A series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house...

Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper ...

故事发生在一条名为“海神号”的豪华游轮之上，灯火辉煌的大厅之中，衣着华丽的旅客们怀着激动的心情，等待着新年的到来。一场地震的发生让人们一下子从天堂跌入了地狱，海神号被巨浪掀翻，一时间穿舱内一片鬼哭狼嚎。不顾船长的反对，斯科特（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）带领着8名乘客奋力爬向高处，当他们刚刚站定之时，洪水袭来，几乎是在瞬间，他们已经成为了海神号上唯一幸存的九人。　　斯科特带领着众人...