艾伦·斯科特

Thisearly70sgiallobyUmbertoLenziiscertainlyamongthebestinhisfilmographyandalsointhewholegenre.PersonallyIthinkLenzisbestfilmsarethefunnycartoon-turned-filmKriminal,thestylishgialloSevenBlood-StainedOrchids,theexplosiveNapoliviolentaandthis.IntheeightieshedidplentyoffilmtrashinformofEatenAlive,HitcherintheDarkorBlackDemons,allofwhicharerippingsomethingoffand/orverydullandslowmoving.KnifeofIcecamewhenthegialloboomwasatitshottestandtheresultisconvincing.Technicallythefilmissuperb,containinggreatcinematographyinthebeginningwhenwelearnaboutthemaincharacterstraumatowardstrains.Fromthispointon,Lenzishowsushisabilitytobenefitthewidescreenand,forexample,thebicyclerideneartheforestisgenuinelybeautiful!ThisscenealsoshowsLenzisabilitytobuildsuspense,veryslowlybutmeaningfully.Afterall,therearentsomanymurdersinthewholefilm,onlythesuspensecirculatingaroundthemurderersidentity.Onesuspectisadevilworshipperwhichbringsnewaspectstothemystery.Sincethefinalscenetakesplaceinachurch,onecanwonderifLenziwantedtocommentonsomething,maybethehypocriticalmoraleofchurchandsuperstition.Themaincharacter(CarrolBaker)ismutewhichdemandsalotfromherfaceandeyes.Theactressworksverywell,givingusabelievableperformancecirculatingaroundtheemotionsoffearandmentalpain.Theotheractorsaregood,too.Thefinally,however,maynotgivetoopositiveasightaboutfemalesexsincetheyallareexpressedrathernegativelyinthefilm,onewayoranother.Stillthisiseasilyamongthemostnoteworthyinthegenre,notasbloodyastheArgentofilms,forexample,butequallysuspensefulandvisuallyalsointeresting.

公元前5000年，“天神族”的“审判者”阿里瑟姆从奥林匹亚星挑选10位拥有超能力的“永恒族”，派遣他们前往地球抵御“变异族”的入侵。几千年来，永恒族一直帮助人类抵御变异族入侵。最后一批变异族在1521年被消灭后，永恒族内部对于是否继续保护人类一事产生分歧，最终决定分开，并等待阿里瑟姆将他们召唤回母星。时间到了现在，瑟西（嘉玛·陈GemmaChan饰）和丝派特（莉亚·麦克休LiaMcHugh饰）一同住在英国伦敦。500年前，瑟西与前男友伊卡瑞斯（理查德·麦登RichardMadden饰）分开，并结交了在伦敦自然史博物馆工作的戴恩·惠特曼（基特·哈灵顿KitHarington饰）。一天晚上，一位名叫克罗的变异族突袭三人，伊卡瑞斯却突然出现，暂时击退克罗。瑟西、丝派特和伊卡瑞斯意识到情况不妙，于是决定紧急召集其他人以应对新的威胁……