吾妻之话

　　几个年轻人在去往约书亚树沙漠的旅行途中在不知情地情况下召唤出一个怪物，这怪物通过模仿他们的外表，把他们分开去完成一个致命的仪式...他们的结局会如何呢？

　　Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.

　　An anthropology professor's obsession with a paranormal mystery threatens her job, marriage, and sanity as she fights to find a missing student.

　　艾莉雅在孤兒院工作時，認識了青少女娜迪亞。娜迪亞說她聽見牆壁發出怪聲後，兩人試著找出來源，情況卻演變到難以收拾的程度

　　1890年代，两名灯塔管理员试图在他们生活在偏僻而神秘的新英格兰岛上时保持理智。
　　随着雾角的摇摆声响彻空中，沉默寡言的前伐木工人埃弗莱姆·温斯洛和两鬓斑白的灯塔管理员托马斯·韦克踏上了十九世纪末新英格兰沿岸一个僻静且了无生气的岛屿。 在接下来四周艰苦的工作和不利的条件下 ，俩沉默寡言男人除了彼此以外，没有其他人的陪伴，被迫忍受，仇怨与日俱增。 然后，在恶劣的预兆中，狂怒而无休的暴风使看守员受困于本就不宜居的火山岩，助长了长期的野性饥饿；极度痛苦；使人躁狂的隔绝以及恐怖的酒后幻觉。现在，精神错乱得令人窒息。 还可以从无形的牢狱中逃脱吗？

　　許多外國移民都會來到一家五金店前排隊，只為了替一些未曾謀面的人工作，賺取微薄的生活費。其中有些沒有工作簽證的人被誘拐到莉絲羅德斯家中工作，他們萬萬沒想到在前面等待的是可怕的命運。

　　林间公路，面无表情的杰克（马特·狄龙 Matt Dillon 饰）搭载了一名汽车抛锚的女子。女子自作聪明，聒噪无比，最终被杰克用千斤顶砸死。这起事件仿佛为杰克打开了一扇地狱之门，从此他走上了充满血液和寒冰的魔鬼之路。他对美有着偏执极端的追求，他从物质到精神都有着高度洁癖，他亲手为自己设计完美的房屋，却往往因为不满意而彻底拆掉。在此期间，杀戮让杰克体会到莫大的快感。他自诩为“精致先生”，将女性锁定为所猎杀的目标。他的胆子越来越大，不仅将谋杀现场的照片寄给报社，更游戏般地周旋徘徊在警方和受害者面前。
　　这不仅是残酷血腥的猫捉老鼠的游戏，更是他为了终极目标所做的策划经营！

　　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.

　　几个青春期的少年发现警察邻居是连环杀手，他们开始花时间监视这位邻居。但随着他们越来越接近发现真相，事情变得危险。

　　After her sister's murder, Nic, her younger sister and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip the women are stalked by a shark and must band together, face their fears and save each other.

　　Mary来到一间加油站求职，她坦言自己因放火烧自己的男友而坐过牢，而事实上他的男友是个曾杀死过35个女人的连环杀人狂。在Mary上班的第一个夜晚，就又有新的受害者出现了。

《斯克鲁奇:圣诞颂歌》改编自1970年由阿尔伯特·芬尼主演的故事片，由传奇作曲家兼作词人莱斯利·布里库塞创作。这部CG动画将于2022年12月在Netflix首播。