The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes in 1928, three years after the events of the previous movie. To his dismay, he finds that his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls stolen, the scrolls he needs to find the Pharaoh's Tomb in Egypt, where the River of Life flows. After identifying the source of the papyrus theft, he packs and leaves for Egypt with his assistant Vulnavia - whose face displays no effects from the acid shower she received at the end of the previous film (although the character is now played by a different actress, Valli Kemp). His primary goal is the awakening of his dead wife, Victoria.
　　The thieves of Phibes' scrolls suffer an attrition problem as Inspectors Trout and Waverly chase Phibes across the world. The party is led by Beiderbeck (Robert Quarry, best known for playing Count Yorga). Although he looks young, he is several hundred years old and wants to find the River of Life in order to stay alive and be with his lover Diana (Fiona Lewis) forever. This time Phibes' murders all have an Egyptian theme to them; for example, one character is sand-blasted to death. Other deaths include someone being stung to death by scorpions, being eaten by an eagle (in the original script impaled by a gold eagle in the same way a doctor in The Abominable Dr. Phibes was impaled by a golden unicorn), and a golden snake piercing someone's skull.
　　At the climax, Beiderbeck sacrifices his life in order to save Diana. The film ends with Phibes riding a raft down the River of Life with Victoria, while singing "Over the Rainbow" (which is strange, as this film is set in 1928 but "Over The Rainbow" wasn't written until 1938). It is left ambiguous whether Victoria is resurrected or not, although a picture inside the DVD shows her in the raft with her eyes open and smiling at the camera

　　故事发生在名为“呼啸山庄”的别墅之中，希斯克利夫（詹姆斯·豪森 James Howson 饰）是山庄主人收养的孤儿，在那里，他遇见了养父的女儿凯瑟琳（卡雅·斯考达里奥 Kaya Scodelario 饰），随着时间的推移，真挚而又纯洁的感情在希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳之间产生了。可是，最终，凯瑟琳选择嫁给了多金的农场主林顿（詹姆斯·诺斯科特 James Northcote 饰），伤透了心的希斯克利夫选择了离开。
　　希斯克利夫这一走就是多年的了无音信，当他再次出现在凯瑟琳面前时，已然可以用“功成名就”一词来形容了。林顿的妹妹伊莎贝拉（妮可拉·布利 Nichola Burley 饰）深深地爱上了希斯克利夫，而希斯克利夫也似乎对她情有独钟，可是，希斯克利夫真的已经忘却了曾经遭到的背叛了吗？

　　一位个性拘谨且有教养的王子，邂逅一位性感且浑身散发魅力的歌舞女郎，她的一举手一投足，都充满著致命的吸引力，礼教的束缚让这位木讷的王子极力抵抗她的诱惑，最后却还是拜倒在她的石榴裙下……

　　巴黎歌剧院合唱团的新人克莉斯汀（艾米•罗苏姆 Emmy Rossum 饰）最近进步神速，全因剧院内的一间古老房间内每晚都会传出一把优美的男声向她传授歌唱技巧。这个良师益友其实是一个人称“剧院魅影”（杰拉德•巴特勒 Gerard Butler 饰）的人，此人因样貌丑陋，自小便被父母抛弃，戴着面具隐居在剧院的地下室。“剧院魅影”内心其实深爱着克莉斯汀。
　　一次偶然的机会，克莉斯汀有幸担当一部歌剧的主角。凭借从“剧院魅影”那里学得的丰富的歌唱技巧，克莉斯汀一炮而红，并被年轻英俊的剧院赞助人拉乌尔（帕特里克•威尔逊 Patrick Wilson 饰）看上了。两个年轻人很快堕入了爱河。“剧院魅影”伤透了心，认为是拉乌尔抢走了克莉斯汀，准备上演一出爱情复仇的大戏……

　　少年皮普（John Mills，Tony Wager 饰）父母双亡，依靠姐姐与铁匠姐夫生活，在闭塞的英国乡下，皮普受到的只是粗暴的管教。临近监狱的两名犯人逃脱，皮普出于善良向其中一个提供了食物，尽管犯人很快归案，但入狱前不忘提皮普开脱。不久附近豪宅内的哈维森小姐召皮普为自己服务，皮普一家视之为出头的机会，怎料哈维森小姐年轻时被男人所伤，一心只想培养养女爱斯泰纳（Valerie Hobson，Jean Simmons 饰）报复男人。
　　皮普很快步入了宿命般的铁匠生活，不觉六年过去。一位神秘的资助人出钱令皮普进入上流社会，皮普经过在伦敦的学习脱胎换骨，然而他久久不能忘怀少年时的初恋爱斯泰纳，幕后的资助人麦戈维奇——当年的逃犯——此时突然出现，皮普决意同麦戈维奇一起离开英国，但警察早已监视他们多时……
　　本片获1948年奥斯卡奖最佳摄影奖、最佳美工设计奖。根据查尔斯·狄更斯同名小说改编。