本片于1942年德军占优势的非洲战线上，要起死回生的英军埋10万个地雷，然而被德军的袭击全军覆没，剩下了5个英军士兵，在要和主流部队汇合的卢中遇到两个德军，为了生存他们不得不暂时休战一起前行，不知什么时候被对方杀死，再加上炎热的天气，造就了影片中的紧张刺激……

　　Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress