After the tremendous popular success of the
Fantômas novels, both of the major French
film studios — Pathé and Gaumont —
vied for the rights to produce films based
on the series. Gaumont won, and from
April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade
directed five Fantômas films which critic
David Thomson has described as "the first
great movie experience."。为了筹措争取女儿明蒂监护权官司的资金,理查在怀抱星梦的女演员莎夏的介绍下,加入一场长达24小时的舞台剧演出,希望借此获得高额的奖金,但理查却万万没想到,他即将参与一场真枪实弹的血腥屠杀秀……。。