When Joni was 14, her best friend Gracie Darling disappeared during a séance. Some 27 years on, the local kids in a small town get their kicks with a game of ‘Playing Gracie Darling’ – but the seemingly innocent game turns sinister when another girl disappears. Joni, by then a child psychologist, returns to the town and partners with a police sergeant Jay to uncover the truth, while Gracie’s sister Ruth faces a mother’s worst nightmare when her own daughter vanishes under hauntingly similar circumstances.
故事发生在明朝末年，胡、苗、范、田四家人本是至交，却因为一场误会而结下了血海深仇，其后人们更是为了争夺明室遗留下来的宝藏而大打出手死伤无数。胡一刀（吕良伟 饰）侠肝义胆想要使沉冤得雪消除误会，却遭到了田归农（曾江 饰）的陷害最终命丧苗人凤（谢贤 饰）手下。 胡一刀的妻子郎剑秋（戚美珍 饰）死前将儿子胡斐（吕良伟 饰）托付给了平四，长大成人后的胡斐发誓要杀死苗人凤替父母报仇。胡斐继承了祖传的《胡家刀法》，习得了一身好武艺闯荡江湖，邂逅了名为袁紫衣（周秀兰 饰）、程灵素（景黛音 饰）等身世复杂的江湖女子，牵扯出了一段荡气回肠的武林传奇。
