歌剧魅影 (1925)故事发生在车水马龙的繁华大都市巴黎,卡洛塔(Mary Fabian 饰)是一名歌剧演员,某日,剧院之中忽然现身了神秘的幽灵,威胁卡洛塔必须放弃她在歌剧《浮士德》中的角色,并将这个角色让给一位名为克里斯汀(玛丽·菲尔宾 Mary Philbin 饰)的女子扮演。克里斯汀和幽灵之间是怎样的关系呢?原来,幽灵的真身是一直以来潜伏在剧院中的一名头戴面具的男子,一场意外令他的容貌尽毁,变得恐怖狰狞,无奈之下只好戴上面具,躲藏在墓地里。某日,克里斯汀的出现吸引了他的注意,他发现自己已经深深的爱上了这位美丽的女子,于是决定现身将她挟持。起初,克里斯汀十分害怕这位诡异的男子,然而,随着时间的推移,克里斯汀渐渐发现,这恐怖的幽灵亦有温柔善良的一面。
寻找暗夜里的情人 (2002)盖·麦丁将皇家温尼伯芭蕾舞团对布拉姆·斯托克经典吸血鬼故事的演绎,从舞台华丽移植至银幕,打造出一场融合舞蹈、戏剧与暗影的奢华盛宴,充满情欲张力。[Zeitgeist Films]
厄捨古廈的倒塌 (1928)《厄捨古屋的倒塌》是愛倫坡最著名的心理恐怖小説之一。主人公羅得瑞克的性格,他與妹妹瑪德琳的關係,以及他活埋妹妹的動機一直是人們關注的焦點。小説全篇貫穿了大量的意識流描寫,堪稱心理小説中的精品。 洛迪文里克與年輕的妻子瑪德萊娜生活在厄捨家族的古廈裏,一位醫生經常來這裏看望體弱多病的瑪德萊娜。如同厄捨家族的所有男人,洛迪文里克充滿激情地為妻子畫肖像。在這個過程中,瑪德萊娜的健康每況癒下,好像她的靈魂逐漸轉移到了肖像上。隨著肖像的完成,瑪德萊娜停止了呼吸。深深地愛著妻子的洛迪文里克相信妻子只是睡著了,拒絕將她埋葬,而是在孤獨中等待她的歸來。一個電閃雷鳴的夜晚,他終於看到妻子活著回到了自己身邊。然後,他們一起飛向天空,看到身下的厄捨古廈在雷擊引起的大火中化為灰燼。
The Telltale Heart (1928)An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.
幽靈馬車 (1921)故事發生在新年來臨之夜,傳説每年的這個夜晚,死神就會來到人間挑選一個罪孽深重的人來駕駛他的馬車。這次被選到的是個拋妻棄子又嗜酒如命的流浪漢,在流浪漢由於自己的作風問題而即將被奪走生命時,一個孱弱的修女用基督之愛拯救了他
The Telltale Heart (1928)An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.
密室 (1909)The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” and Honoré de Balzac's “La Grande Breteche”.
Le Voleur invisible (1909)A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the subject, he buys the book and goes home with the intention to test the invisibility formula described by the author…
The Devil on Two Sticks (1910)A young man befriends a limping demon to get rid of a woman who's after him.
但丁的地狱 (1911)诗人但丁迷失在一片黑暗阴暗的森林中。在山顶上,他看到了救赎之光。他努力攀登,但他的路被三只野兽挡住了,这三只野兽象征着贪婪、傲慢和欲望。贝阿特丽丝看到了他的困境,从天堂来到地狱边缘,在那里她请求诗人维吉尔拯救并指引但丁。维吉尔知道另一条路,但这条路直接穿过整个地狱,然后继续通往天堂。维吉尔把但丁带到了地狱的入口。卡戎把他们渡过阿克伦河,然后他们开始穿过地狱的不同层级向下旅行。但丁遇到了各种各样的罪人,看到了他们必须经历的永无止境的惩罚。不同的惩罚根据不同的罪过而调整。在这些罪人中,但丁认出了他在佛罗伦萨遇到的许多人,当时他们还活着。他们向他讲述了他们悲惨的故事,以及他们为什么会落得如此下场。最后但丁和维吉尔......