王道2020

　　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。

Six people bound together by a traumatic experience decide to round off a year of group therapy in style. They join each other once more, traveling up to the Scottish Lowlands for a reunion weekend in a 1970s holiday let. Soon a number of mysterious and horrifying events start to expose the cracks in their relationships, and one by one they discover that trust runs but skin-dee...

　　一个男人（冢本晋也 饰）从昏迷中醒来，突然发现自己置身于一间昏暗类似迷宫的房间（地下室）里，关于自己的一切完全没有头绪，记忆尽失。是幻觉，还是恶梦？然而腹部的伤口却分明清晰和疼痛着。他尝试在逼仄的空间里移动身体，小心翼翼寻找出口，其间更是目睹了地狱般的分尸场景。
　　终于他遇到一个同样腹部受伤的女子（藤井かほり 饰），他们共同思索着被囚禁的原因，依然没有头绪，却也渐渐逼近事实真相。女子无论如何也要找到出口，离开这个地狱般的场所。他们从陈尸池跳下，游过不知多少路途，最终回到人间，而真相却令他感慨万分……

　　The film begins with the title Chorokbam filling the screen, which is amazing to see. This is the very moment at which the audience decides to trust this film without hesitation. In terms of how to fill and empty the square frame, the film is bold and skillful. Chorok, meaning green in English, is the color of fate in this movie. The problems of all the family members a hopeless father who works as a night guard, a mother who is completely exhausted with house works, a poor son who works for the disabled and their funeral ceremony are all dominated by the color, green. It is not bright or fancy but dark and scary in some sense. With attractive images and scenes, the film develops a series of worldly episodes of a family up to the level of poetic sentiment of blues and depression. (JUNG Hanseok)

皮帕和托马斯搬进了他们梦寐以求的公寓，他们注意到他们的窗户正对着对面的公寓——邀请他们亲眼目睹街对面这对迷人夫妇的不稳定关系。但当他们试图以匿名方式介入他们的生活时，他们不知不觉地引发了一系列将导致灾难的事件。

　　从伊拉克退伍回家的JACK，因为长期遭受战争的摧残，精神接近崩溃，死亡的幻觉笼罩在他全身，让他透不过气来......

　　剧情讲述年轻女子卡莉突然收到狱中母亲陷入昏迷的通知，面对两人过往的矛盾，卡莉依然决定前往探访，没想到却意外接触到一股不知名的超自然力量，唤醒怀抱着恶意的邪灵，揭露母女数十年来感情裂痕的恐怖根源。

　　本作は2ちゃんねる・オカルト板のスレッド「死ぬ程洒落にならない怖い話を集めてみない？」で語られた都市伝説の1つを映画化するもの。辺鄙な山道でヒッチハイクをしたばかりに狂気の一家に追われる若者たちの末路が描かれる。

　　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.

　　大卫·斯雷德(《汉尼拔》)将为米高梅执导新片[黑暗收割](Dark Harvest，暂译)。影片根据同名恐怖小说改编，迈克尔·吉里奥([龙与地下城])撰写剧本。故事发生在1963年的万圣节，围绕着一个叫“十月男孩”展开。每年万圣节，他都会手拿屠刀，从玉米地里爬起来，走向小镇。无论是猎人还是猎物，“十月男孩”都是一年一度生死仪式的奖品。皮特知道，杀死“十月男孩”是他逃离这个穷途末路的小镇的唯一机会。他愿意冒着生命危险去赢得胜利。但在夜晚结束之前，皮特将发现“十月男孩”可怕的真正秘密。

　　女主人公晓曼是一名自媒体人，内容主打超自然力量，为了挖到猛料，她孤身一人前往冰川镇搜寻雪怪踪迹。在冰川镇，晓曼偶遇野生动物保护协会成员杰森，他来寻找两名非法猎杀的猎人。此时丛林中传来令人恐惧的叫声，两人退到别墅里躲避。随后猎人也因遭受雪怪攻击逃进别墅。眼见雪怪就要闯入别墅，他们该如何逃生?