改编自卡夫卡的存在主义小说，线线以《触目惊心》(1960)成名的安东尼．柏坚斯饰演异境人物「K」，线线一朝醒来便发觉警察在旁，说他要接受审判，但无人告诉他干犯何罪。为了表示清白，K试图挑战司法制度，但悲剧人物始终逃不过卡夫卡式幽闭梦魇。影片卡士庞大，威尔斯依旧粉墨登场，还有法国 大美人珍．摩露，负责拍摄的是布纽尔的御用摄影师。影片以黑白菲林呈现超现实的封闭时空，威尔斯在影像实验中继续潇洒前行，从庞大的布景和众多的群众演员中，说明了他如何精心筹划出电影的无边国度。威尔斯自言这是他的最佳电影。
回复 :故事发生在万圣节的夜晚，男孩马克思（欧姆里·卡兹 Omri Katz 饰）在误打误撞之中点燃了邪恶的蜡烛，将在三百年前早已经死去的三名女巫威尼弗雷德（贝特·米德勒 Bette Midler 饰）、莎拉（莎拉·杰西卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker 饰）和马莉（凯茜·纳基麦 Kathy Najimy 饰）从地狱召唤回了人间。很久很久以前，这三名女巫因为吸食小孩的精气而被判以死刑，如今，再度回到阳间的她们决定重蹈覆辙。得知了女巫们的阴谋，马克思决定绝不坐视不管。他找到了妹妹丹尼（索拉·伯奇 Thora Birch 饰）和好友艾莉森（凡妮莎·肖 Vinessa Shaw 饰）三人一起行动，计划破坏女巫们的行动。留给孩子们的时间已经很少了。
回复 :There is no way to write a "spoiler"---is there actually somebody somewhere who, ten minutes into this 1950's film, wouldn't know where it is going and will end up---since it is a strictly written-by-the-numbers corruption and redemption meller that finds: number 1, a doctor returns from the Korean War to his Pennsylvania mining hometown, (and 2) must choose between dedicating himself to treating the suffering poor (or 3) build himself a swank office and get rich by flattering wealthy women with imaginary ailments. Throw in elements no. 5,Lizabeth Scott as a rich, spoiled, twice-divorced woman with a lip stiffer than his, and number 6, Dianne Foster as a nurse bent on helping all mankind, and there are no surprises left, especially if one take note of the name of Irving Wallace among the writers, the title and Scott billed above Foster. The only surprise here is that this film wasn't from Universal-International and directed by Douglas Sirk.
回复 :魔符是由科奇恐三栖作家斯蒂芬・金和恐怖小说作家彼得.斯乔布(Peter Straub)于1984年合作完成的一本小说，讲述一名12岁的小男孩杰克.索耶(Jack Sawyer)从美国东海岸出发，游历美国以及平行世界“疆域”，寻找魔符，以拯救他垂危的母亲的故事。
