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　　埃里森·奥斯沃特（伊桑·霍克 Ethan Hawke 饰）是一个十几年前小有名气的犯罪小说作家，为了寻找创作灵感，他不惜一次次搬入曾经发生过命案的凶宅。时至今日，为了重现往昔的辉煌，他再次带着妻子崔茜（Juliet Rylance 饰）以及一双儿女特里夫（Michael Hall D'Addario 饰）和艾丝莉（Clare Foley 饰）搬入一栋凶宅。在收拾阁楼时，他偶然发现一卷家庭录影带，里面记录着房子前主人一家快乐幸福的生活瞬间以及他们被吊死在树上的惨烈画面。此后的日子里，他一遍遍观看录影带，从中寻找罪犯的蛛丝马迹，并且在房屋内的每个角落追查线索。
　　在这一过程中，各种诡异事件相继在家人身上发生。埃里森此时已难以抽身……

　　戴维斯和他的妻子一直希望能够生一个婴儿，几个月后他们终于如愿以偿，但……他们生出来的却是一个食人活尸！惊慌不已的戴维斯顿时陷入了混乱，是保护婴儿继续存活，还是下毒手杀害它，这让他进退两难。随着警方的到来，戴维斯终于下定决心……

《尸控网路》寇帝卡拉汉执导，2016多伦多暗夜恐怖电影节丶2016伦敦恐怖电影节。《变虫人》《鬼水魔咒》制片团队挖掘「消失的双胞胎」现象之谜。面对自我邪恶双生的另一面，你该任其操控，或是奋力抵抗？

　　詹妮弗，一个有着黑暗过去的年轻女子，继续寻找她失踪的兄弟。詹妮弗很快发现她哥哥的失踪完全不是计划中的……而且与不属于这个世界的事情有关。

　　1988，还是孩童的凯蒂（科萝尔·森格瑞 Chloe Csengery 饰）和克莉丝蒂（杰茜卡·泰勒·布朗 Jessica Tyler Brown 饰）随着妈妈朱莉（劳伦·彼特纳 Lauren Bittner 饰）以及继父丹尼尔（克里斯托弗·尼古拉斯·史密斯 Christopher Nicholas Smith 饰）搬入一幢全新的大房子居住。丹尼尔是摄影工作者，平时经常拿着摄像机拍来拍去。某晚他拍摄和朱莉的私生活，却在画面中看到奇怪的影响。他直觉房子内似乎藏着不为人知的秘密，于是在房间的各个角落假设摄像机日夜拍摄。
　　镜头前，先是看到克莉丝蒂与看不见的“朋友”托比聊天，随后的日子里，各种恐怖离奇的事件相继发生。困扰克莉丝蒂与凯蒂多年的噩梦由此展开……

1985年，阿根廷埃佩昆遭遇洪水来袭，整片家园淹没水底，待洪水退潮，疏散居民后，此地宛若鬼城，吸引许多追求刺激的游客前来冒险。有一群拍摄纪录片的团队不顾警告深入埃佩昆，却碰上了意想不到的麻烦和危险，这才逐渐意识到，这座鬼城并非真的空无一人……

　　在她牧师兄弟被指控自杀后，格雷斯前往偏远的苏格兰修道院，在那里他摔死了。她不相信教会的说法，揭露了谋杀、亵渎和一个令人不安的真相。

　　一九一八年,第一次世界大戰結束,戰勝國展開漫 長的凡爾賽條約談判過程。正值叛逆期的七歲美 國男孩,個性陰晴不定,外貌清秀還時常被誤認成 女生,隨著代表美國的外交官父親及虔誠基督徒母 親,住進法國鄉間的古老莊園。當大人忙於政治大 事,孤獨而騷動的幼小心靈,在高壓管教下跌跌撞 撞、無聲怒吼,邪惡的種子悄悄萌芽⋯⋯。
　　《大劊人心》的冷血少年布萊迪寇貝特,首次執導 便野心勃勃,結合多位二十世紀法西斯領袖的童年 經驗,以架空歷史探索「獨裁者如何誕生」,與麥 可漢內克的《白色緞帶》遙相呼應。更以大膽張狂 的運鏡、英國音樂怪才 Scott Walker 的魔音配樂, 帶出媲美《凱文怎麼了》般震懾人心的邪氣。集坎 城影后貝芮妮絲貝喬等一流卡司外,還有羅伯派汀 森客串演出。

　　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.

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