岩濑敬吾
发表于4分钟前
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:The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years.At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with.But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood.I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential.by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
李骥
发表于7分钟前
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:经历了上一集令人难以置信的变故后,莱姆波特家的长子达尔顿(Ty Simpkins 饰)暂时摆脱恶灵的纠缠,而灵媒伊莉丝(林·沙烨 Lin Shaye 饰)则惨死室中,达尔顿的父亲乔什(帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰)蒙受杀人嫌疑。由于警方需要继续调查他们的房子,乔什只得带着妻子兰妮(罗丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰)和三个孩子暂时回到母亲劳瑞安(芭芭拉·赫希 Barbara Hershey 饰)家居中。本以为一切回归正常,但是兰妮和孩子们似乎仍在饱受恶灵的纠缠。劳瑞安意识到事态的严重性,于是请来仅次于伊莉丝的灵媒师卡尔(Steve Coulter 饰),试图将一切恢复正常,然而事态却朝着不可预测的方向发展……
黄英
发表于3分钟前
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:两个美国女孩林赛和简妮正在付诸她们计划了许久的穿越欧洲的公路之旅,在途经德国的时候,她们决定在一个风景怡人的路段稍作停留,好好地休整一番,谁承想却变成了一个无法想象的恐怖噩梦的开始当林赛和简妮的车子在一个阴森的树林里抛锚之后,她们很快就意识到,自己已经被寂静的黑夜给困在这里了。为了寻求帮助,两个年轻的女孩找到坐落在这里的惟一的一个林间小屋,而它的主人则是带有浓厚的神秘色彩的威瑟夫·海特医生,他愿意为她们提供一个暂时过夜的地方。可是,当第二天林赛和简妮醒来的时候,却发现自己不知道什么时候被转移到了地下室,这里已经被改装成了一个破败的手术室,处处透露着一种阴冷的可怕信息,除了她们之外,还关着另外一个同样被绑架来的日本男人胜郎。海特向3个几乎吓破了胆的年轻人解释,其实自己是一位退休的外科医生,最擅长的就是给连体婴做分割手术,但是,这一次,他要给他的3位"病人"做完全相反的尝试,那就是通过一种异常可怕的手术将他们"连接"在一起。海特医生计划通过他们体腔内部的循环和消化系统,然后把他们的身体一个接着一个的进行缝合,借此来实现他那疯狂且病态的所谓的"一生的梦想"--人体蜈蚣