某制药集团招聘试验最新药物的临时工,黑衣薪资诱人,黑衣一些迫于经济压力的大学生前往应聘。谁知在注射了这种药物后,部分人出现了幻觉,能提前预见将要发生的事,其中一人甚至预见了他们即将死去。与此同时,一个潜伏在大楼里的杀手正在接近他们,执行死亡判决。更恐怖的是,杀手总是提前知道他们下一步要做什么。在内有索命恶魔,外有铺天暴雪的重重困境中,他们能否挣脱必死的命运?而那个潜伏杀手到底是谁?杀人动机是什么?帅不帅?是否有什么不幸的童年?
某制药集团招聘试验最新药物的临时工,黑衣薪资诱人,黑衣一些迫于经济压力的大学生前往应聘。谁知在注射了这种药物后,部分人出现了幻觉,能提前预见将要发生的事,其中一人甚至预见了他们即将死去。与此同时,一个潜伏在大楼里的杀手正在接近他们,执行死亡判决。更恐怖的是,杀手总是提前知道他们下一步要做什么。在内有索命恶魔,外有铺天暴雪的重重困境中,他们能否挣脱必死的命运?而那个潜伏杀手到底是谁?杀人动机是什么?帅不帅?是否有什么不幸的童年?
回复 :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.
回复 :刚刚从精神疗养院出院的杰西卡想要重新开始生活,她和丈夫以及一位好友搬到了一个老旧的乡下农场,在那里,他们邂逅了一位寄住在那里的红发女孩,但是事情也随即变得诡异起来,因为这里仿佛存在着某种危险而又神秘的生物
回复 :布魯斯維蘭奇這樣定義自己撰寫劇本時的心態:『幫好萊塢明星寫劇本時就像是在幫他們設計戲服一般,每個人的身材都不一樣,每個人都有適合的設計,適合的顏色,所以在劇本的撰寫上也是一樣,得考量他們的態度,並且找到適合他們態度的話語。』幽默風趣的布魯斯維蘭奇,廣受好萊塢巨星與各類傳媒體人士所喜愛,因為他巧思撰寫的台詞與腳本,能在各種活動與典禮上增添不少畫龍點睛的氣氛,如果您還不認識布魯斯,那只要知道許多的頒獎典禮上的台詞或腳本幾乎都是他寫的,包括奧斯卡、東尼獎、艾美獎,相信您對這部布魯斯維蘭奇的紀錄片一定充滿好奇。