莎拉(丹妮尔·帕娜贝克 Danielle Panabaker 饰)是一个单纯到有些天真的女孩,陷入了和有妇之夫泰瑞(安德鲁·霍华德 Andrew Howard 饰)的情感纠葛之中。然而,让莎拉没有想到的是,一天,泰瑞竟然在毫无征兆的情况下将她残忍的抛弃了。莎拉的同事露(妮可·拉里贝特 Nicole LaLiberte 饰)不忍心看到好友如此难过,于是把她带到酒吧买醉,在那里,两人邂逅了名为西蒙(迈克尔·斯达-大卫 Michael Stahl-David 饰)的男子。
让莎拉没有想到的是,看起来彬彬有礼风度翩翩的西蒙实际上是一个禽兽,他借着送醉酒的莎拉回家在莎拉的家门口将她强暴了。愤怒的露设计偷到了一把手枪,她要带着莎拉向两个男人寻仇。
挪威著名剧作家易仆生编剧,北欧电影黄金时代的开篇之作。全片實景挪威海岸拍攝,拍攝難度與戲劇張力超越當代。原本平凡的水手,戰時為了養家活口冒險出航,卻被軍人所俘。多年後脫身返家卻人事已非,只有滿腔怨怒相伴。某天,當年俘虜他的仇敵與相隨的妻女海上落難待援,他奮勇而至,卻陷入「復仇還是救援?」的天人交戰。 Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself. Based on a poem written by Henrik Ibsen and entirely on location shooting at the Norwegian coast, the film claimed to be the most expensive production and marked the beginning of the Golden Age in the Nordic film history.
After years on the run, the mystery man known as Trick is back, but not on his own terms. Trick finds himself trapped in a cage with four other hostages - all of them paralyzed from the neck down. When Trick realizes that one of the other hostages is an old foe, Detective Epperson, the two begin working together to uncover the connection between them and their captor - a masked man they suspect is the infamous Deathstalker Killer. Meanwhile, Agent Bobby Church of the FBI is investigating Epperson's disappearance and discovers the detective vanished while he had been following a lead in the Deathstalker case. The search soon has Church crossing paths with Epperson's former partner, Scott, himself looking into the abduction of his friend, Olivia. After Scott and Church discover cellphone pictures of Olivia in the cage with both Trick and Epperson, they know they must race against the clock to find the location of the cage before time runs out, and the hostages are executed one-by-one.
PANIC BEATS begins with a totally nude woman with welts on her body, running through a misty forest full of decayed skeletons. A knight on horseback is chasing her, and we soon learn that he is Alaric de Marnac (a wicked character Naschy first created for HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB), viciously killing her for her unfaithful ways. After the credits role, we are taken to the present where a descendent of Marnac named Paul (Naschy) is married to the wealthy Geneviève (Julia Saly) was has some serious heart problems. Paul decides to take her to his ancestral home in the country for some peace and quiet, but the superstitious-filled setting opens a Pandora’s Box of terrible occurrences. We soon discover that Paul is a real son-of-a-bitch who plans to scare his wife to death, planning to control her fortune and continue his secret affair with seductive bad girl Mireille (Silvia Miró), who happens to be the niece of the tarot card-reading housekeeper, Mabile (Lola Gaos). Paul’s malevolent scheme works, but he still has to worry about an additional money-hungry mistress (this guy really gets around!), the unforgiving Mabile, as well as new fianceé Mireille who might be hiding a thing or two herself. More grisly murders follow, and the ghost of Marnac returns from hell to punish the most despicable human character in the film. PANIC BEATS was also written by Naschy (under his real name Jacinto Molina) who injects the film with an old-fashioned spooky house motif, beefed up with a modern movie sense of violence and sexuality. The film offers nothing too innovative storywise, and even Naschy admits on the disc’s extras that it was partly inspired by GASLIGHT and REBECCA, but he seems to just toss in a hodgepodge of exploitation and horror ingredients, while delivering a stylish and enjoyable effort with a number of twists and some genuinely chilling moments. The camera shots and lighting are both effective, and there's even does a cool set-up (much like what Freddie Francis did in THE SKULL and THE CREEPING FLESH) where we see the point of view of Marnac through his dark helmet as he stalks his female prey. Graphically, we are exposed to everything from a plate of bloody eyeballs, to victims being beaten relentlessly with the various Medieval weapons affixed on the house’s walls (for example, someone is axed in the stomach, followed by the soaked entrails oozing out!). Naschy’s most frequent 1980s leading lady, Julia Saly, is not given much to do, but with her offbeat looks, is a nice presence nonetheless. The prominent female star here is Silvia Miró who is seen in the buff frequently, and she certainly makes for some well-appreciated Euro starlet eye candy. Naschy himself is very good in the film, putting on conniving facades, carrying a number of women on a string,
深夜的首尔街头,出租车上频频被插上写有电话的应召女郎的卡片。前刑警忠浩(金允石 Yun-seok Kim 饰)手下就有着一批应召女郎,表面粗暴野蛮的他,对姐妹们貌似毫不讲理。最近忠浩手下的姐妹频频发生失踪事件,他认为是有人故意把她们拐卖。暴跳如雷的他猛翻登记簿寻找蛛丝 马迹,最后确定了一个嫌疑电话尾数为4885。正好这个电话这时呼入需要应召女郎。忠浩让美珍(徐英姬 Yeong-hie Seo 饰)前去。
正在家里发烧卧床的美珍想拒绝,无奈拗不过忠浩,留下七岁女儿在家后还是出门了。忠浩让她记住对方的地址并且用短信告诉他,叮嘱她别搞砸。忠浩亦同时尾随而去,想揪出这个拐卖贩子。美珍跟着4885池英民(河正宇 Jung-woo Ha 饰)进入房间时发觉一切已经太迟,在这个毫无信号的地方,池英民要将她残忍杀害……
失去美珍联系的忠浩开始四处寻找,偶遇到池英民后...