Two muscle-bound men dressed in loincloths approach a crypt and open the doors, revealing a coffin.

While driving down a California desert road, Bob and Shirley argue over the decision to use this night to search for a cemetery.

Bob is a horror writer who hopes that the scene of a cemetery at night will bring him inspiration.

The Black Ghoul summons the first dancer of the night, a Native American woman who loved fire.

The Black Ghoul explains it symbolizes the sixth dancer, who loved bullfighting and matadors.

Next, the Emperor expresses his boredom and demands "unusual" entertainment, while the Black Ghoul notes that the night is almost over, and they will be gone at the first sight of the morning sun.

The argument ends with the introduction of the eighth dancer, a woman who murdered her husband on their wedding night.

Bob and Shirley then wake up at the accident scene, surrounded by paramedics, suggesting it was all a dream.

[4] The action begins when a young couple, Bob (William Bates) and Shirley (sexploitation actress Pat Barrington, billed as Pat Barringer) survive a car crash only to find themselves tied to posts in a misty cemetery, where they are forced to watch dead spirits dance for the Emperor of the Night played by Criswell (best known for Plan 9 from Outer Space).

His lines were written on cue cards, which he had difficulty reading because he wasn't wearing his glasses.

[4] Criswell's undead consort, Black Ghoul, was allegedly written for Maila Nurmi, a.k.a.

The Black Ghoul appears to have "pasty white skin", with red fingernails and lipstick.

[1] Wood served as writer, production manager, casting agent, and even held up cue cards on the film, although he did not direct.

Several gaffes typical for Wood-associated projects are present, such as day-for-night issues, poor integration of stock footage, obviously fake props and absurd dialogue (for example, at one point, Criswell declares something to be "more than a fact").

Apostolof remarked later in interviews that Wood was drinking so heavily during the production, at times he was almost unconscious with his eyes rolled up in his head.

They write that the viewer "just has to sit back in awe and speculate how something like this could come from the mind of a grown man".

[4] TV Guide criticized the film's "boring" striptease performances and music, but praised Wood's dialog as "priceless".