本片标志着导演卢西奥·弗尔兹（Lucio Fulci）代表作的出现。几名男孩在意大利南部一个乡下小镇被杀害，发疯的吉普赛女人和变态的年轻女子都很可疑，嫌疑犯日益增多直至整个小镇面临着自我毁灭，这一切正是误人的宗教与迷信所致。片中骇人的暴力场景在于，当村里几名男村民要吉普赛女人为他们的孩子负责，决定亲手将她绳之以法的时候，场面可想而知的残忍。

　　Maurizio is a stubborn boy who grows up near the fiumara, where people throw away whatever they no longer need. This open-air dump becomes his playground, where among wrecked cars and other treasures large and small, he begins to dream of playing in the town band. Mamma Rosa looks on his musical aspirations as a childish whim, a luxury that the family cannot afford. And so, between the good advice by Mosè the donkey and the pranks by chicken N’Giulina, Maurizio is faced with a growing series of adventures and comes to the realization that, if his dream is to come true, he must be determined to see it through right to the end.