鬼故事2021

　　一面是万丈深渊，一面是悬崖绝壁，当她恢复知觉，发现自己身陷险境，生与死就在咫尺之间。是坐以待毙，还是绝地求生？她用残破的肢体摸索活下去的可能，但正在这样的绝境之中，岂料天公不作美，一场暴雨即将来临…… 本片由澳大利亚导演Tim Egan拍摄，从最初的概念到拍摄脚本，只花了8个小时的时间，短片剧本受到导演生命中两个关键时刻的启发——一次严重的车祸，以及和一个沮丧的朋友的交谈。“我依旧记得我的手指扣在湿漉漉的路面上的那种感觉。”当时他被撞倒在繁忙的交通中心的车道上，无助的躺在沥青柏油之间，随时可能被第二辆车碾过。 不可否认导演的亲身经历让他对死亡的恐惧，以及求生的本能都有了更真切的认识。本片的细节刻画相当出色，角色的每一个动作都生死攸关，而在共同承担这令人窒息的紧张氛围的同时，内心的强大在外部恶劣的条件下却又那样不堪一击。 Tim Egan凭借这部黑暗风格的极简主义短片，一举拿下2016纽约翠贝卡电影节（Tribeca Film Festival）官方选择奖、西班牙锡切斯奇幻电影节（Sitges Film Festival）最佳短片奖、美国奇幻电影节(Fantastic Fest)、法国PIFFF电影节金瞳奖、俄罗斯TIFF电影节最佳短片奖等众多奖项。

　　童谣本应该充满欢声笑语，但世界上偏偏有这么一些童谣，让人听了毛骨悚然。小镇拉文斯•法尔就流传着这样一个恐怖的童谣：小心来自玛丽•肖的凝视；她没有孩子，只有玩偶；如果你看到她，不要尖叫；否则她会扯开你的嘴巴撕掉你的舌头。这个小镇一直就在笼罩在这个童谣的诅咒之下，只要有玩偶出现的地方，就有人遇害，死状一样，都是舌头被割下。
　　吉米（瑞恩•科万顿 Ryan Kwanten 饰）和萨丽新婚不久，就决定搬离这个受诅咒的地方，但最终萨丽还是没有逃脱这个诅咒。悲伤不已的吉米决定送妻子的尸骸返回家乡，并着手调查这个笼罩在整个小镇头上的恐怖诅咒。随着调查的深入，吉米发现了这首童谣背后的另一个真相。

　　英国知名舞台剧《鬼故事》将被搬上大银幕，新片主演马丁·弗瑞曼、乔治·麦凯、安迪·尼曼等。尼曼继续出演他在剧中的角色古德曼教授。古德曼是一位心理治疗师，从不相信鬼怪之说；然而三个病人的“见鬼实录”让他对原有信念产生了怀疑。作为最受欢迎的惊悚戏剧之一，该剧曾在全球多地进行巡演。

　　“竖锯”（托宾·贝尔 Tobin Bell 饰）和新学徒阿曼达一起失踪，警方四处搜索，满城阴云密布。
　　一天夜里，刚值完晚班的女医生莲恩·戴伦（巴哈·索莫克 Bahar Soomekh 饰）惨遭绑架，醒来时惊恐万分的莲恩，发现自己被捆绑在一间废弃的空屋里，同屋的还有另一名倒霉受害者杰夫（安古斯·麦克菲登 Angus Macfadyen 饰）。此时“竖锯 ”已卧床不起、奄奄一息，莲恩被告知除非她能在死亡游戏完成前保住这个疯子的性命，否则她和杰夫必死无疑！
　　为了活下去，神经高度紧张、备受煎熬的莲恩想尽办法让“竖锯”保住最后的呼吸。然而她却怎么也想不到，杀人狂暗地里有着更可怕的杀人计划--那将会是恶名彰著的“竖锯”绞尽心血的死前华彩！最后的终极死亡游戏即将开始……

　　Follows a tutor who, after being assigned an unexpected task at a mansion, finds himself struggling with the obsessions of his student, who threatens to expose his darkest secrets.

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.

四位疏远的友人一同参加一次钓鱼之旅，旨在修复他们破裂的关系。然而，当其中一位（一位绝望的父亲）指控其中一人与自己女儿的失踪案有关时，他们之间的关系却彻底破裂了。

　　Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets the story of his life. But will the local sheriff, or the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it? He has an ally in the FBI agent brought in to investigate this strange case. It seems someone is biting the necks of young girls and draining their blood. Can this killer with supernormal powers really be a 70-year-old Rumanian millionaire? Can he really be a vampire? And can an aging reporter do anything to stop him?

麦克·辛加盟加雷斯·埃文斯自编自导的惊悚片[使徒]，同时加盟的演员还包括露西·宝通、比尔·米尔纳、克里斯汀·弗劳赛斯，此前“大表哥”丹·史蒂文斯已确定参演。故事讲述一个男人因妹妹被邪教份子绑架，决定独闯龙潭、实施复仇计划的故事。

　　本片根据乔·希尔同名短篇小说改编：1978年间美国科罗拉多州一处郊外小镇里，一位名为芬尼·萧的少年被绰号为“掳童犯”的杀手绑架，而此前已有五位孩童被后者绑架杀害。芬尼之后在囚禁他的地下室中发现一部古董电话，尽管电话线已经断了，但一到晚上，他总能接到来自过去受害者试图帮助他的来电；芬尼的妹妹格温也在此时梦到与之相关的异象，指引她寻找芬尼。发生在兄妹俩身上的灵异事件开始成为了拯救芬尼的关键。