残唐乱世,瘟疫横行,传言妖女吴双化为邪祟祸害人间。然而,吴双的哥哥不良人吴令,从不相信自己善良的妹妹会是所谓妖女,他决心以缝尸还魂的秘术,复活被斩首的妹妹,在暗影涌动的瘟神庙中,设下诡局,审判真正的恶人,求一份清白与公道。影片根据短篇小说《古庙夜谭》改编。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...