A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.

Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.

A newlywed couple travels to a small town to visit the bride's cousins—her last two surviving relatives—at the castle where they live, only to discover that the cousins have just died and the castle is now inhabited by vampires.

Frédéric sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest, aided by four female vampires, to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.

An evil count lures beautiful women to his castle, there to imprison them in his torture chamber for his amusement.

A very sexually active older couple spots Beatrice on the beach and decide to draw her into a threesome.

Valérie, who has just begun housesitting for her cousin, enjoys a debaucherous night with her girlfriend Sophie, who is later mistakenly abducted overnight by members of a sex cult searching for a traitor amongst their ranks.

Martine an erotic writer has borrowed her publisher’s house in the country to finish writing her book in peace and quiet. But the inspiration is just not there. She receives intimate information about some of the nearby hotel’s weekend guests.

"René la Canne" was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming after "Le Trio Infernal" (1974) and before "La Banquière" (1980). His film is an adaptation of a story by Roger Borniche about the gangster René Girier and relates the fantastic adventures of a flamboyant mobster (René/Gérard Depardieu) and a maverick police inspector (Fernand la Sournoise/Michel Piccoli), through the 1940s.