寇特为军方科学家之子，其父在军中利用特殊药剂将死人复活。某日寇特女友茱莉车祸身亡，为了让女友复活，遂利用其父的特殊技术将茱莉还魂，却不知此一技术并无法使死人真正复活，只能使死人具活动能力，成为吃人僵尸……尽管茱莉头脑清醒，尚有思想，可无法克制自己吃人的欲望，无奈之下寇特将她交给军方，不料他发现军方科学家对这些”活死人”进行残酷的人身实验，于心不忍，终将茱莉又解救出来。 二人逃跑时不小心打破了装有可以使僵尸复活气体的容器，致使僵尸全部复活，寇特不幸被怪物咬伤，得知自己也将会变成僵尸，寇特和茱莉一起走进火中，在烈火中得到永生。
夜幕降临，有着不同生活和经历的人们鱼贯而入，坐进了飞往东京的太平洋航空7500次航班的机舱。喜怒哀乐，不经意流露出来。他们有的正为外遇左右为难，有的正经历婚变，有的寡廉鲜耻渴望一场艳遇，有的为可能到来的意外怀孕担忧，有的自顾自沉浸在蜜月的浪漫中不管他人。少顷，飞机起飞，谁知不久遭遇一阵强气流，结果一名衣冠楚楚、正襟危坐的男子心脏病突发，虽经众人抢救，却不幸猝死机上。经过和地面的短暂交涉后，机组人员将上层机舱腾出来，把尸体暂时安置在那里。 似乎以此为开端，接下来的八小时内，恐怖诡异的气氛在飞机内蔓延，各怀心事的乘客和机组人员经历着人生最重大的变故……
1，因驾驶失误，富商爱德华（Bruce Payne 饰）的妻子爱玛（Denice D. Lewis 饰）不幸死于车祸，极度伤心和内疚的爱德华通过《死亡之书》的帮助，使爱玛复活。然而事情的发展却出乎他的意料…… 2，疯狂科学家迈登博士（David Warner 饰）躲在寒冷的实验室里，潜心进行他的长寿研究。百年的岁月流逝，他和女助手日久生情，然一场突如其来的火灾摧毁了一切…… 3，夫妻警察在追捕罪犯时走失，莎拉（Signy Coleman 饰）为寻找丈夫保罗（Obba Babatundé 饰）走入一间布满残肢断体的恐怖房间，她的噩梦从此开始…… 本片根据魔幻小说的创始人美国作家霍华德•菲利浦•勒夫卡夫特的作品《死亡之书》中的几则短篇故事改编，并荣获1994年意大利罗马奇幻电影节最佳特效奖、1994年葡萄牙奇幻电影节国际奇幻电影奖最佳特效奖。
When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.