《邪恶花园》是弗雷迪·弗朗西斯极具辨识度的加斯·格林风格作品,叙事粗粝且充满英式冷幽默,一改传统恐怖片的惊悚套路,更像是一场充满恶趣味的黑色闹剧。影片没有烂大街的血浆,而是将所有的恐怖感都埋藏在维多利亚庄园的暗角里,那种诡异沉闷的氛围简直能渗进骨头缝。老牌恐怖片特有的哥特式氛围,配上那双阴森的大脚丫,看着就让人脊背发凉,那种诡异的探索感十足。 如果你喜欢看那种氛围感极佳、不依赖血浆却同样让人后背发凉的英国老式恐怖片,这部绝对是必入神作。如果你讨厌慢热,又迷恋那种廉价却惊悚的暴力美学,这部老片绝对能让你直呼过瘾。如果你喜欢看那种诡异中透着诡异的黑色幽默,这部电影绝对值得一试。
A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil. A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see