Friends and relatives of a dead millionaire gather for the reading of his will. A taped message from the deceased expresses his loathing of his family, and the conditions attached to the will are deliberately designed to have them at each other's throats. Moreover, it seems at least one of the potential beneficiaries is prepared to commit murder to guarantee getting the money. Thriller, starring Honor Blackman, Michael Callan and Edward Fox.

A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.