A man invites three old friends to visit him at his seaside estate. He tells them of a painting of a woman in his bedroom that talks to him. Each man takes a turn sleeping in the room and learns a secret about the women in their lives.

A space pilot on a planet three galaxies away is dispatched to Earth to scout it out for potential invasion. When he arrives, he falls in love with a woman and her scientist husband who convinces him to build a new spaceship.

While attending a golf outing, a man learns that his wife was married before from her ex-husband. What's worse, her ex-husband tells the man that she will kill him if he doesn't escape her. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, he begins to believe his wife is plotting to murder him.

A wealthy man dies of apparent natural causes. But a detective suspects that one or both of his children/step-children might be involved because of their odd behavior.

Marcus moves to Pompeii, meets a ship owner, saves a slave girl named Lydia, and falls in love with an aristocrat named Orianna. Lydia worships Isis and tries to organize the slave women to demand proper treatment. Orianna discovers Christianity, much to the chagrin of the priest of Isis.

Pompeii is hit by an earthquake. Julia conspires with a priest of Isis to put a love spell on Marcus. Marcus instead goes mad with delusion and is later falsely accused of killing the priest's apprentice. Judgement is passed and he is sentenced to be thrown to the lions.

Lydia and Orianna scheme to get Marcus released from prison. The Priest of Isis schemes to keep him there so he can have Orianna. Marcus confronts the lion.

The lion refuses to attack Marcus, The Egyptian priest kidnaps Orianna after eluding justice. Mount Vesuvius erupts.

Marcus and Orianna flee burning Pompeii with the assistance of the blind slave, Lydia who is able to guide them through the darkness. They are diverted and waylaid at every turn.

An ad agency executive marries a woman who is more talented than he is. He soon grows jealous and murders her, and she continues to offer him advice from beyond the grave.