无神之地

　　当兼顾工作和抚养孩子的单身母亲成熙（尹世雅饰）为她年幼的女儿在整个房子里安装家庭摄像头时，奇怪的事情开始了。

　　贾斯汀（加朗斯·莫里利尔 Garance Marillier 饰）生长在一个素食主义家庭之中，严格遵守着饮食上的戒律，从未尝过荤腥。贾斯汀进入了一间兽医学校就读，作为校园里的“菜鸟”，她受到了来自老生们的无情的压榨和排挤，森严的等级制度让贾斯汀倍感压抑，而她和亦在这里就读的姐姐埃里克西亚（艾拉·朗夫Ella Rumpf 饰）之间的关系也十分紧张。
　　没有了父母的管制，贾斯汀决定尝一尝肉的滋味，然而随着时间的推移，她渐渐发现熟肉已经无法再满足她，她的内心里滋生出了对生肉和鲜血的渴望。这日益强烈的渴望折磨着贾斯汀，而埃里克西亚对于妹妹的异样竟然毫无意外。一场意外中，埃里克西亚的手指被剪刀剪下，面对着眼前的断指，贾斯汀再也无法压抑内心的欲望。

　　远在罗马尼亚乡间的一所修道院发生修女自杀事件。为此，梵蒂冈委派伯克神父（德米安·比齐尔 Demián Bichir 饰）和见习修女艾琳（泰莎·法米加 Taissa Farmiga 饰）前去调查。抵达目的地后，他们首先找到了定期给该修道院运送物资的法国青年弗兰切（乔纳斯·布洛凯 Jonas Bloquet 饰），而他正是第一个发现修女尸体的目击人。三人进入修道院，里面的气氛阴森鬼魅，修女们则飘忽不定，有如幽灵。看不见面容的修道院长称修女们正在静默祈祷，第二天才能回答他们的问题。无奈之下，伯克神父一行只好暂时在修道院落脚。
　　可是随着夜幕降临，真正的恐怖开始浮现，恶魔对虔诚的信仰展开了毫无差别的狙杀……

　　哈尼夫帶著妻小和幾個好友，打算回到幼時成長的孤兒院，探望年事已高、身體孱弱的看護班迪先生。當一行人抵達孤兒院後情況卻急轉直下，恐怖駭人的超自然事件接連襲來，本該溫馨的重逢場合一夜之間化為人間煉獄，揭露一段不為人知的黑暗過往⋯

　　Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that drive his violent nature, an unnamed man is capturing women and savagely beating them to death. Meanwhile, a woman is luring men into a violent end, by way of her knife. Driven by the same force to make the opposite sex suffer, the killers’ fates intertwine. The two must face off in a battle to the death, in which they are forced to reveal the horrible truth behind their addiction to murder.
　　“Brutal” takes an interesting approach to its visuals, drawing heavy influence from Western “Grindhouse” films, using a filter to make the footage appear grainy, damaged, and with light and color fluctuations. Unfortunately, the visual styling ends up feeling misguided, as other than applying the filter it does not imitate any other aspects of the “Grindhouse” genre. Despite trying to dirty up the film, it is apparent it was shot on digital. The cinematography is also a step above most “Grindhouse” productions, with Takashi Hirose proving he has talent behind the camera. Exterior shots to those taking place in small spaces are all competently framed, lit, and transition well. The decision to add an effect on top of the work hurts the film’s imagery and even gives a sense of desperation to try to capture a certain type of nostalgia with the audience, instead of relying on its own strengths. It is unfortunate when one creative choice can hurt a production so much.
　　The story of “Brutal” is simple but effective, it does attempt some sort of social commentary about the violent nature of men and women, but it does not offer enough depth into the subject to justify the amount of violence on display. The film does end on a strong note with an interesting twist, with a reveal that is bound to gross some out, while giving others a chuckle. In spite of its simple nature, those who enjoy films that make them somewhat uncomfortable and enjoy the challenge of getting through some ultra-violence, “Brutal” poses a fun and entertaining challenge in that regard.

　　一部在当时来说构思和拍摄较为出色的一部恐怖电影。内容是一个清朝女子和一男人通奸，被村民捉奸并将女人浸猪笼。女子充满怨气的魂魄开始在海水中蔓延。时间切到199X年的香港，一女子游泳被水中异物拉住脚溺水而亡，腐烂发臭的尸体漂到岸边被人发现，后送到警察局法医鉴定处之后所发生的一系列恐怖事件。

妻子为何横刀伸向病榻中的丈夫？这个世界上除了自杀，还有没有一种能让自己杀了自己的可能性？不经意间打死的的蜘蛛，为何也能让自己丧命？无知少女崇拜美女老师，竟然要求老师用屁熏死自己。

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　　影片描述一位出版社编辑在火车上遇见一名精神科医师，两人各自分享离奇经历，故事尚未说完，医生却消失无踪，一则比一则怪诞的故事开始展开。

　　这部影片讲述了滑板少年Brian Kelly发现自己的弟弟死于非命，而自己工作的商店却和一个枪支贩卖团伙有所联系，于是为了找出弟弟的死因，他在其他滑手朋友的帮助下用自己的智慧和勇气战胜了这个犯罪团伙，最终把杀害弟弟的凶手绳之以法。
　　曾经在90年代初的中国，一部以滑板内容为主题的美国电影使无数当时的少年为之疯狂、热血沸腾，它就是《危险之至》，英文名为《Gleaming the Cube 》，很多那时候开始玩板的朋友都是在看了这部影片后才对滑板运动产生了浓厚的兴趣。
　　影片中时时出现主角和朋友们一起玩板的镜头，要知道这些替身演员都是当时知名的职业滑手，他们包括Tony Hawk、Tommy Guerrero、Mike McGill、Rodney Mullen、Natas Kaupas、Lance Mountain等，还有Powell公司的著名退役滑手、滑板影片导演Stacy Peralta担任副导演，他们把滑板的魅力在这部影片中发挥得淋漓尽致，影片上映于1989年，在中国上映的时间在90年代初，它不仅影响了中国的早一代滑手，而且也影响了世界上众多的滑板爱好者，它是滑板历史上不得不提到的一部经典影片。

　　故事发生在1956年的法国，一名牧师惨遭谋杀，某种邪恶正在散播，艾琳修女（泰莎·法米加 Taissa Farmiga 饰）将再次与鬼修女瓦拉克（邦妮·阿伦斯 Bonnie Aarons 饰）展开正面对决。

　　Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
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　　Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead!

　　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,