Assault and Battery (1969)

休暇を過ごす為、アッシュは恋人シェリルと妹や友人と共に森深くたたずむ別荘にやって来る。 暖炉を囲みながら夜更けまで楽しく過ごす若者たち。退屈しのぎに別荘の地下室に入りそこで見つけた 古いテープレコーダーを再生すると、そこからはかつて別荘の住人だった学者の古文書解読の経緯を 伝える音声が流れてくる。古文書の呪文の一節を朗読するその音声は唱えてはならない古代の死霊を 呼び出す禁句であった。薄気味の悪いテープの内容にナーバスになるアッシュの妹だったが、次の瞬間 愛らしい妹は恐ろしい形相になり、宙に浮かびながら死霊を呼び覚ました全員を皆殺しにすると吐き捨て 襲いかかってくる。死霊にとりつかれた妹をいさめるにはもはや地下室に閉じ込めるしかなく、その間 アッシュはテープから流れていた死霊から逃れる方法を思い出していた。その方法とはとりつかれた者 の体をバラバラに裂くしかないというものであった・・。思い悩むアッシュ達をあざ笑うように死霊達 は仲間に次々と憑依してゆく。

スタンフォード大学心理学部ではある実験をするため、被験者となってくれる男性を公募した。集まった20名ほどの被験者は無作為に「看守役」と「囚人役」に分けられ、学内に設けられた模擬刑務所に収容された。初めはそれぞれの役を演じるだけの簡単なアルバイトと誰もが考えていた。しかし、実験が進むうち、「看守役」の攻撃的な振る舞いはどんどんエスカレートしていく。それに対して、「囚人役」は卑屈に服従するのみで、まったく抗議できなくなっていく。いつしか、模擬刑務所内は単なる実験の枠組みを越えて、もはや誰にも制御不能の状態に陥っていく……。

After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.

故の後遺症で、毎朝目覚めると前日までの記憶が失われてしまうクリスティーン。夫のベンは自分の存在や結婚していることも忘れてしまう妻を献身的な愛で支えていた。ある日、ベンの留守中に医師を名乗る男から電話がかかってくる。少し前から夫に内緒で彼女を治療しているというその男は、彼女が密かに撮影している映像日記の隠し場所を告げる。その日記によると、彼女の記憶障害は何者かに襲われたことが原因だと判るのだが…。

アメリカのとある町で、一人の女性が自宅で変死体となって発見された。残された手がかりはキッチンに飛び散っていたトマトのみ。しかしそれは恐るべき事件の幕開けにすぎなかった…。

人間の血が好物の吸血植物をめぐる大騒動をミュージカル風のコメディに仕上げた。もとはロジャー・コーマンの監督作だが、これは86年のリメイク作。出演はリック・モラニス、エレン・グリーンら。

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神父と教師の2人の西洋人が、ルワンダの大虐殺の渦中に身を置き、道徳的なジレンマに直面する。彼らは自らを危険にさらして難民を保護するのか、それとも命をかけて国外に脱出するのか。実話を基にした作品。

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The rebellious socialist Knut is subjected to a mental evaluation after he assaults a stranger on the street. Psychologist looking track Knuts aggression in childhood experiences while Knut himself sees them as a natural reaction to the class society's oppression.

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