Johnson, an agent for the Liquor Control Department, is dispatched to disband a gang of cut-throat still operators on an island in the Everglades run by �Doc.� He is discovered by the moonshiners and nearly escapes by diving into the crocodile-infested swamps. Completely exhausted by the long swim. he stumbles and falls and is stabbed by a masked female killer that lurks along the beach every full moon. Finally making his way he stumbles along the Cuckoo Bird Inn run by Mrs. Pratt, a twice-widowed ex-showgirl and owner of the inn. She also has a beautiful daughter named Lisa who is kept chained up in the attic except for at night since she won�t escape into the darkness that she fears. Harold, the inn�s caretaker, is a taxidermist whose mental and physical deficiencies are advantageous to Mrs. Pratt. While the inn�s guests scheme against Johnson, the masked killer has made many unsuccessful attempts on his life. Later he finds Doc�s corpse being readied for stuffing and realizes that he must discover the killer�s identity or suffer the same fate. In the exciting climax, Johnson wrestles with the knife-wielding killer in the Chapel of the Dead as a fire threatens to reduce the island to cinders.

Starring:

Bert Williams, Ann Long, Chuck Frankle

Genre:

Drama, Horror