《邪恶花园》堪称英国60年代“黑暗童话”的巅峰之作。导演弗雷迪·弗朗西斯把恐怖拍得特别阴森又荒诞,叙事干脆利落,根本不搞拖泥带水的铺垫。如果你喜欢充满英式cult风、脑洞大开且带有强烈个人风格的邪典电影,这部片子绝对值得一看。不同于当时的恐怖片,它没有歇斯底里的尖叫,而是用那种阴郁灰暗的镜头语言,将恐怖氛围内化到角色的骨血之中,反差感极强。影片最大的特色在于黑白回忆与现实画面的完美穿插,这种强烈的视觉反差让凄美的爱情故事更添一份残酷的宿命感。
影后芭芭拉·雪峰贡献了教科书级别的精湛演技,将疯癫与扭曲演绎得入木三分,与年轻版的维克多·波伊特的对抗更是全片的高光时刻。
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