精神病院1972[电影解说]

看了那么多分段式恐怖片，这部《精神病院1972》最大的不同在于——它把“讲故事”本身变成了恐怖源泉。不像《恐怖博士》系列那样各段落彼此孤立，这里每个病患的离奇遭遇都暗中指向同一个悬念，最后那个反转来得干脆利落，没有故弄玄虚。新来的精神病学家（彼得·库欣饰）试图揭开背后的谜团，却发现每个病床背后的故事都藏着一丝诡异——有人声称自己被外太空邪物附身，有人反复做同一个噩梦，还有人举止温顺却暗藏杀机。如果你喜欢那种老式精神病院昏暗走廊、阴森地下室营造的压抑氛围，并且能接受70年代血浆不多但心理上细思极恐的恐怖片，这部很对味。影片不依赖廉价惊吓，而是通过心理递进和物件象征（无脸人偶、断手）构建恐怖。当博士以为自己掌握了真相，门口的转盘电话突然响了起来——他这才发现，自己早已踏进一个精心布置的陷阱。

　　Framing StoryDr Martin (Robert Powell) arrives at a secluded asylum "for the incurably insane" to be interviewed for a job by the wheelchair-using, authoritarian Dr Lionel Rutherford (Patrick Magee). Rutherford explains that he owes his current incapacitation to an attack by an inmate. Rutherford reveals his unorthodox plan to determine Martin's suitability for the post of head Doctor. One of the asylum's current inmates is Dr B. Starr, the former head doctor who underwent a complete mental breakdown. Martin is to interview the inmates of the asylum to deduce which one is Dr Starr. If his choice is correct Rutherford will "consider" him for the post.
　　The attendant Max Reynolds (Geoffrey Bayldon) admits Martin through the security door to the inmates' solitary confinement cells where he interviews each in turn.
　　"Frozen Fear"Bonnie (Barbara Parkins) recounts the plot to murder Ruth (Sylvia Sims), the wealthy wife of her lover Walter (Richard Todd). Ruth is a possessive heiress who studies voodoo, and this interest stands in the way of Bonnie and Walter being together.
　　"The Weird Tailor"Bruno (Barry Morse) recounts how poverty forced him to accept the unusual request of a Mr Smith (Peter Cushing) to produce an elaborate suit of clothing from a mysterious, scintillating, fabric that can animate anything, including the dead.
　　After learning what the suit will be used for, Bruno fights Smith and accidentally kills him. He returns with the unsold suit. His wife Anna (Anne Firbank) dresses their store mannequin in the suit and its true powers are revealed.
　　"Lucy Comes To Stay"The ebullient Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) informs Martin she has been in an asylum before. After her release from that asylum she was closely monitored at home by her brother George (James Villiers) and a nurse, Miss Higgins (Megs Jenkins). This frustrated existence is relieved when her mischievous friend Lucy (Britt Ekland) comes to visit.
　　"Mannikins of Horror"Finally Martin interviews Dr Byron (Herbert Lom) who holds Rutherford in deep contempt. Byron explains he is working towards soul transference with a small automaton whose head is a likeness of his own, and shows Martin several earlier models. Byron plans to "will" his mannequin to life, and explains the interior of the robot is organic, a miniaturised version of his own viscera. Martin concludes his interview and Max shows him downstairs to deliver his judgement to Rutherford.
　　Byron successfully brings his mannequin to life: it makes its way to Rutherford's office and kills him with a surgical knife. Then, Martin destroys the mannequin and seeks help from Max Reynolds, and Dr. Starr's true identity is revealed.

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