谎言之城

　　私立晨光学院町田高中，群体作弊事件严重，校园暴力引发胡搅蛮缠的家长与教师的连锁冲突，体育教师柴原彻郎（山田孝之 饰）和美术教师久米刚毅（平岳大 饰）的不端行为又令这一神圣职业蒙羞。在这片无序的混乱中，二年4班班主任莲实圣司（伊藤英明 饰）继续他那完美纯然的教师神话。举止优雅，谦和可亲，天使一般的外表下竟是一颗冷冰冰的恶魔之心。他潜心经营，布下一个又一个不易察觉的圈套，悄无声息抹除那些威胁他存在的人们。物理教师钓井（吹越满 饰）暗中调查莲实的过去和背景，并与他的学生圭介（染谷将太 饰）等人尝试揭穿莲实的真面目，此举全引来连番血腥杀戮。充满欢乐的校园祭前夜，血流成河……
　　本片根据作家贵志祐介的同名原著改编。

　　Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).
　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
　　This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
　　As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

　　人世间充满着令人无法解释的神秘角落，其中鬼神之说更是众说纷纭，谁又敢肯定在先进的世界里，不是到处充满幽魂野鬼。服装公司找模特面试，明明六名面试者，但是在面试的时候却有七个人，多出来的模特到底是人是鬼？

　　伊文蓝道（赖瑞德瑞克饰）一直梦想成为和父亲一样做个医生，当他真正成为小镇医生后，因为妻子突发无可救药的心脏病，使她陷入疯狂境界，为了挽救妻子，他开始实验活体心脏移植，结果一次计划出差错使他变成神经病送进精神病院，在院中他又悄悄进行解剖活人夺取心脏的恐怖实验，在对一位医生不用麻醉药开取心脏后，他逃出医院回到小镇，企图重拾他已经破碎的医生美梦。

After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

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　　荒廢工廠護衛員肥雪，在看驚悚電影時，虛幻情節突然變成真實！一向酷愛鑽研人類的JEFF，帶著痴心女友BOBO、好色死黨Ronny與他初相識的內地模特大野等一行七人勇闖荒廢多年的神秘小島。旅程中卻不斷遇上神秘人的襲擊，面對著九死一生的情況，遊戲正式揭開序幕。

　　故事讲述孤独的高中生四月一日是个能看得见妖怪、吸引妖怪血统的青年。梦想希望抹去自己能力，过着正常人生活的他，某日被一只蝴蝶吸引，踏入了不思议的空间「ミセ」，并遇上了妖艳美丽的女主人侑子。
　　「我可以实现你任何愿望，但你也要付出相对的劳力作为代价。」
　　为了实现心愿，四月一日开始在「ミセ」工作，任凭侑子差遣。最后，在与同学百目鬼、九轩葵的关系日渐加深的同时，他们也遇上麻烦的人，并卷入超乎想像的大事件中――！

　　一名老富翁过世后，他名下的财产出人意料地留给了服侍他不久的女看护，后者因此陷入了一张充满欺骗与谎言的迷网。为了生存，她必须质疑所有人的动机 — 连她最亲最爱的人也不例外。

　　影片讲述了小有名气的“凶宅先生”江烁「嫁」出了定金买下一栋“豪宅大厦”，与合伙人秦一恒与袁阵前往看宅。江秦等人在传统节日“鬼周”期间来到了一幢阴森诡异的老楼，并被卷入“皮巴贡”的诅咒之中，一场巨大阴谋也悄然在他们身边酝酿……
　　《凶宅笔记》IP故事多取材于作者贰十三亲历的真实事件，将“凶宅先生”这一买卖凶宅的行当职业化，借“凶宅先生”这一赋有神秘色彩的职业视野，将诡谲画卷展开。“凶宅”背景下朦胧神秘的过往秘辛为影片蒙上一层浓重的悬疑色彩。通过奇异诡谲的民俗元素唤起观众好奇心。不乏降魔杵斗法，风水八卦、鬼门开、黄泉路等玄妙的中国式惊悚元素，窥探凶宅买卖行业不为人知的秘密。

　　一场火车对撞的惨剧夺去131名乘客的性命，大卫•杜恩（Bruce Willis 布鲁斯•威利斯 饰）奇迹般地成为这场灾难过后的唯一幸存者，且浑身上下毫发无伤。在他参加遇难者追悼会之后，他在车窗上发现一张神秘便条，写道：“你这一生生过几次病？”
　　不久，一个名叫伊利亚•普莱斯（Samuel L. Jackson 塞缪尔•杰克逊 饰）的黑人出现在大卫面前。和大卫不同的是，伊利亚天生手脚残废，脆弱不堪。喜爱漫画的伊利亚认定大卫就是书中那种具有超自然能力的超人。懵懂的大卫开始在伊利亚的引导下认识自身的能力……