Bandits led by Matt the Mute enter a bar and kill multiple people. Randy Bowers comes to town and is framed by Matt the Mute, who is working with the sheriff, who doesn't know that Matt is really a criminal. Matt the Mute writes out everything he wants to say. Randy escapes with the help of Sally Rogers, the niece of the dead owner of the bar. Bowers runs from the sheriff, and ends up in the cave in which the bandits have their hideout. They kidnap Sally, who escapes with the help of Bowers. Matt the Mute is killed when he enters the bar, which is filled with explosives, and the niece marries Randy.。故事发生在战火纷飞内忧外患的动荡时期,都统制王思松被诬陷通敌叛国,而遭到了满门抄斩的判决,不幸中的万幸是,他的儿子王仲平(叶童饰)逃过一死,并且被善良的妓女春香(陈孝萱饰)救下带回了飘红院,就这样,这间妓院成为了王仲平最后的庇护所。 在飘红院里,王仲平结识了当红头牌焦桂英(赵雅芝饰),王仲平几次遇险,都是焦桂英凭借自己的智慧和勇气将危险一一化解,一来二去之间,王仲平和焦桂英坠入了爱河,两人许下了厮守一生的诺言。然而,王仲平特殊的身份让他注定无法去过正常人的生活,阴魂不散的过去不仅拖累了他,也牵连了焦桂英。。本片改编自洛夫克拉夫特的短篇《不可名状》("The Unnamable")。19世纪初一位妇女生下了一个怪物,人们都觉得他太丑陋,没有什么名字能形容他,于是都称之为“不可名状之物”。后来怪物残忍地杀害了他的家人,自己则被困在了墓地里。时间流逝到了1988年,几个大学生听说了不可名状之物的故事,继而想去墓地一探究竟……。