兰伯特闹鬼事件数年前，痴男美丽的花季女孩奎恩·布伦纳（斯戴芬妮·斯考特 Stefanie Scott 饰）辗转找到已经退休的灵媒伊莉丝（林·沙烨 Lin Shaye 饰）。奎恩的妈妈在一年半前去世，痴男但是她总感觉妈妈就在身边，她渴望能和妈妈再说上几句话。被奎恩真挚的情感所打动，伊莉丝决定帮她一把，谁知却似乎与某个可怕的众生建立了联系，伊莉丝告诫女孩决不能再尝试与亡母沟通。在此之后，热爱表演的奎恩回到原有生活中，谁知某次诡异事件让她遭遇严重车祸。伤愈出院后，围绕在奎恩身边的怪事愈演愈烈。而本以为没有联系的伊莉丝，似乎也觉察到奎恩所处的危险境地，她艰难地作出决定，救助这名随时会被夺去性命的女孩……
回复 :A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared.
回复 :2013年新年将至，盘桓在国际大都会美国纽约的三个泰国小青年：藏着诸多秘密的小碧（Jarinporn Joonkiat 饰）、超级啃老族杰克（Pachara Chirathivat 饰）、风骚贱格追逐物欲的小潘（Pattarasaya Kreuasuwansri 饰）无聊头顶，决定在租住的公寓内好好狂欢一下。杰克从隔壁的吸毒分子那里找到毒贩子残缺的电话号码，并最终联系上了癫狂多话的贩毒佬黑苏斯（David Asavanond 饰）。夜幕降临，黑苏斯带来的毒品让三个人high翻天，他们围坐一起说着无聊且有些残忍的笑话。感觉到气氛有些不对，三人决定快点付钱送走黑苏斯，却意外发现这个家伙似乎并非他们要找的毒贩子。可是一切为时过晚，疯狂的黑苏斯即将对他们展开恶梦一般的大审判……
回复 :Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that drive his violent nature, an unnamed man is capturing women and savagely beating them to death. Meanwhile, a woman is luring men into a violent end, by way of her knife. Driven by the same force to make the opposite sex suffer, the killers’ fates intertwine. The two must face off in a battle to the death, in which they are forced to reveal the horrible truth behind their addiction to murder.“Brutal” takes an interesting approach to its visuals, drawing heavy influence from Western “Grindhouse” films, using a filter to make the footage appear grainy, damaged, and with light and color fluctuations. Unfortunately, the visual styling ends up feeling misguided, as other than applying the filter it does not imitate any other aspects of the “Grindhouse” genre. Despite trying to dirty up the film, it is apparent it was shot on digital. The cinematography is also a step above most “Grindhouse” productions, with Takashi Hirose proving he has talent behind the camera. Exterior shots to those taking place in small spaces are all competently framed, lit, and transition well. The decision to add an effect on top of the work hurts the film’s imagery and even gives a sense of desperation to try to capture a certain type of nostalgia with the audience, instead of relying on its own strengths. It is unfortunate when one creative choice can hurt a production so much.The story of “Brutal” is simple but effective, it does attempt some sort of social commentary about the violent nature of men and women, but it does not offer enough depth into the subject to justify the amount of violence on display. The film does end on a strong note with an interesting twist, with a reveal that is bound to gross some out, while giving others a chuckle. In spite of its simple nature, those who enjoy films that make them somewhat uncomfortable and enjoy the challenge of getting through some ultra-violence, “Brutal” poses a fun and entertaining challenge in that regard.
