"O" is a talented photographer in her late twenties with a promising career ahead of her. She is torn, however, between the tasks financial realities are forcing upon her and between her own artistic aims. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Rene, "O" decides that she should pursue her artistic passion without reservation, setting aside financial realities until she has completed her very beautiful, avant-garde book of original photos. In hopes of enabling "O" to focus her energies on the book, Rene introduces her to a mysterious benefactor, the wealthy and powerful Sir Stephen. What starts out as a promising arrangement, turns out to be self-destructive for "O". She allows outside influences to corrupt her artistic vision, as she is drawn into a seductive world of deceit, power, and eroticism
영화 속 영화의 형식이다. 이제 퇴물이 되어버린 영화 감독은 성공적인 영화를 만들 계획을 가지고 있다. 스크린에 누드로 출연해도 그녀의 건전한 정신을 보여주기로 유명한 여배우를 캐스팅하는데...블레이크 에드워즈 감독은 1970년대 초 할리우드의 영화 제작 방식에 상당한 불만을 품고 있음이 분명하다. 영화를 호전시키는 몇가지 요소들이 눈에 띄긴 하지만 신랄한 풍자극을 그야말로 명쾌하게 뽑아내기에는 역부족이었다. 제멋대로 만들어진 영화.
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
Bob and Shirley go in search of a cemetery in order to inspire Bob for writing his next horror story. After they crash the car, they wander into the graveyard and encounter the dancing dead, a full moon spectacle overseen by the Ruler of the Dark. Before long the couple is spotted and taken prisoner. Tied to stakes and forced to watch the dancing, they await their fate.
