片中的故事发生在意大利的严酷乡村。当时地方住民们被认为是密友伯爵的诅咒的受害者─当他们试图逃离这片充满危险的地方时,他们发现自己已困在庄园内,因害怕而无法出去。 一群大学生前往庄园旅行时,他们偶然得知这里背后不可思议的真相。一场激励人心的惊心动魄的关于不归之路和怪异的诅咒之旅即将开启…… 扎洛夫伯爵的邪恶周末是一部惊悚片充满了黑暗气氛、悬念和浓浓的神秘色彩。影片根据一个老故事使新意尤为引人注目:主人公将会面对性骚扰、性侵犯、口头上的流血冷幽默还有过度压力——即使你成功逃脱,你也将难以忘怀这片区域中种种奇异事件。但是,尽管四处死有余辜,尽管隐藏在庄园里是一个宿命般来到幽闭之中,但胜利者有可能带回永久供人回忆的勇气和力量。一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。