20世纪50年代，美国乔治亚州。女孩玛丽·路易斯（萨布丽娜 科恩 Sabrina Kern 饰）与男友陷入热恋。浪漫之夜，年轻男女偷尝禁果，却间接导致了一场灾难。疯狂酗酒的父亲愈加暴戾无常，为了保护即将出世的孩子，玛丽逃进由一栋大别墅改造的神女修道院寻求庇护。这里地处偏远，几乎与世隔绝，修女们不苟言笑，甚至偏执得几近变态。住在这里的女孩们战战兢兢，惶惶不可终日。不久，玛丽被赐名阿加莎，她仿佛成为修道院的囚徒，失去了身体和灵魂的自由。
　　万事并未好转，女孩的生活朝着更黑暗的方向走去……

　　A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.

　　故事发生在充满了异域风情的马来西亚，莱斯利（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）在那里和丈夫罗伯特（赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰）一起经营着一间橡胶种植园，日子过得十分安逸。某天，罗伯特外出公干，留下莱斯利一人看家，哪知道很快，便传来了噩耗，莱斯利开枪将一个名叫大卫的男人给打死了，而莱斯利坚称大卫想要袭击她，她开枪杀人纯属自卫。
　　罗伯特相信了莱斯利所言，找到了律师霍华德（詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰）为妻子辩护，可是，让他们没有想到的是，大卫的妻子哈蒙德太太（盖尔·桑德加德 Gale Sondergaard 饰）手上握有莱斯利和大卫偷情的证据。

　　1962年10月14日，一则由飞临古巴上空U-2侦察机所拍摄照片中透露的情报信息，引发了一场当时世界两大超级大国美国与苏联之间的空前危机。美国情报官员在这组情报资料中发现，苏联正在距离佛罗里达不到150公里的古巴首都哈瓦那西南的圣克利斯托瓦尔修建基地，部署中短程导弹和运 载核武器的伊尔-28重型轰炸机，这些导弹足以摧毁全美各大城市并且造成重大伤亡。全美上下陷入极度恐慌之中，也将整个世界推向了核灾难的边缘。总统约翰·肯尼迪（布鲁斯·格林伍德 Bruce Greenwood 饰）和其弟罗伯特·肯尼迪（斯蒂文·卡普Steven Culp 饰）沉着应对这场一触即发的核战危机，影片透过白宫高级特别助理肯尼斯·奥唐纳（凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰）之眼，再现了危机重重的惊天十三日。

　　克林特·伊斯特伍德饰演一名神秘客，从热浪逼人的沙漠来到罪恶满城的拉高镇，并被邀请出手阻止三个刚出狱的枪手继续犯案。

　　Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I. When his brother commits suicide, Abel seeks refuge in the apartment of an old acquaintance Professor Veregus. Desperate to make ends meet in the war-ravaged city, Abel takes a job in Veregus' clinic, where he discovers the horrific truth behind the work of the strangely beneficent professor and unlocks the chilling mystery that drove his brother to kill himself.

　　In the Barrio of Oak Springs, live a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know,  their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.

　　一辆囚车上的黑人卡尔林与一个白人杰克逊，被铁链锁在一起。在逃亡过程中，虽然白人杰克逊瞧不起黑人，处处为难卡尔林，但卡尔林不计前嫌帮助伙伴逃跑，且恢复了已经丧失的优良品德和对他人的爱。这是一部反对种族歧视的优秀作品，在第31届（1958）奥斯卡评选中获得最佳摄影金像奖和最佳创作剧本金像奖，在1958年第8届西柏林国际电影节上获男演员奖。

　　畅销书《行为的驱使力》的作者玛格丽特·福特是位精神分析专家，为帮助她的病人比利，一个因赌博欠债、生命受到威胁的赌徒，她实地深入赌场了解赌徒的心理状况，并在那里认识了比利的债主迈克。油嘴滑舌的迈克满嘴甜言蜜语，极力拖玛格丽特下水。在迈克的诱引下，玛格丽特自身的一部分似乎复 苏了，达到了某种“解放”。她参加了一个所谓的赌博骗局，试图从中渔利，但这个精心设计的骗局却出了漏子：玛格丽特不小心杀死了一个警察，这下玛格丽特可亏大了。后来，玛格丽特发现这一切原来都是一个大骗局，她被迈克坑了。为捞回亏掉的钱，玛格丽特也设了一个局，却被迈克识破，她不得不开枪将其打死。没有了债主的玛格丽特成了一个道地的赌徒，她用迈克教她的方法去获得自己想得到的东西。

　　故事发生在1964年的6月，一辆载有三位民权主义者的车辆被三K党所劫持，之后一行人音信全无。鲁帕特（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）和艾伦（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰）是两帮调查局的探员，他们被指派调查这起恶劣的事件，然而，当两人到达小镇开始调查时，却发现他们的工作遭遇了重重的困难，没有人愿意相信他们，更没有人能够提供有价值的线索。
　　皮尔（布拉德·道里夫 Brad Dourif 饰）是小镇的副镇长，同时亦是一名坚定的三K党成员，个性粗暴邪恶的他常常将软弱温和的妻子（弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰）揍得遍体鳞伤。鲁帕特十分同情皮尔妻子的遭遇，随着时间的推移，皮尔的妻子渐渐对鲁帕特产生了感情，这让鲁帕特和艾伦看到了案件的突破口。

　　A mathematician and author, Luke Williams, is travelling up to London on a train when he meets a old lady, Lavinia Fullerton, who is also going to London, to Scotland Yard. Lavinia tells Luke that in her small village several people have died. The local police are certain that it was all accidental and are taking no action but Lavinia isn't convinced. In London Luke watches, horrified, as Lavinia is run over in a hit and run and he becomes convinced that she was telling the truth. He travels down to the village and with the aid of a local girl, who is also convinced that the deaths were murder, sets out to solve the mystery.

　　科学与宗教之间的界限到底怎样划分？两者是对立的，还是一步就能跨越？凯瑟琳（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank饰）的转变就多次源于这个古老神秘的哲学命题。她曾经忠实地信仰天主，虔诚布道，丈夫和女儿却惨死他人手中，这令凯瑟琳不再相信宗教，她坚定的认为，科学才是一切现象的根本，所谓神，只是人们愚蠢的迷信。
　　小镇上发生的怪事，却令凯瑟琳的观念发生了又一次的逆转。只因为，圣经上的预言和这里发生的一系列怪事竟然不谋而合。面对这些神秘的现象，凯瑟琳发现，自己的科学信仰面临着严峻的挑战，在小镇沸沸扬扬的风波中，也许主宰一切的是她一直不愿相信的神明……

　　Marple is asked by her lawyer, Christian Gilbranson, to visit his step-mother, Carrie Louise Serrocold, an old friend of Miss Marple's, at her country estate. Carrie's husband, Lewis, confides to Miss Marple that he suspects someone is slowly poisoning his wife, and when Gilbranson visits the mansion, he is mysteriously murdered.

　　Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used.

　　萨玛拉·维文([辣手保姆])、卡莉·查肯(《黑客军团》)加盟黑色惊悚片[最后的清晰时刻](Last Moment of Clarity，暂译)。影片故事讲述山姆逃离到巴黎，以此忘记未婚妻格鲁吉亚(维文饰)被谋杀的事实，然而他却发现一个电影女星和格鲁吉亚非常相似，而他必须和好友凯特(查肯饰)找到格鲁吉亚的秘密。该片由詹姆斯·克里斯尔、科林·克里斯尔执导并操刀剧本。

摄影师里昂·考夫曼(布莱德利·库珀饰)为求拍摄到令画廊主人苏珊(波姬·小丝饰)满意的震撼性作品，每晚穿梭于纽约街头的阴暗角落。某晚里昂跟踪几名黑人，并在铁铁站内营救了被这伙人骚扰的美丽日本女子，然次日便从报纸上得知该女子失踪的消息。里昂向警方提供线索，却遭冷遇。里昂的作品受到苏珊赏识，同时好奇心又促使他继续追查多年来发生在某地铁线上的连续失踪案件。很快他便注意到一个经常出没地铁站、西装革履一脸严肃而又令人不寒而栗的神秘男人(维尼·琼斯饰)。

　　科学狂人制造出了恐怖狰狞的杀入机器森杰诺，用于未来的中东战争，而战争尚未开始，森杰诺已经逃脱出来滥杀无辜，危机之刻谁来挺身而出消灭森杰诺呢？

　　十八世纪末期的纽约，警察们还延用古老的办案方式，对罪犯刑讯逼供，年青的警察伊卡布·克瑞恩（约翰尼·戴普 饰）笃信科学的办案方式，因此受到市内同行的排挤，被派到一个叫断头谷的小镇办理一起连环凶杀案。
　　断头谷一直流传着关于“无头骑士”的传说，据说，他是因为嗜血而战的黑森林雇佣军，被敌人割去头颅后，他的孤魂一直在断头谷游荡，在月黑风高之夜，他会骑着快马、 拿着大斧将经过此地的行人的头颅割下。两个月内，小镇中已经三个人惨遭毒手。
　　克瑞恩住进了当地富豪范塔索（迈克尔·甘伯恩 饰）家中，他对“无头骑士”的传说不以为然，但是，又有人接二连三的死去，他还亲眼目睹了“无头骑士”砍掉小镇治安官的头颅，他不得不相信传说的存在，也坚定了要查出真相的决心。
　　经过一番调查，克瑞恩将疑点放在了范塔索身上，同时，他和范塔索的女儿卡翠娜（克里斯蒂娜·里奇 饰）刚刚萌芽的爱情也被残酷的现实所摧毁。
　　就在克瑞恩以为一切真相大白，黯然神伤中准备离开断头谷时，事情发生了意想不到的变化……

　　Based on a 1924 mystery novel by Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit was the eighth of Warner Bros. Television's Christie-inspired TV movies. Stephanie Zimbalist stars as an American tourist in Cairo (with Spain standing in for Egypt). She runs across a mysterious murder, and an odd encounter with a stranger; all this occurs even before she sets foot on a luxury liner with an all-suspect passenger manifest. It is established that the murderer, who is after a cache of valuable diamonds, is an internationally notorious criminal--but which one of the passengers is he (or she)? Maybe the villain romantic lead Simon Dutton, the "man in the brown suit" of the title...but don't discount such special guest suspects as Rue McClanahan and Tony Randall.

　　Malcon是迈阿密日报的记者。当地发生一起谋杀案，由他负责报道。而凶手竟然主动打电话联系他，并告知凶手的后续杀人计划。同时，凶手一边不断杀人，一边不断打电话给Malcon，并告知其情况。此事引起警方高度重视的同时，也引起当地媒体的热播，Malcon变得家喻户晓。凶手此时却又迁怒于他，因为凶手的本意在于通过Malcon的报道，引起公众的重视，现在反而Malcon“喧宾夺主”。而另一方面，Malcon的女朋友Christine对此也极为不满，认为Malcon在帮助凶手……

　　Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).
　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
　　This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
　　As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

　　1962年5月，意大利豪华客轮安东尼亚•格拉撒号在行驶到白令海峡附近时，连同船上数百名乘客突然凭空消失，成为近代航海史著名的悬案之一。
　　2002年，一架加拿大空军的飞机在该海域发现了一艘随波逐流的小船，飞行员杰克•弗里曼（Desmond Harrington 饰）为小船背后的秘密所吸引，他雇佣西恩•墨菲船长（Gabriel Byrne 饰）及其搜救小组前去公海寻找那艘漫无目的漂泊的客轮。按照海洋法规定，任何在公海发现的无主船只都归发现者所有，而一艘豪华客轮无疑是一笔巨大的财富。及至找到目标时莫菲船长才发现，这便是那艘消失了四十年之久的安东尼亚•格拉撒号！
　　为财富所吸引，他们相继登上这艘客轮，而各种怪异诡秘的事件也相继发生……