神秘感染

　　愁云惨淡的华盛顿市，一幢普通公寓内，单身妈妈克莉丝（艾伦·鲍斯汀 Ellen Burstyn 饰）和女儿芮根生活于此。然而近一段时间，克莉丝却被女儿种种怪异的举止折磨得烦躁不堪。芮根的行为举止怪异，迥异常人。克莉丝带她求医问卜，终无所获，甚至精神科医生也束手无策。万般无 奈之下，几近绝望的母亲求助于莫林神父（马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰），一个有着丰富驱魔经验的老者。恐怖的夜晚，神父与藏身少女体内的恶魔展开连番较量。这是一个注定让无数人永生难忘的恶魔之夜……
　　本片由William Batty根据1949年一起真实的驱魔事件创作的小说改编，荣获奥斯卡金像奖最佳混音奖和最佳改编剧本奖。

　　派特·贝克（托尼·德普 Tony Doupe 饰）是小镇的一位警长。然而他的儿子科特·贝克（亚伦·布莱克利 Aaron Blakely 饰）却有着极其黑暗的过去。十三年前，他因残酷地杀害了自己的亲生母亲而被关进了精神病院。
　　然而噩梦就在科特逃离精神病院那刻开始了。精神错 乱的科特不仅大开杀戒，更展开了可怕的复仇杀戮。心急如焚的派特四处搜寻儿子科特，试图阻止他的疯狂行为。然而令他意想不到的是，正当派特发现线索来到丛林的时候，他居然发现了自己的女儿萨拉·贝克（阿莱娜·哈米特 Alena Dashiell 饰）正和朋友在这座森林里露营，众人旋即陷入命悬一线的险境之中。

　　一对情侣来到林间小屋却意外遭到了凶恶歹徒的袭击，并在逃跑过程中被绑架囚禁。她们发现被囚禁的不止她们，歹徒也不止一人。她们必须为了活下去进行反击...

　　十三岁的女孩琳（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）独自居住在靠海的一座小屋里，她的父亲已去世，母亲离家出走。疼爱他的父亲帮她预付了三年的房租，直到她能够自谋生活，她需要做的就是守住父亲已逝的秘密以保住居住权。但这对于一个小女孩来说一点也不易，为了躲避闲人猜疑，她始终独来独往，学着天衣无缝地处理大小事务。与世无争的她还要面对常来找茬的女房东和其儿子的骚扰，偶尔警察登门，琳则需要编造一系列的借口掩饰父亲的缺席。一次意外让琳结识了一个跛脚男孩马里奥（斯科特·雅各比 Scott Jacoby 饰），琳开始时对他提防着，但经过大大小小的考验，他们渐渐开始信任对方，琳终于告诉了他关于自己和这座房子的秘密，也开始觉得自己越来越离不开他。然而好景不长，马里奥因染上肺炎病危住院，前所未有的孤独感向琳袭来，同时威胁也在逼近：房东儿子竟发现了房子的秘密，以此要挟，无助的琳将如何面对这一切呢？
　　本片改编自Laird Koenig在1974年的同名小说，电影获得1977年土星奖。

　　根据吉田修一小说《犯罪小说集》中“乐园”篇将被搬上大银幕，绫野刚、杉咲花、佐藤浩市将参演影片，濑濑敬久([罪人的谎言])执导。故事讲述一起幼女被拐案件从未破获，而12年后，同一个地方又发生两起同样的案件，而疑点落到三个人身上。该片将于2019年日本上映。

　　曾在西班牙杀过人的水手Michael O'Hara（奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles 饰）回到了纽约，一天夜里他在路上救了遭到打劫的美女Elsa（丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰），于是Elsa让她的丈夫，律师Arthur Bannister（埃弗雷特·斯隆 Everett Sloane 饰）找到Michael，让他来船上当水手。Bannister一家刚从上海回到纽约，正要坐船前往旧金山。在海上航行的时候，Michael和Elsa情愫暗生。而Michael也认识了Arthur的朋友George Grisby（Glenn Anders 饰）。George知道Michael曾经杀过人后，想让Michael再杀一个人，并承诺给他五千美元的佣金，而他想让Michael杀的人，就是George自己。原来George想制造自己已经死了的假象，然后从现在的生活和他的妻子身边逃走。两人的计划看起来天衣无缝，George却失手杀死了Arthur的管家，随后George也真的被杀。Michael被认为是两个死者的凶手，法庭上，为Michael辩论的却是他的情敌Arthur，到底谁才是杀死George的真正凶手？

　　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。

　　An imaginative and somewhat disturbed young girl fantasizes about evil creatures and other oddities to mask her insecurities while growing up in rural Australia.

　　在自己深爱的父亲去死之后，9岁的乔伊发现自己处于一连串怪象之中包括心灵遥感，来自坟墓的电话还有险恶的口技长演者假人的残酷杀人本能但是相关部门到远调查乔伊的怪象的时候他释放出超自然的恐怖能量，科学家们对此无法理解而东手无策…只有这个小男孩有希望能让一切停止....

　　An anthropology student brings some of his classmates to his family ranch, where his brother lives in a haze of drugs, guilt, and Chumash Indian rituals.

　　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.