魔鬼性的仪式

　　在外科医院院长尼克（朱利安·山德斯 Julian Sands 饰）的眼中，风情万种的海伦娜（雪琳·芬 Sherilyn Fenn 饰）是自己的缪斯，可是对于这个追求者，海伦娜并没有放在心上。为了将海伦娜留在身边，尼克设计让她错过了航班，没想到聪明的海伦娜察觉了尼克的阴谋，却在逃跑的途中发生了车祸。
　　从昏迷中醒来的海伦娜发现自己失去双腿，而站在自己面前的，正是罪魁祸首尼克，尼克向海伦娜解释截肢是为了保住她的性命，而海伦娜并不相信。就这样，两人扭曲的关系开始了。在一次企图用手掐死尼克的行动后，海伦娜失去了她的双臂，至此她彻底沦为了一个丧失一切行动能力的摆设，生活起居皆由尼克照料。

　　曾经一系列事件让霍斯曼一家经历了巨大的变动。在母亲去世后，作为长子的尼尔（约翰尼·韦斯顿 Jonny Weston 饰）因精神问题与家人暂时离别。两年之后，父亲泰瑞（皮特·霍登 Peter Holden 饰）迎娶新妻安吉拉（穆赛塔·万德 Musetta Vander 饰）。借此机缘，尼尔得以回到家中，并与日夜思念的弟弟保列（盖特林·格里菲斯 Gattlin Griffith 饰）重聚。短暂的快乐并未持续多久，旧日的噩梦很快抬头。尼尔坚信当初他的床下藏有恐怖妖怪，而这一切似乎也与母亲之死些许相关。他依旧神神叨叨的样子令父亲又苦恼又气愤，孤独无助的他只有依靠与自己感情最深的弟弟。
　　栖息黑暗深处，时刻威胁着兄弟俩的恶魔，即将带来更加难以遗忘的噩梦……

　　本该温馨美好的情人节，四名漂亮的女人却收到了令人不寒而栗的古怪卡片，接着古怪恐怖的事情开始在她们中间发生。原来，这一切起因于她们上学时曾无情的嘲笑过个一个性格内向、古怪的可怜男生。现金一转数年过去了，当年高中舞会上的“丑小鸭”已经变成了“天鹅”，决定回来在情人节当日对她们实施最无情的报复。到底谁才是元凶，这四个漂亮女人能否逃过此劫？围绕在她们周围的男士人人皆有可疑……

　　PANIC BEATS begins with a totally nude woman with welts on her body, running through a misty forest full of decayed skeletons. A knight on horseback is chasing her, and we soon learn that he is Alaric de Marnac (a wicked character Naschy first created for HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB), viciously killing her for her unfaithful ways. After the credits role, we are taken to the present where a descendent of Marnac named Paul (Naschy) is married to the wealthy Geneviève (Julia Saly) was has some serious heart problems. Paul decides to take her to his ancestral home in the country for some peace and quiet, but the superstitious-filled setting opens a Pandora’s Box of terrible occurrences.
　　We soon discover that Paul is a real son-of-a-bitch who plans to scare his wife to death, planning to control her fortune and continue his secret affair with seductive bad girl Mireille (Silvia Miró), who happens to be the niece of the tarot card-reading housekeeper, Mabile (Lola Gaos). Paul’s malevolent scheme works, but he still has to worry about an additional money-hungry mistress (this guy really gets around!), the unforgiving Mabile, as well as new fianceé Mireille who might be hiding a thing or two herself. More grisly murders follow, and the ghost of Marnac returns from hell to punish the most despicable human character in the film.
　　PANIC BEATS was also written by Naschy (under his real name Jacinto Molina) who injects the film with an old-fashioned spooky house motif, beefed up with a modern movie sense of violence and sexuality. The film offers nothing too innovative storywise, and even Naschy admits on the disc’s extras that it was partly inspired by GASLIGHT and REBECCA, but he seems to just toss in a hodgepodge of exploitation and horror ingredients, while delivering a stylish and enjoyable effort with a number of twists and some genuinely chilling moments. The camera shots and lighting are both effective, and there's even does a cool set-up (much like what Freddie Francis did in THE SKULL and THE CREEPING FLESH) where we see the point of view of Marnac through his dark helmet as he stalks his female prey. Graphically, we are exposed to everything from a plate of bloody eyeballs, to victims being beaten relentlessly with the various Medieval weapons affixed on the house’s walls (for example, someone is axed in the stomach, followed by the soaked entrails oozing out!). Naschy’s most frequent 1980s leading lady, Julia Saly, is not given much to do, but with her offbeat looks, is a nice presence nonetheless. The prominent female star here is Silvia Miró who is seen in the buff frequently, and she certainly makes for some well-appreciated Euro starlet eye candy. Naschy himself is very good in the film, putting on conniving facades, carrying a number of women on a string, 

　　记者保拉为了追求杀害男友里沙尔的真正凶手，来到了亚特兰提克城，这是一个深受美国文化影响的地方，之后出现了一大堆像唐纳德、里查德、维德马克、多丽斯.沟口……有着怪名字的怪人。保拉在追寻真相的过程中，还卷入了政治阴谋和黑帮事件中。
　　法国新浪潮电影大师戈达尔把美国好莱坞黑帮电影的所有元素用在这部非常刻意的政治恐怖片中，明显向该类型的大师萨缪尔?富勒、尼古拉斯?雷、霍华德?霍克斯等做了模仿式的致敬，片中还涉及许多真实的政治背景和暗杀事件。整部影片虽然显得情节荒唐，较为做作，但导演通过流行音乐（其中一首是《北非碟影》中的“时光流逝”）、广告插画、气氛处理等方法展现深受美国流行文化影响和主导下的法国社会景象。以《美国制造》为标志，戈达尔的政治批判意识进入其后期阶段。他将电影的叙事惯例当作现实政治在电影艺术门类中的主要表现而加以痛烈的反对。为此，他对电影的表现手段进行了极富挑战性的探索。

　　This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
　　Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
　　One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.

　　[艺术家]导演米歇尔·阿扎纳维西于斯将执导丧尸题材惊悚喜剧新片[Z(像Z)](Z (Comme Z)，暂译)。罗曼·杜里斯、让-帕斯卡尔·扎迪([乘风破浪的黑哥哥])主演。该片翻拍自日本影片[摄影机不要停！]，故事围绕一个丧尸电影的片场展开。

　　查理·克劳（达拉斯·罗伯茨 Dallas Roberts 饰）是一档电台深夜节目的主持人，长久以来他的事业和生活水平持续走低，节目收听率不升反降，面临被砍掉的危险；生活上他业已离异，与前妻、儿子的关系势同水火。某晚，查理接听了名叫杰夫的17岁少年的电话，少年声称正被神秘的影子人所困扰，精神几近崩溃，此后还给查理寄送了相关医学实验的资料。虽然查理将其当作少年无聊的恶作剧，但是杰夫在连线过程中举枪自杀还是在社会上引起了不小的震动。蒙受公众作秀指责的查理，为了挽救收听率不得不按照制作人的指示对此事进行跟踪调查。在此过程中，曾与之有过一面之缘的年轻女性意外死亡，令其受到极大的触动。
　　越来越多影子人的目击者发表声明，一系列秘密进行长达三十年的实验悄悄揭开神秘面纱……

　　God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows us the adventures of a server of Satan. This is a strange movie.

　　1984年的美国圣诞档曾出现过一部备受争议的电影《平安夜，杀人夜》，这部电影让圣诞老人化身杀人狂，在美好的圣诞夜晚大开杀戒，颠覆了孩子们心目中圣诞老人作为愿望使者的美好形象，这让家长们大为光火，合力抗议抵制，整个美国社会甚至形成了一股反恐怖电影的风潮。这种行为或许要拜美国六七十年代一系列的诸如越战失利，总统遇刺，国内经济衰退等等事件所赐，使得美国人的心灵变得脆弱不堪，以至于都无福消受一部消遣圣诞老人的恐怖电影。今年，翻拍自当年《平安夜，杀人夜》的恐怖片《平安夜惊魂》又来了。在美国文化多元开化的今天，这样一部电影想来已经不会触到他们的敏感点了。
　　《平安夜惊魂》将延续《平安夜，杀人夜》的原故事，主要讲述了在美国威斯康星洲一个小镇举行了圣诞大游行，在满镇的圣诞老人中，有一位连环杀手也装扮成圣诞老人的样子大开杀戒。小镇警察对其进行搜寻追捕......
　　本片剧本由杰森·罗思韦尔（《白雪公主和七武僧》、《仙境绑架案》）操刀，新生代恐怖片导演史蒂文·c·米勒（《自动注射》、《尖叫的女妖》）执导，“邪恶”老将马尔科姆·麦克道威尔（《罗马帝国艳情史》、《发条橙》）搭档杰米·金、布兰登·费尔两位年轻演员出演。麦克道威尔此次不再出演一贯的邪恶角色，而是变身成大事的小镇英雄库柏警长。
　　《平安夜惊魂》将于11月30日北美上映，之后一周将发行蓝光和DVD。

　　Grey is an indie singer who is having visions that she is a wolf. When she gets an invitation to work with notorious music producer Vaughn Daniels at his remote studio in the woods she begins to find out who she really is.

　　本片讲述的是一部关于家族因保护宝物离奇失踪，后人追寻的探秘冒险片，主人公高诚一直未曾忘记祖训追寻明朝宪宗年高家族人失踪之谜，为寻找源头之所在，他与朋友冒险进入墓地进行探索。