三百年来，下流一把红色小提琴在数个国家流浪，下流与数人的命运紧紧相牵。仿佛有某种魔咒，让人们为这把琴疯狂着迷。小提琴的制造者，是十七世纪意大利的乐器大师（卡路•施齐Carlo Cecchi 饰 ）。妻儿死去，难抑悲伤的他，把爱人的血涂在小提琴上，从此琴就辗转流落到了奥地利。一个练琴的小男孩为了这把琴痴迷，直至倒落在舞台上。小提琴的流浪从未间断，从盗墓者，到吉普赛人，到为之自杀的作曲家波普，再到文革期间上海的一位音乐老师。这期间，无论拥有者是否明白小提琴真正价值，都逃不出它的魔力。终于，有鉴别专家知道了小提琴的秘密——它的外壳染着三个世纪前一位大师的血和泪。
新香水乐队
回复 :Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.
徐飞
回复 :凶残成性的“竖锯”（托宾•贝尔 饰）带着更新更诡异的杀人游戏回来了。又一位带着“竖锯”标签式的死亡特征的受害人被警方发现，这令探员艾里克•马休斯(当尼•沃伯格 饰)重新回到之前的惊悚噩梦之中。但出人意料的是杀人者留下了十分明显的线索，警方的调查取证工作十分顺利。其实，所有这一切都在“竖锯”(托宾•贝尔 饰)的掌控之中，留下线索并令自己被捕正是他进行下一个邪恶游戏中的重要前提：即将有8位相互陌生的人被迫加入游戏，而更疯狂的是，除此之外的另一位游戏者已经被锁定为马休斯。在“竖锯”的策划下，又一场充满惊险的生死游戏就要开始了……
杭娇
回复 :日本南北朝时期，战乱不断，人民流离失所。一对婆媳生活在野草丛生的平原中，干着捕杀掉队士兵并剥掉铠甲换取食物的营生。某晚，年轻的士兵八（佐藤庆 饰）从战场上归来，告诉婆婆（乙羽信子 饰）她的儿子已死，并留下来和婆媳一起生活。八不断挑逗儿媳（吉村实子 饰），终于有天晚上儿媳不顾一切，奔向八的住地，两人绞在一起……婆婆生怕儿媳离自己而去。正无计可施时，遇到带着鬼面具、声称拥有娇美面容的武士（宇野重吉 饰）。婆婆害死武士，戴着面具出没荒草之间，希望扮鬼吓退儿媳，但最终失败。然而更恐怖的是，婆婆戴上的正是一个被诅咒了的面具……本片荣获日本蓝丝带大奖(Blue Ribbon Awards)最佳摄影、最佳女配角奖。
