鬼魂传奇

　　一个女通灵师为了调查一场儿童谋杀案，和她的警探搭档闯入一个如同城堡一样的停尸房后的恐怖经历。一群儿童僵尸在停尸房里肆虐，通灵师、警探和两个验尸官和它们展开了搏斗。

　　德蒙特·莫罗尼、理查德·哈蒙加盟惊悚片[千次伤我心]。该片根据丹尼尔·沃特斯的同名小说改编。斯科特·斯皮尔([舞出我人生4])执导，贾森·福克斯编剧，贝拉·索恩主演。该片设定于洪水劫难之后，鬼怪族群“残渣”出现。多年后，这些族群恐吓年轻女子(索恩饰)，而她必须冒险找到生存之路。

　　心理医生Sharon张（惠英红 饰）是一个全身心扑在事业上的女强人，在事业卓有成就的同时，她的家庭生活则相形见绌。Sharon的婚姻早已破裂，独女Jenny（陈颖欣 饰）早年留学加拿大，回国后则变得孤僻叛逆。Jenny从心底渴望母爱，但是母亲只专注于事业，甚至为了能与富 豪结亲而殷勤安排女儿和阔太凌冯雪娥（冯宝宝 饰）的儿子Gordon相亲，这令Jenny从心底抵触。在某次名流云集的场合，Jenny当众做出疯狂举动，使Sharon的内心受到巨大冲击。在此之后，Jenny罹患精神病的传言不胫而走，而Sharon的精神也濒于崩溃。
　　心魔在母女二人心头不断游走，搅乱了她们的生活，也让本就岌岌可危的母子情断裂在即……

The Night Time World Experience four spine-chilling stories woven into one dark and seductive fantasy. A late-night podcaster reveals his own tales ofhorror as he is pulled into the unspeakable world of an ominouscaller who claims to be a vampire. Four unique filmmakers knit their harrowing narratives together to create a film of life, death, and resurrections.

　　在一次万圣节鬼屋之旅的五个晚上，一场莫名其妙的故障导致15名游客和工作人员死亡，一位纪录片摄制组又回到悲剧现场，去发现究竟发生了什么。

在一个毫无征兆的明媚日子里，于某高中任教的美术教师莉莉·摩尔（凯伦·科曼 Kelen Coleman 饰）经历了人生最为悲伤的时刻。她那正在同一学校上高中的可爱妹妹米歇尔（莎拉·斯科克 Sarah Sculco 饰），就在教室外的马路上香消玉殒。这起事故彻底改变了莉莉的人生。在此之后，她启程前往偏僻幽静的卡萨达加，似乎试图在这里寻找前进的动力。旧日的碎片时隐时现，偶尔搅扰着莉莉未全平复的心灵。偶然机缘，她介入当地一个灵媒圈子，尝试着和另一个世界的妹妹交流。 　　斯人已逝，何苦强求，执念过去的莉莉未曾发现，自己正一步步走向充斥着血腥和死亡的陷阱。

　　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.

　　吸血鬼莱斯塔特（斯图尔特·汤森 Stuart Townsend 饰）从长眠中苏醒，他不甘于趋于黑暗之中，于是他曝光于大众之下成为了一个摇滚歌手，一次意外莱斯塔特救了图书管理员杰西·瑞薇丝（玛格丽特·莫罗 Marguerite Moreau 饰），他的身份被杰西发现。莱斯塔特用他的歌声唤醒了传说中沉睡千年的吸血鬼女王阿卡沙（阿丽雅 Aaliyah 饰），阿卡沙与莱斯塔特展开了一场向旧仇人的报复计划，可他没有想到阿卡沙最终目的是想和他一起变人间为炼狱，统治全人类。与此同时杰西也爱上了莱斯塔特，莱斯塔特会怎么选择？
　　本片与《夜访吸血鬼》一样改编自安妮·芮丝（Anne Rice）的畅销系列小说——《吸血鬼列传》(Vampire Chronicles)。

自从香港电影《暂时停止呼吸》上映后，台湾也掀起一阵跟拍僵尸片的风潮。本系列相异于香港电影塑造的人物与情节，特别加许多童星饰演人物角色，藉以缓和僵尸的恐怖气氛，并存在着有如僵尸克星二佰伍之角色的独特法则，使之观看起来格外有别与其他的僵尸电影风味。然而，本系列在日本上映时，更是因故事和人物有着相互贯串的关系，童星以及刘致妤可爱的演出，压倒性的比以林正英为主的僵尸系列电影还要受到欢迎！甚至，还促成富士电视台出资商请金格影艺有限公司拍摄僵尸电视系列剧《来来僵尸》。