A wagon load of convicts on their way to prison is being escorted through the mountains by a cavalry troop. They are attacked by a bandit gang, and only a sergeant, his beautiful young daughter and an assortment of seven sadistic, murderous prisoners survive, and they are left without horses or a wagon. The sergeant must find a way to get his prisoners to their destination while protecting his daughter, watching out for the still pursuing bandits and trying to determine which one of the prisoners was the man who raped and murdered his wife.

　　在中世纪的法国，一个术士被处以绞刑，他的妻子被处死。几百年后，一个孤立的群体发现他的头埋在他们的财产里。很快它就复活了，拥有了仆人，用他们来献祭，寻找他身体的其他部分。