恐怖片 · 1967 · 英国
导演：弗雷迪·弗朗西斯
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
恐怖片 · 1972 · 英国
导演：弗雷迪·弗朗西斯
1：...And All Through the House 这个故事讲述一名在圣诞前夕谋杀了自己丈夫的女子正在处理尸体之际，曾在广播中报道过的一名有着强烈杀人倾向并乔装成圣诞老人的模样变态却逃窜到她家附近，而这时的她却无法报警.... 2：Reflection of Death 一名男子为了私奔，不惜抛妻弃子，深夜与情人驾车逃离本来的居处，可是在路上却发生了令人异想不到的恐怖事件，这个故事十分精彩，后期的《小岛惊魂》，甚至是《死神来了》等很多恐怖片的灵感来源都可以在这个故事里得到充分体现 3：Poetic Justice 讲述两名冷酷势力的父子，为了赶走他们一向讨厌的邻居，用尽残忍冷酷的手段而逼死他人并最终得到报复的故事，这个故事非常传统，剧情也几近老套，但是由于老牌演员Peter Cushing那令人惊叹，入木三分的表演而提高到了另一个层次，让观众深深为故事里那位受尽排挤，但却善良孤独的老人而同情悲愤。
恐怖片 · 1970 · 英国
导演：弗雷迪·弗朗西斯
Teenaged siblings Girly and Sonny lure young men back to their home to meet the eccentric Mumsy and Nanny. There, the men are forced to take part in strange games, the rules of which are never defined - and if they refuse, or transgress the unwritten rules, they're killed. But they may have met their match in New Friend, their latest victim, who starts to manipulate the foursome, setting one against the other. Bizarre combination of late sixties avant garde and sleaze. Director Freddie Francis had made horrors for both Hammer and Amicus but this is nothing like any of them. Shot on location with an atmosphere mixing playground horror and conservatory theatre that is downright weird and unsettling. The great lost girl of sixties British horror, Vanessa Howard, shines as she does in those other rarely seen gems Corruption [1967] and What Became of Jack and Jill [1972]. If Harold Pinter had made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974] for the BBC this could have resulted. Excellent and unique.