影片描述一名疯狂的医生假装车祸，然后用十种歌剧中的手法处死那些他认为是杀死他妻子的凶手。本片的恐怖气氛酝酿得相当成功，以低成本重现三十年代歌剧院的美术设计亦别具风格，结局颇为精彩。
Vincent Price
Dr. Anton Phibes
Joseph Cotten
Dr. Vesalius
Hugh Griffith
Rabbi
Terry-Thomas
Dr. Longstreet
Virginia North
Vulnavia
Peter Jeffrey
Inspector Trout
Derek Godfrey
Crow
Norman Jones
Sgt. Schenley
John Cater
Superintendent Waverley
Aubrey Woods
Goldsmith
John Laurie
Darrow
Maurice Kaufmann
Dr. Whitcombe
Barbara Keogh
Mrs. Frawley
Sean Bury
Lem Vesalius
