该片是由Jacinto,Molina执导的恐怖片,于1983年上映，主要讲述了:PANIC BEATS. begins w.ith. a .totally nude woman. with welts on her bo.dy, ru.nni.ng thr.ough a misty forest full. of decayed ske.letons.. A knight o.n hors.eback is chasing her, an.d w.e soon learn th.at he is Alaric de Marna.c (a wicked charac.ter Nasch.y f.irs.t created for HORR.OR RISES FROM THE TOM.B), vi.cio.usly k.illing her for her unfai.thful ways. Aft.er the. credits rol.e, we .are taken to the present. wh.ere a descenden.t of Marnac named Paul (.Naschy) is married. to the w.eal.thy. Geneviève (Julia .Saly) was has some se.rious .hea.rt pro.blems. Paul decides to t.ake her to his .ancest.ral home in .the co.untry for some peace and. qu.iet, but the su.perstitious-filled setti.ng opens a Pandora.’s Box of. te.rri.ble occurrences.　　.We soon discover that. Paul .is .a real. son-of-a-bitch who plan.s to scare his .wife t.o death, pla.nning .to control her fortune a.nd .continue his se.cret affair with seducti.ve bad girl Mireil.le (Silvi.a M.iró.), who happens to .be the niece of the t.arot c.ard.-readi.ng housekeeper, Mabile (.Lola Gaos). Pau.l’s ma.levolent sch.eme wo.rks, but he still has to. wo.rry about an ad.ditional money-hungry mi.stress (this guy r.eally get.s a.rou.nd!), the unforgiv.ing Mabile, as well a.s new .fia.nceé M.ireille who might be hid.ing a thing or .two he.rself. More .grisly. murders follow, and the. gh.ost of Marnac r.eturns from hell to puni.sh the most despic.able huma.n c.har.acter in the film..　　PANIC BEATS was als.o writ.ten. by Na.schy (under his real nam.e Jacinto Molin.a) who. injects the. film .with an old-fashioned sp.ook.y house motif, .beefed up with a modern .movie sense of vio.lence and. se.xua.lity. The film off.ers nothing too innov.ative .sto.rywise., and even Naschy admits. on the disc’s .extras. that it was. partl.y inspired by GASLIGHT a.nd .REBECCA, but he. seems to just toss in a. hodgepodge of exp.loitation. an.d h.orror ingredients,. while delivering a s.tylish. an.d enjo.yable effort with a numb.er of twists an.d some. genuinely c.hillin.g moments. The camera sh.ots. and lighting a.re both effective, and t.here's even does a. cool set.-up. (m.uch like what Fred.die Francis did in TH.E SKUL.L a.nd THE. CREEPING FLESH) where w.e see the point. of vi.ew of Marnac. throu.gh his dark helmet as he. st.alks his female. prey. Graphically, we a.re exposed to ever.ything fr.om .a p.late of bloody eye.balls, to victims bei.ng bea.ten. relen.tlessly with the various. Medieval weapo.ns aff.ixed on the .house’.s walls (for example, so.meo.ne is axed in t.he stomach, followed by .the soaked entrail.s oozing .out.!).. Naschy’s most fre.quent 1980s leading l.ady, J.uli.a Saly., is not given much to d.o, but with her. offbe.at looks, is. a nic.e presence nonetheless. .The. prominent fema.le star here is Silvia M.iró who is seen in. the buff. fr.equ.ently, and she cer.tainly makes for some. well-.app.reciat.ed Euro starlet eye cand.y. Naschy himse.lf is .very good in. the f.ilm, putting on connivin.g f.acades, carryin.g a number of women on a. string,