本片是蛇蝎美人类惊粟片的代表作。特里萨.拉塞尔专门勾引那些有钱的男人,以婚姻为饵来夺取他们的财产,不久就将枕边人杀掉,再找新的目标下手。黛布拉.温格饰演精明干练的联邦密探,她从好几宗表面无关系的凶杀案中找出了共同点——他们都留下了一个年轻漂亮的有钱遗孀,于是对她展开调查追捕。以两个女人斗智为主要剧情的影片在好莱坞并不多见,导演鲍勃.拉斐尔森这部作品拍得严谨而有气氛,两个女主角的表演亦各擅胜场,相当可观。Catherine is a black widow. "She mates and then she kills". Black Widow is the story of a lady (Catherine) who marries lonely millionaires, waits until they've changed their will to leave all to their beloved wives and then murders them to inherit the fortune. With each man Catherine marries, she changes her appearance to suit the mans personality. Only there's one problem. Alexandra is a smart cookie and has found a link between these unexplained mysterious deaths and the partners wives. But now her only problem is proving that a killer is on the loose and saving herself from the deadly Black Widow.