A heroin-addicted gravedigger hides his stash in an unmarked grave.A heroin-addicted gravedigger hides his stash in an unmarked grave.A heroin-addicted gravedigger hides his stash in an unmarked grave.
The film was heavily influenced by 1940's horror films produced by Val Lewton, particularly Cat People (1942) and The Body Snatcher (1945). Jack Reilly played the Gravedigger under the pseudonym "Jack Turner," a play on the name of Jacques Tourneur, who directed Cat People.