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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
director: Manon Briand actor: Caroline Dhavernas / Amy Sloan
other title: 英勇少年
This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed
5.8 (5 ratings) director: Brett Sullivan actor: Emily Perkins / Brendan Fletcher
other title: 变种女狼2 / 진저 스냅 2
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
Ginger Snaps (2000) [Movie] Douban Skybridge TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ginger Snaps
7.5 (19 ratings) director: 约翰·福西特 actor: 艾米莉·帕金斯 / 凯瑟琳·伊莎贝尔
other title: 变种女狼 / 恶夜狼女(台)
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Elevated (1996) [Movie] Douban
Elevated
5.4 (7 ratings) director: Vincenzo Natali actor: Vickie Papavs / Bruce McFee
other title: 紧急迫升
本片是导演文森佐·纳塔利拍摄《立方体》的雏形,利用惊险的体验,挖掘人性的恶。
三人因为未知怪兽的来袭被困在升降电梯里,猜忌、冲动导致他们的互相残杀。最后,大批人群因为未知恐惧奔向已成为炼狱场的电梯,画面结束在女主角疯癫诡异的眼神中。
影片中没有出现任何神魔鬼怪或者灵异现象,传说中的怪兽也未出现,观众所能目睹的血案全由人类自己造成。相对于其他装神弄鬼的恐怖片,这部20分钟的短片将恐惧的来源模糊化,转而用人性的不可捉摸和密闭空间促进剧情发展,再加上血浆满地的cult场景,给人带了一场小小的刺激。
除了《紧急迫升》、《立方体》,文森佐后来拍摄的《人兽杂交》,都是通过挖掘人性的弱点和一些偶然性因素,来营造恐怖气氛或者制造话题。