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,
Patrick Davenant invites a group of friends to visit a theater inside his villa, a place which later reveals itself as sinister. Within a short time, the guests realize that they are trapped in the villa. A merciless killer then begins to murder them one by one.
A young man is released from an asylum and returns home for revenge on his aunt and her three daughters, who had him declared insane in order to steal his inheritance. 一名年轻人从精神病院被释放,回到家中,报复他的姨妈和她的三个女儿,因为她们为了夺走他的遗产而宣布他疯了。
In the Korean Classic Horror Movie, A Public Cemetery of Wolha 1967, the tombstone of the kisaeng (Korean geisha) Wol-ha, who dies under a false accusation, is found! Set in the 1930s when Korea was under Japanese rule, a story was told about a girl, Wolhyang. She goes from a student to a kisaeng (Korean geisha) to a wife of a bourgeois man and is finally killed under a false accusation. This is a well-known story in Korea from the Korean classic horror movie, A Public Cemetery of Wolha. The movie, Wol-ha 2017, starts with a setting, where the tombstone of Wol-ha is found by an international collector and the whole process of finding the tomb of Kisaeng Wolhyang is recorded by video. The footages are fully of the mysterious and the grotesque...!
一面是万丈深渊,一面是悬崖绝壁,当她恢复知觉,发现自己身陷险境,生与死就在咫尺之间。是坐以待毙,还是绝地求生?她用残破的肢体摸索活下去的可能,但正在这样的绝境之中,岂料天公不作美,一场暴雨即将来临…… 本片由澳大利亚导演Tim Egan拍摄,从最初的概念到拍摄脚本,只花了8个小时的时间,短片剧本受到导演生命中两个关键时刻的启发——一次严重的车祸,以及和一个沮丧的朋友的交谈。“我依旧记得我的手指扣在湿漉漉的路面上的那种感觉。”当时他被撞倒在繁忙的交通中心的车道上,无助的躺在沥青柏油之间,随时可能被第二辆车碾过。 不可否认导演的亲身经历让他对死亡的恐惧,以及求生的本能都有了更真切的认识。本片的细节刻画相当出色,角色的每一个动作都生死攸关,而在共同承担这令人窒息的紧张氛围的同时,内心的强大在外部恶劣的条件下却又那样不堪一击。 Tim Egan凭借这部黑暗风格的极简主义短片,一举拿下2016纽约翠贝卡电影节(Tribeca Film Festival)官方选择奖、西班牙锡切斯奇幻电影节(Sitges Film Festival)最佳短片奖、美国奇幻电影节(Fantastic Fest)、法国PIFFF电影节金瞳奖、俄罗斯TIFF电影节最佳短片奖等众多奖项。
In 1840, a samurai comes home to find his wife in bed with another man, so he kills them both and then himself. Flash-forward to the present day, and an American family of three moves into this since-abandoned house and starts to experience incidents of haunting and possession.
精神病院一场惨烈的大火,令无数人丧生祸害,妮儿·史威特(阿什丽·贝尔 Ashley Bell 饰)作为唯一的幸存者活存于世。这一日,没有任何知觉的妮儿突然醒来,她已经忘记前几个月发生的事情,只依稀残留对恶魔的恐怖记忆。弗兰克·默勒(缪斯·沃森 Muse Watson 饰)将其带回自己开办的创伤少女关怀机构,希望通过科学的方法帮助妮儿远离邪教的影响,找回健康、正常的人生。在弗兰克的帮助下,妮儿尝试相信所谓的超自然都只不过是幻想而已,她在此与美丽女孩格温(朱莉娅·加纳 Julia Garner 饰)结为好友,也与名叫克里斯的男孩(Spencer Treat Clark 饰)互生好感。 然而恶魔并未忘记它唾手可得的猎物,身处阳光下的渐渐被彻骨寒冷的恐怖阴影所覆盖……
Aspiring actress, Kia Anderson, is about to learn that the final callback for a horror Feature Film is something more than she could ever of imagined - Something sinister is awaiting for Kia.