介对旧金山这座城市的描摹轨迹，整合起散落素材重塑为复杂有序的影像。笼罩着诡谲、浪漫和悬念，升腾的绿色雾气蒙住带有浓重怀旧气息电影画面，邀观众一起再度跌入狂热幻梦的怀旧领地。

根据导演自述本片是最“自传的”的作品。影片背景是20世纪30年代，人物包括温尼伯曲棍球队中一群好色淫荡的队员，另外还有一间“美容堕胎沙龙”里的雇员。曲棍球员盖尔神魂颠倒地迷上了拥有美貌的梅塔和她的母亲。梅塔一开始压抑着盖尔的情欲，直到一位医生将梅塔死去父亲的双手移植到盖尔手臂上，他的激情才得以...

In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other daughter), leading to duels and suicidal plunges galore. All this is shot in the style of an early German sonal film, complete with intertitles, crackly sound-track and 'hand-tinted' colour effects.- Written by Michael Brooke