Following the death of his wife, a broken man spirals into an abyss of night tremors and depression and finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to take his own life in the most horrific way imaginable.
After realising he has died at the scene of a car crash, Nathan descends into the depths of hell, where he is doomed to experience the pain of tortured souls along the way.
唐（雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰）都不知道自己能否称自己为一个失意的作家，因为一个作品从来没有被公众所接受过的作家怎么能是作家呢？为了排遣心中的愤懑，唐选择了向酒精寻求安慰，殊不知，酒精只会让他的情况变得更糟。海伦（简·怀曼 Jane Wyman 饰）的出现将唐从酗酒的泥潭中拉了出来，她的温柔和善解人意温暖了唐孤寂的生活，也令他找到了心灵的归属，他决定重新振作起来。 好景不长，海伦的父亲对唐和女儿的关系十分不满，在他的眼中，唐只是一个一事无成的浪荡儿而已。感情遭到否定的汤再次陷入了酗酒的危机中，甚至动起了自杀的念头。面对心灰意冷的爱人，海伦能否再一次将唐从死亡边缘中解救回来呢？
