这部经典丧尸片主打黑白的灵幻氛围,叙事节奏甚至早于《活死人之夜》,不仅是僵尸片的鼻祖,更是福克斯制片厂的试金石。这种奇幻生物袭击小镇的叙事模式,既有超现实的趣味,又充满了对当时英国社会的不满隐喻,风格独特,绝对值得一试。彼得·洛利精湛的演技让主角从活人一步步“烂”成僵尸的滑稽过程充满了黑色幽默,这种独特的叙事手法至今看来依然别具一格。导演雅克·特纳把悬疑和幽灵完美融合,开场那场雨夜追车戏就充满张力,车内上演的“幽灵狂想曲”更是把宿命感拉满。与其说是恐怖片,不如说它更偏向于超现实的哥特幻想,利用彩色与黑白的交错将怪物电影拍出了艺术片的质感。如果你厌倦了老套的吸血鬼故事,喜欢《七宗罪》这种将怪谈与犯罪深度结合的烧脑佳作,这部黑白片绝对不容错过。
A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.