民俗怪闻录之诡戏班

　　皮帕和托马斯搬进了他们梦寐以求的公寓，他们注意到他们的窗户正对着对面的公寓——邀请他们亲眼目睹街对面这对迷人夫妇的不稳定关系。但当他们试图以匿名方式介入他们的生活时，他们不知不觉地引发了一系列将导致灾难的事件。

　　一个岛屿度假胜地举办了一个独特的情侣度假胜地，旨在重新点燃激情的火焰。当 Stacy 和她的儿子 朋友来了，性感的乐趣很快就被一个以他们的痛苦为食的恶毒实体打断了。

　　一名年轻女子在离家千里之外的地方死去。一个男孩坐在她旁边。她不是他的母亲。他也不是她的孩子。他们共同谱写了一个令人难忘的故事，讲述了破碎的灵魂、无形的威胁、家庭的力量和绝望处境。改编自萨曼塔·施维伯林备受国际评论界赞誉的小说。

　　当山姆在一个偏远的湖里被谋杀时，他的意识开始穿过他的朋友的尸体，试图保护他们免受凶手的害。这条黑暗的段落引导他踏上了更伟大的旅程——发现自己的真实身份。

　　传说中，鹈鹕会啄破自己的胸膛，用鲜血滋养饥饿的幼鸟。身为驯马师的母亲领养了孤儿拉雅，谁料拉雅因从小心灵受到重创，无法像常人一样感知亲情，时而出现过激举动，让母亲和姐姐十分困扰。在自己和养女之间，母亲做出了无私的决定。来自女性导演的作品以悬疑、惊悚类型片的方式探索母性这一永恒的话题。

　　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……

　　Follows Roscoe, a seedy motel maintenance man, after discovering some powerful hallucinogenic worms he meets Benny, They fall in love making worms together before embarking on an odyssey of sex and violence.

　　女童星希瑟·奥鲁克依旧饰演恶鬼企图掳走的目标，可惜她本人在本片公映前四个月就得了怪病去世，当年曾引起了一阵议论。本片中，希瑟搬去跟舅舅汤姆·斯凯里特和舅母南希·艾伦一家同住，但怪事仍不断发生，这一次恶鬼透过镜子作媒介将希瑟及汤姆的女儿捉进阴间，女巫泰珍妮前来协助，并给以护身符。汤姆因不听劝告而陷入险地，但南希却以爱心和勇气身入虎穴说服了恶鬼，得以跟亲人团圆。导演盖瑞·舒曼以玻璃及光学效果制造出不少令人叹为观止的映象特技，颇能烘托本片的灵异气氛。

　　Phobia is a 2017 British/Italian horror anthology film produced by Tony Newton.The film delves into the horrors of an individual phobia via each segment.

　　泰国海边的帕卡南小镇住着一对年轻夫妇，妻子娜娜身怀六甲时，却逢丈夫麦克被征兵去曼谷，两人就此分离，娜娜在海边伤心地看着麦克的船远去。日复一日，娜娜在海边等待丈夫归来，而麦克则身负重伤，被送去佛寺修养。伤势好转之后，麦克迫不及待赶回家乡，见到妻子和可爱的孩子，一家人终于可以幸福生活在一起。但是好景不长，邻居见到麦克时，告诉他娜娜已经在等待的过程中死去了。听到真相，麦克原本不信，而多嘴的邻居却被杀死了，让他开始怀疑，他的枕边人到底是谁……

　　影片讲述了参加花样跳水比赛选手玛丽娜的故事。她被突然发作的耳鸣所困扰--一种难以忍受的耳鸣声--这种情况将她从比赛的顶峰拖入了深渊。她不得不用她的潜水技能换取一份在公共水族馆的工作，在那里，她扮演美人鱼，为这个异国情调的景点增添色彩。然而，她实现运动梦想的道路并没有被完全堵塞......

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.