圣诞前夕，欧美11岁女孩佐伊·韦弗（艾米丽·亚哈伯曼 Amelia·Haberman饰）刻薄的养父母在自家双双被害，欧美身体自燃烧成了焦炭，怪异案情让警方束手无策。为查找线索，协助警方办案同样身为养母的儿童心理学家瑞秋·斯图尔特（莫妮卡·恩格塞尔 Monica Engesser饰）和正受困于婚姻危机的警探迈尔斯·奥康纳（詹姆斯·雷 James Ray饰）探访了暂时安身儿科医院的佐伊。在不断接触和调查中，瑞秋发现佐伊不仅古怪、阴郁以恐怖玩偶“圣诞恶魔krampus”作伴，还有不为人知的可怕过去。随着自燃案件陆续发生，瑞秋意识到似乎一切都与女孩和她的玩偶有关，清算才刚刚开始······
李冰冰
回复 :美国某大学艺术系的学生：贝丝（Lauren German 饰）、惠特妮（Bijou Phillips 饰）和洛娜（Heather Matarazzo 饰）利用假期来到美丽的意大利罗马游玩。她们偶然遇见漂亮迷人的女模特爱丽克希尔（Vera Jordanova 饰），后者自告奋勇担任三个女孩的免费导游，并承诺带她们去斯洛文尼亚某个乡村小镇——一个更浪漫更舒适的地方——游玩。年少不知愁且玩心颇重的女孩们欣然前往，然而等待她们的并非蓝天绿水美食佳肴，也没有英俊帅气的男孩，更没有浪漫唯美的爱情，而是恐怖残酷的无情虐杀……
回复 :一部有关宗教巫术的准记录片，世界前50名纪录片第39位。简介：《女巫们》也叫《历代的巫术》，可以看作是一部有关宗教巫术的准记录片。1919 到1921间丹麦导演创作了这部瑞典与丹麦合拍的超越时代杰作，并在该片中扮演魔鬼一角。这部影片构思新奇、造型技巧高超、画面结构严谨，运用富于表现力的特写镜头和动作感强的蒙太奇均很恰当。但是由于宗教原因，这部电影当时被瑞典和其他欧洲国家列为禁片，直到1929年，经过严格删剪的版本才在美国出现。导演也因为当时Hollywood的纳贤口号而移居美国，但也并未得志，郁郁而终。这部作品的意义不仅在于题材的敏感和手法的前卫，在视觉成就方面，本片无疑更是电影史上的翘楚之一。
李岗霖
回复 :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, being a real malicious bastard, and for the umpteenth time in his career, playing two roles in a one film.http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/panicbeats8283.htm
