A scientific expedition goes into the wilds of the Amazon in search of ancient fossils and encounters the inhabitant of the Black Lagoon, a prehistoric reptile.

The Egyptian priest Imhotep comes back to life 3,700 years after his death. When he meets Englishwoman Helen Grosvenor, he recognizes her as a priestess who also lived almost forty centuries ago....

An Alabama lawyer is single-handedly raising two children. In an economically depressed, bigoted and hateful environment, he must defend in court an African-American man falsely accused of rape.

Fred Madison is accused of murdering his wife Renae and sentenced to capital punishment. Shortly before execution, he mysteriously disappears from death row, and in his place is found a confused and uncomprehending Pete Dayton. How did he end up on death row? Where did the killer disappear to?

Released, Pete tries to return to everyday normal life, but instead of it awaits him inexplicable, astounding nightmare....