杀人者的记忆法

　　“竖锯”（托宾·贝尔 Tobin Bell 饰）和新学徒阿曼达一起失踪，警方四处搜索，满城阴云密布。
　　一天夜里，刚值完晚班的女医生莲恩·戴伦（巴哈·索莫克 Bahar Soomekh 饰）惨遭绑架，醒来时惊恐万分的莲恩，发现自己被捆绑在一间废弃的空屋里，同屋的还有另一名倒霉受害者杰夫（安古斯·麦克菲登 Angus Macfadyen 饰）。此时“竖锯 ”已卧床不起、奄奄一息，莲恩被告知除非她能在死亡游戏完成前保住这个疯子的性命，否则她和杰夫必死无疑！
　　为了活下去，神经高度紧张、备受煎熬的莲恩想尽办法让“竖锯”保住最后的呼吸。然而她却怎么也想不到，杀人狂暗地里有着更可怕的杀人计划--那将会是恶名彰著的“竖锯”绞尽心血的死前华彩！最后的终极死亡游戏即将开始……

　　居住在埃兰谷的姬尔·强森（凯米拉·贝尔 Camilla Belle 饰）是一个普普通通女高中生，由于她煲电话粥过长，因此父亲本（克拉克·格莱格 Clark Gregg 饰）命令她当保姆赚取花费。万般无奈，姬尔只得应征来到曼卓基斯医生（Derek de Lint 饰）的家中。曼卓基斯及其夫人凯丽（Kate Jennings Grant 饰）住在一幢豪华的湖畔别墅中，屋内的装饰奢侈高贵，令姬尔目不暇接。她当晚的工作很简单，就是在曼卓基斯夫妇外出用餐时留下看家，并照顾他们两个正在生病的孩子。不久夜色降临，偌大的别墅内显得空空荡荡，冷清吊诡。正在此时，一通通神秘的电话接连打了进来，令姬尔变得恐慌与不安……
　　本片为1979年同名影片的翻拍之作。

 麦克（斯蒂芬·多尔夫 Stephen Dorff 饰）是一名心怀大志的警探，最近，一宗连环杀人案件吸引了他的注意，已经有四人成为了残酷凶手刀下的猎物。在搭档泰瑞（娜塔莎· 麦克艾霍恩 Natascha McElhone 饰）的帮助下，麦克开始了对案件的调查。 随着调查的深入，一个惊悚的网站逐渐浮出水面，四名受害者在死前48小时都登陆过这个网站，在一个代号为“黑寡妇”的神秘女人的支配下，他们似乎用生命做赌注加入了一场游戏。为了查明真相，麦克决定以身试险，他登入了网站，与此同时，他生命的最后48小时开始了倒数，麦克必须在此时限内将真凶绳之于法，否则，他的结局会和先前的那四个人一模一样。

　　小有名气的阴阳先生阎阳明接受某媒体访谈，他对记者讲述了三个自己亲身经历的灵异事件。第一章 招魂：报社主编佳楠搬入一栋租金极低的豪华别墅，谁知入住不久就遇见红衣女鬼。佳楠请到阎阳明，他们通过招魂召唤女鬼，期间得知这座别墅藏着足以将死者鬼魂困住的法器以及背后的秘密；第二章 找替身：七月十四将近，有个女孩的男友被小三抢走，女孩被替死鬼蛊惑试图自杀，关键时刻阎阳明出手相助；第三章 僵尸：某村长家的祖坟需要迁址，阎阳明意外发现村长老太爷葬在了养尸地，开棺后更发现老太爷已经变成僵尸。夜幕降临，猛鬼横行，一场生死大战即将开始……

　　高中生查理·布鲁斯特（安东·尤金 Anton Yelchin 饰） 和母亲生活在位于拉斯维加斯腹地的宁静社区内，他像其他同龄人一样，聊聊闲天儿，憧憬一下美丽的女同学。这一天，查理的生活出现波澜，名叫亚当的同学失踪，童年时代的好友埃德（克里斯托夫·梅兹-普莱瑟 Christopher Mintz-Plasse 饰）怀疑亚当的失踪与吸血鬼有关，于是胁迫查理一同寻找。与此同时，布鲁斯特家的隔壁搬来了一名新邻居，帅气俊朗的成年男子杰瑞（柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰），他迷人的气质与外表征服了查理的妈妈，但是他的真实身份似乎又与埃德调查的吸血鬼有关。阴云密布的社区，诡异事件悄然发生……
　　本片翻拍自1985年的同名影片。

　　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, 

　　在这部纪录片中，惨死路边的女子留下了一个儿子、一名自称是她丈夫的男子和一个像噩梦层层展开的谜团。

　　米歇尔·莫娜汉饰演的摄影记者萨拉饱受悲剧往事的困扰，住在纽约高档公寓的最顶层，过着与世隔绝的日子。迈克尔·基顿饰演的变态罪犯为了盗取藏在公寓内的钻石，闯进萨拉的生活，一场柔弱美女与疯狂暴力罪犯的生死搏斗由此上演。

  艾比（帕兹·德拉维尔塔 Paz de la Huerta 饰）是一名护士，也就是我们通常所说的“白衣天使”，在工作时间里，她接待病患温柔有理，处理工作认真负责，是上司和同事眼中的楷模。然而，所有的人都有秘密，艾比也不例外，只是，恐怕很少有人的秘密能像艾比的秘密那样充满了热气腾腾的血腥味。
夜幕降临，心中的仇恨将艾比从天使变为恶魔，她要用痛苦和鲜血让那男人们懂得他们与生俱来的原罪。丹尼（卡特里娜·宝登 Katrina Bowden 饰）是医院中新来的护士，艾比对这位年轻美丽的姑娘十分中意，可惜丹尼并无此兴趣。随着时间的推移，丹尼逐渐开始在意起了艾比的可疑举动，她和他的男友亦就此成为了魔鬼爪牙下的新鲜猎物。

　　赫伯特（杰弗里•寇姆 Jeffrey Combs 饰）医生正在秘密从事一项的人体研究，那就是使死亡的有机体复活。就在他的实验正要成功之际，意外发生了。由于某种原因加上赫伯特医生的疏忽，他的实验对象突然复活并偷溜进了居民区大开杀戒。为此，赫伯特医生最终被判刑十三年。
　　狱中的赫伯特并没有停止他的实验，他偷偷利用老鼠做实验。无奈当年警察查封了他的所有实验成果，赫伯特在监狱中一直没有取得什么进展。有一天，年轻的医学博士霍华德（杰森•巴瑞 Jason Barry 饰）来到了监狱工作，他指定赫伯特做作为自己的助手。原来，霍华德的姐姐就死于赫伯特当年的实验对象之手，他这次来就是要和赫伯特一起完成当年的研究。当他们将当年的试剂注入一具犯人尸体的骨髓时，当年恐怖的一幕再次上演。

　　奈吉尔收到最后警告，不伦他在恐怖屋中的演出如何出色或如何骇人，他的恐怖屋都要永远关门，他为挽救恐布屋，于是邀请了一班不速之客来营造气氛，可是他们原来是一群恶魔，把恐怖屋变作自己的游乐场，并大肆破坏。

　　Sir Charles Baskerville dies at the entrance of his manor, and Doctor Mortimer says he died of natural causes. However, when telling Sherlock Holmes of the case, he feels Sir Charles' death was a result of a centuries old curse that runs in the Baskerville family, which Dr. Mortimer feels will strike at Sir Charles nephew, Sir Henry, who is arriving to claim the Baskerville estate. Holmes sends Dr. Watson in his place, along with Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry, to the manor and for Watson to keep an eye out for any suspicious actions. Immediately after arriving, Watson notices the queer occurrences at the estate and surrounding moors, and sends Holmes reports of what is going on concerning the life of Sir Henry. Will Holmes arrive in time to unravel the mystery, and who is responsible for Sir Charles' death and the attempted murder of Sir Henry? Is it Dr. Mortimer, neighbor Stapleton, butler Barryman, harmless old Frankland, a mysterious wild man, or is there a curse on the Baskerville family? Very good opening entry in the Rathbone-Bruce Holmes series (even though this film lacks qualities of any ongoing entries.) The film could have been a bit more darker and foreboding (the film does have a movie studio set feel) and have an ending with a little more confrontation to it, but it does provide for much fun. The romantic scenes with Greene and Barrie have little spark, but there are very good red herring performances by the cast, which is a plus for this movie. Rating, 8.