本片为邵氏一部很经典的早期恐怖作品,导演孙仲把一个普通的冤鬼复仇的故事拍得百转千回扣人心弦.不光极尽恐怖惊悚邪异奇幻之能事,还几乎都是打着讽喻人世间情仇爱恨的招魂幡做警示恒言,这也增加了影片在故事上的可看度以及现实感.本片挂靠着尸变,红衣厉鬼,僵尸的元素上演了一段复仇戏码,小镇就几乎像是当时香港社会的缩影

A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production)