简介：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.
简介：George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Due to this stress, he gets black outs when ever he hears dissonances. When he finds himself after the black out in a different quarter of the town, he returns home, to read in the paper that somebody in that quarter was murdered. Asking help from a doctor at Scotland Yard he is assured that he has nothing to do with it, but he is advised to cut back in his work and get some relaxation like other, ordinary people. At a cheap musical he meets Netta, a singer, who inspires him for a new motive for his concerto. But Netta discovers that this motive could also be used as a song for her. The song gets sold, and she hangs around George to get more songs out of him. George believes that Netta is in love with him, and gets in an argument with his girlfriend Barbara, the daughter of Lord Henry, who wants the concerto for one of his souares. George has another black out, ...
简介：A mother's dying warning fails to keep her estranged children away from the homestead. Siblings Hari and Eka return to find that their mother's reputation as a witch precedes her. Based on rumors of seasonal suicides by hanging in rural Indonesia, Death Knot is rising star Cornelio Sunny's feature debut.
简介：A young couple take their first foreign holiday together. Yet, behind the couple's happy smiles lies a hidden desire. They turn to a mysterious local woman for help, but the truth of the situation is more destructive than they feared.
简介：Rachel, a concerned researcher, and her team have set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for reasons having to do with the supernatural. Her theory that those on the Mary Celeste vanished into a "rift" between dimensions proves true as the boat breaks down and her crew begins to vanish one by one.
简介：When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen. Written by Tribeca Film Festival
简介：在一场意外中，芭芭拉（朱迪思·欧迪 Judith O'Dea 饰）和哥哥遭到了丧尸的袭击，这些活死人个性凶残样貌可怖，在它们的脑袋里，只装了一件事情，那就是“吃”。受伤的哥哥不幸感染了病毒成为了丧尸中的一员，悲痛和恐惧之中，芭芭拉逃进了一间民宅内，在那里，她遇见了同样在此躲避丧尸的本（杜安·琼斯 Duane Jones 饰）。藏在这间屋子里的并不止芭芭拉和本两人，汤姆（Keith Wayne 饰）、朱迪（Judith Ridley 饰）、哈里（Karl Hardman 饰）和海伦（Kyra Schon 饰）等人纷纷加入了避难的队伍，面对屋外越来越多的丧尸，众人知道，如果不能主动出击，那么只有死路一条。搜集仅有的武器，封锁门窗，在这一危急时刻，每一个人都在为了生存而战斗着。
简介：德国表现主义代表作品A公元4世纪的犹太教法典(Talmud)中提到过Rava造golem的事。Rava的全称叫Rabbi Abba ben Rav Hamma，他造了一个不会说话的“人”。他把这个“人”送到Rav Zera面前，由于它对问话没有反应，Zera就说：“你准是由我的某个同行造的。回归尘土吧。” (Sanhedrin 65b) 在宗教意义上，只有上帝造的人才是完整的人，才会说话，而Rava造的不是真正的人。按照犹太传统，当时那些拉比（Rabbis）和大贤（Sages）都能造人或者动物Golems，这并没有什么特别之处。BGolem的传说后来逐渐改变，十七世纪由布拉格的Rabbi Loew（Rabbi意犹太教的学者）创造了一个Golem来保护住在犹太区的犹太人免遭反犹主义的暴力侵扰。为避免麻烦，故事中的学者总是在Golem完成它的使命以后，再自觉地把它重新变回为无生命的泥土。一天，Rabbi忘记将Golem变回泥土，当城市所有人已经作礼拜去了，Golem发怒毁坏全城。这个故事架构一直到十九、二十世纪都还在文学著作里出现，最著名的是Gustav Meyrink的《Der Golem》，在一九一五年普遍被阅读，值得探究的是，这样的小说刚好出现在工业革命的时代。这反映了人们对于科技所带来伦理的挑战的惶恐。C1920年由Carl Boese和Paul Wegener执导的经典默片Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: How He Came Into the World) 就是改编自Gustav Meyrink的小说。这部影片集中体现了德国表现主义艺术的特点，对Fritz Lang等导演产生过重大影响。其中精心设计了手提灯光、煤油灯光、火炬等一系列光源效果，用于表现人物的心理状态，营造影片的环境气氛。这种具有表现力地运用灯光效果的方法，最终发展为所有德国电影形式表现的一大特征，同时也为电影恐怖片的造型的表现手段提供了经验。DGolem的传说同样也是玛丽·雪莱的著名科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》的来源之一，不过不同的是：传说中的Golem笨拙、鲁莽，既不知道自己有多大的力量，也不知道自己有多笨或者有多无知；而在玛丽·雪莱笔下，维克多·弗兰肯斯坦所创造的怪物虽然莽撞，但却善于学习，极富人性，懂得痛苦、同情、怜悯、爱慕、悔恨等等人类的情感，甚至比年轻的弗兰肯斯坦本人还成熟些。十八世纪的启蒙运动由提倡理性主义发展到后期，理性开始压抑人的情感，理性主义变成一种冰冷僵硬的东西。于是在德国兴起了反对启蒙运动的浪漫主义运动，十九世纪前期，浪漫主义文学席卷欧美，玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》就是在这个背景下诞生的。不过在通俗文学中反理性反科学的倾向总是显得有些矫枉过正，科学和科学家的形象被简单化、平面化，这种描绘“科学怪人”的方式在默片时代的德国表现主义电影中曾经十分兴盛，后来一直在好莱坞许多拙劣的科幻片（这种片子的一大特点就是不断拍摄越来越拙劣的续集）中继续。E当代科学哲学研究最热门的一个方向是科学知识社会学（SSK），研究方法是深入到科学具体研究过程中，细致考察经费筹集、论文发表等每一个环节，研究科学知识是如何建构起来的，强调社会因素在建构过程中的作用。SSK的代表人物柯林斯和平奇在1993年出版过一本普及性的小册子，名字就叫Golem，翻译成《勾勒姆：关于科学人们应知道些什么》。柯林斯坦诚地说，他这部书是想用“勾勒姆”解释“科学”，“我们试图证明它不是一个邪恶的造物，只是有点疯狂（或译成‘傻’）（it is not an evilcreature but it is a little daft）。不要责备勾勒姆科学的过失；是我们人类在犯错误。如果勾勒姆尽力做其自己的事情，它不应受到责备。但是我们不能奢望过多。勾勒姆尽管强有力，它却是我们的文化（art）或者我们的技艺(craft)的造物。”SSK常常被斥为带有反科学倾向，但可以看出，它与浪漫主义时期的反科学倾向完全不同。它所描绘的科学形象丰满，有血有肉，它所谓的“反科学”无非是要抹去那些被强加于科学的重重面纱，还科学一个真实的面目，绝非19世纪简单的拒斥、贬低科学。
简介：死而复生的嗜血僵尸如瘟疫般迅速占领全城，整个城市在一夜之间成为僵尸之城。为了躲避僵尸的攻击，两个特种部队警察和一个交通记者以及他的女友，逃到了一个荒废的大型购物中心里。这四个人斯蒂芬（大卫·艾梅治 David Emge 饰）、彼得（肯·弗里 Ken Foree 饰）、罗杰（斯科特·H·雷宁格 Scott H. Reiniger 饰）以及法兰妮（盖伦·罗丝 Gaylen Ross 饰）使尽浑身解数武装自己，尽一切可能抵抗凶残僵尸的袭击。然而他们的抵抗却不敌越来越多的僵尸，好景不长，僵尸蜂拥而至。雪上加霜的是，一大群车手也发现了这个避难所。四人不但要躲避疯狂的僵尸，还要同凶残的劫匪对抗。丧失电影教父乔治·A·罗梅罗继1968年成功推出《活死人之夜》后，再次打造本部经典恐怖片《活死人黎明》，成为僵尸三部曲中盈利最多的一部。
简介：齐克（埃尔文·丹德尔 Elvin Dandel 饰）在一场意外中不幸受伤，他的好友朱利安（约翰·基夫 John Keefe 饰）打电话叫来了救护车，将齐克送进了医院。然而，当朱利安想去医院探望齐克之时，却被院方告知齐克已经重伤不治，然而，凯蒂（亚娜·克拉梅尔 Jana Kramer 饰）却发现，她的老东家海波科技公司偷偷将齐克藏了起来，这其中究竟有着怎样的阴谋？朱利安一行人决定潜入公司救出齐克，哪知道在公司里，等待着他们的竟是一群残暴嗜血的僵尸。与此同时，他们亦发现了这间公司极力想要隐藏的秘密。茱莉亚在无意之中放出了这些僵尸，霎时间，整个公司陷入了一片血海之中。
简介：A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect.