A disconnected teenage girl named Lea, who enters a relationship with a man twice her age. Lea sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
本片改编自罗尔德·达尔深受喜爱的故事，讲述富翁亨利·休格（本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰）决心掌握非凡的赌博作弊技巧。
书生宁采臣（张国荣饰）收账不成，无处可归，遂夜宿鬼寺兰若寺，遇上侠士燕赤霞（午马饰），二人成为邻居。一日偶遇艳女小倩（王祖贤饰），二人两情相悦，但小倩乃是被树妖姥姥控制的鬼魂，专门迷惑精壮男子代姥姥吸取阳气。小倩见宁采臣心地善良不忍加害，并与他感情逐渐加深。宁采臣欲救小倩脱离姥姥魔掌，但苦于姥姥功力深厚，小倩无法脱离其魔掌。二人遂向燕赤霞求救......
