曼德拉草

　　导演大卫·罗伯特·米切尔新作《银湖之底》，讲述一个发生在现代洛杉矶的犯罪惊悚黑色故事，33岁的Sam（安德鲁·加菲尔德 Andrew Garfield 饰）住在洛杉矶，虽然没有正职，却依然渴望出人头地。当年轻且神秘的女邻居Sarah（丽莉·克亚芙 Riley Keough 饰）突然失踪之后，Sam决定寻找这个女人，并在城里展开了一段调查。这段调查使他不得不直面天使之城最为黑面的一面，理清与丑闻和阴谋有关的失踪及神秘谋杀。

　　一次事故中他失去了他的右臂，医生为他做了移植手术，他有了一条新的手臂，但是恐怖的事情发生了，故事也渐渐开始....

　　爱德华（大卫·休里斯 David Thewlis 饰）不幸的遭遇了一场空难，但幸运的是，他成为了空难里的幸存者，流落到了位于南太平洋的一座小岛上。在岛上，爱德华遇见了一群可怕的怪物，这些怪物和人类样貌相近，但却异常的嗜血残暴，很显然，这些怪物并不是在自然的情况下产生的。
　　原来，这座岛屿是一个名叫莫罗（马龙·白兰度 Marlon Brando 饰）的疯狂博士的实验室，莫罗博士一直坚信可以通过杂交人类与野兽的基因来培养出一种完美的物种，但现实是，这座岛上半人半兽的怪物越来越多了，最终，莫罗博士也成为了他的试验品的手下冤魂，只留下了爱德华独自一人面对这棘手的情况。

　　英俊帅气、年轻有为的泰德•格雷（Milo Ventimiglia 米洛•文堤米利亚 饰）事业爱情双得意，他以优异的成绩从哈佛医学院毕业，随后被推荐进入全国最有名的病理学研究小组；另一方面，泰德和女友格雯（Alyssa Milano 阿莱萨•米兰诺 饰）感情顺利，令人欣羡。
　　凭借出众的才干与丰富的学识，泰德很快便在这人才辈出的研究小组中崭露头角，受到同侪的赏识与器重。但他很快便发现，这个小组的工作人员似乎隐藏着不为人知的秘密。原来，这些衣冠楚楚研究人员竟然暗中进行一连串的杀人事件，他们为了创造出完美的杀人纪录而疯狂竞赛。泰德同时发现，自己也在其中越陷越深。
　　是逃脱，还是同流合污，他面临着痛苦而危险的选择……

　　The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
　　Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
　　Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
　　Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
　　After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.

　　某个晴朗假日，美国青年尼克（Jay Gillespie 饰）和好友史蒂文（Nick Eversman 饰）驱车穿越国境线，打算前往墨西哥的提华纳寻找一次绝佳的艳遇。他们很快便锁定了一个性感尤物，但是突如其来的意外让二人的狂欢设想灰飞烟灭。正当他们垂头丧气之际，某当地人送给二人一个精致的魔方。尼克和史蒂文的命运就此改写，他们也有如人间蒸发一般消失。
　　尼克和史蒂文的失踪给各自家人莫大的打击，在一次家庭聚会中，艾玛（Tracey Fairaway 饰）从两人的行李中找到了那枚魔方，而浑身是血的史蒂文也突然出现在房间内。家人们对此感到惊奇喜悦，却不知道丁头鬼的魔爪正慢慢伸向他们……

　　A group of friends must confront their fears in a terrifying game.

　　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, 

　　本片受到《黄油盒婴儿》真实故事的启发，是一部曲折的超自然惊悚片，也是向《闪灵》、《罗丝玛丽的婴儿》、《9号谋杀案》等经典慢热恐怖片的致敬。影片讲述了一对夫妇为了给妻子庆祝生日来到一个乡村酒店度周末，但这个酒店其实是一个闹鬼的孕产妇家庭所开，有婴儿和母亲在此被谋杀。由此这对夫妻遇到了一系列惊悚的事情。影片主演阵容强大，由戛纳影后苏珊娜·克莱门特领衔主演。

　　故事讲述在东京地下，有高达15万人的非法入境者，这些异邦人成立了自己的秘密政府，松田翔太饰演的异邦警察则游走在这个灰暗的地下世界。

　　贡纳（朗尼·查维斯饰）为了挽救生病的母亲（罗莎里奥·道森饰），开始寻找掌握永生秘密的神话人物 — 水人。在得到神秘的当地女孩乔（阿米尔·米勒饰）的帮助后，他们一起前往遥远的野马镇森林。但随着他们不断深入，森林变得愈发陌生和危险。而贡纳的父亲（大卫·奥伊罗饰）是他们获救的唯一希望，他会不惜一切代价找到他们，并将在此过程中发现儿子的真实身份。

　　女出租车司机帕蒂遇到了一个奇怪的乘客，他头被打破了还忘记了自己的身份。正当帕蒂想帮他找回记忆的时候，却突然发现他可能是一宗谋杀案的凶手，然而事情并没有想象中那么简单。。。