南辕北辙

宇宙飞船邱吉尔号接近哈雷彗星，欲探知其内部构造。船长汤姆•卡尔森（Steve Railsback 饰）带领一组队员走出船舱，发现彗星内部藏有一艘废弃的飞船，内有多具奇怪生物的干尸以及三个沉睡在水晶棺内的人类。为解开其中奥秘，汤姆下令将他们带回飞船。 三十天后，空无一人的邱吉尔号飞临地球，航天总署派出哥伦比亚号与之对接。宇航员在船中发现焚烧的痕迹和那三个沉睡之人，而机组成员全部死亡。回到地球后，三个人中的女性（Mathilda May 饰）突然苏醒，吸取了年轻守卫的精气。之后守卫变成干尸，并最终风化。不久其他两人苏醒，似乎一场灾难正降临地球……。Fifteen years ago, wealthy but crippled Colorado cattleman Arch Strobie (Ray Collins), whose own son Lee (Robert Walker) is wild, took in young Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) as a foster son to help raise him. Now Owen is ranch foreman, but Lee, despite being married to Jen (Joanne Dru), is wilder than ever. Unmarried Lily Fasken (Sally Forrest) gives birth but refuses to iden...。