荒山惊魂

简介：　　Out of the fifties &#39B&#39 Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It&#39s most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he&#39d have more provisions to survive hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the &quotstory&quot is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can&#39t prove it, and 50&#39s space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, &quotunseen menace&quot may remind you of that highly &quotoriginal&quot BLAIR WITCH).　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile &quotdon&#39t go down there, you jerk!&quot pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim&#39s case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, &#39IT!&#39 also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn&#39s forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie&#39s suspense is blunt and right to the point: &quotIT!&#39 has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill &quotIT!&quot or die. Nothing like those &quotno two ways about it&quot choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters&#39 helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot&#39s scary ambience. The black white photography (Yes, it&#39s one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn&#39t stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about &quotrareity&quot) was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone&#39s &quotIt&#39s a Good Life&quot)? The picture&#39s taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio&#39s commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven&#39t claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.　　This film&#39s story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt&#39s &quotVOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE.&quot All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.　　As long as you&#39re not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don&#39t expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

简介：　　Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr) lives with his grandson in the Australian outback when a massive razorback boar attacks him, destroying his house and killing his grandson. He is accused of murder and his dignity is destroyed.　　Two years later, a wildlife reporter, Beth Winters, journeys to the outback to document the hunting of Australian wildlife to be used as animal food, processed in a large factory, but she is attacked by two deranged locals, Benny and Dicko, who leave her to be killed by the beast. Her husband, Carl, goes in search of her, and aids Jake Cullen and his young associate, Sarah Cameron, in hunting for the razorback responsible for her death.　　As they search for the creature, Benny and Dicko worry that they may be associated with the murder of Beth Winters, so they attack Cullen and leave him to be killed by the boar. Vowing revenge for his wife and his friend, Carl finds Benny and lowers him into a mineshaft, presumably killing him, and finds Dicko in the factory. Before he can kill him, the razorback surges and mauls Dicko to death before chasing after Carl and Sarah, where they face off inside the processing factory. Carl lures the Boar (having speared it with a pole) into pursuing him down a conveyor belt, at the end of which is a large industrial fan. Not able to stop itself, the boar falls to its demise onto the blade/fins killing it, while Carl rescues Sarah.

简介：　　Michael&#39s health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael&#39s wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds Michael responsible. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients.

简介：　　佩妮（苏珊·斯塔丝伯格 Susan Strasberg 饰）的父母在她很小的时候就离婚了，一直以来，佩妮都跟着母亲生活。一场意外夺走了母亲的生命，于是，孤苦无依的佩妮接受了父亲的邀请，前去和父亲以及继母一起生活。然而到了父亲家，佩妮却发现在那里的只有继母一人，虽然这个女人表现得非常的和善与热情，但佩妮还是对她充满了戒备。　　继母家里发生的各种诡异的事情，以及始终下落不明的父亲让佩妮的神经越来越紧张，渐渐地，她开始分不清，在这里经历的一切，究竟是不是自己的幻觉。很显然，继母也希望佩妮产生这让的自我怀疑。

简介：　　曼哈顿医院接收了一位年轻的女病人，据说她是被不知名的生物强暴了。医院的医生们想尽一切办法想把受害者身上奇怪的物质剔除出来，可是似乎怎么弄也没办法清除乾净。女受害者在半昏迷状态下自己离开了医院，她完全不知道她体内已经不是单纯的人类器官，衍生的物体将会给她最终的宿命.。

简介：　　A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared.