A bite from a giant spider turns a man into a creature that terrorizes a group of women who survived a plane crash.

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.