After the tremendous popular success of the
Fantômas novels, both of the major French
film studios — Pathé and Gaumont —
vied for the rights to produce films based
on the series. Gaumont won, and from
April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade
directed five Fantômas films which critic
David Thomson has described as "the first
great movie experience."。江湖上出现了一伙武艺高强的蒙面恶魔,杀人劫货,无恶不作。名声远扬的逍遥剑宗主叶凌宇惨遭暗害,叶念慈背起父亲的宝剑,决心为父报仇。他几番受骗,几度险遭毒手,但凭着一腔热血、一柄宝剑和一颗聪慧的心,叶念慈终于拨开迷雾,擒杀真凶,也赢得了美女司马燕的芳心。而她的真正身份却又是……。