Twenty years ago at the infamous Redwood Farm, the owner went mad and killed his family and himself. Shrouded in urban legend ever since, a stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in the hope of proving the existence of the notorious burlap bag-masked maniac. Their quest for truth sees a sinister turn of events, as the hunters become the hunted and a blood-soaked fight for survival ensues when they find that the sinister tales told of the axe-wielding psycho farmer are very real indeed.
Invisible Killers, a three-part documentary series, looks at how viruses have shaped our health and history, the biological and social impact they have on our global society, and the incredible science that has arisen to combat them. Each of the episodes focuses on an individual virus, reaching back to tell the history of that virus and looking closely at the state of the resea...
本部饱受争议的离奇影片围绕马戏团里一群畸形人展开。矮人汉斯(哈利·厄尔斯 Harry Earles饰)暗自倾心于“正常人”——美貌的秋千表演者克里奥佩特拉(奥尔加·巴古拉诺娃 Olga Baclanova饰),同为侏儒人的弗里达(黛西·厄尔斯 Daisy Earles饰)告诫汉斯,她只是为他的钱财。克里奥佩特拉与“正常人”大力士赫克留斯(道格•霍奇森 Henry Victor饰)两人相好,设计让克里奥佩特拉嫁给汉斯得到钱财。婚礼上,克里奥佩特拉大吼在场的人都是“FREAKS”,激怒了所有畸形人。雨夜,畸形人对这两个“正常人”展开了报复……
本片在1932年发行后因题材过于怪诞而被禁止,成为了当时的赔钱电影。可在当下来看,却是一部难得的“正常”影片。导演向我们抛掷了一个赤裸裸的提问:到底谁才是“正常人”?
阿尔方斯妮(葛丽泰·嘉宝 Greta Garbo 饰)本是一位出生在偏僻小村庄里的穷苦姑娘,被贪婪的父亲卖给了商人,之后一路辗转颠沛流离来到了繁华的大都市巴黎。凭借着迷人的美貌和过人的智慧,阿尔方斯妮一举成为了巴黎上流社交圈内的交际花,整日生活在荼蘼的灯红酒绿之中,人们送给了她“茶花女”的美誉。纸醉金迷的生活迅速的消耗了阿尔方斯妮的健康,使她患上了肺病,善良的公爵因为阿尔方斯妮酷似她不久之前去世的女儿,而对她伸出了援手。
一次偶然中,阿尔方斯妮邂逅了作家小仲马(罗伯特·泰勒 Robert Taylor 饰),情不自禁的坠入了情网。然而,两人的经历和身份悬殊实在巨大,这段感情将注定不会有一个圆满的结局。