The Soul of a Monster (1944)
CAN YOU STAND THE HORROR...when tortured beings are forced by a blood-chilling female monster...TO KILL...IN ORDER TO LIVE?
장르 : 공포
상영시간 : 1시간 1분
연출 : Will Jason
각본 : Edward Dein
시놉시스
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
집단 따돌림의 피해자 대런, 그를 괴롭히는 브래들리와 그의 패거리들을 향한 피의 복수가 시작된다. 뚱뚱하고 천식을 앓고 있는 대런은 친구들의 괴롭힘으로 인해 자살을 선택하게 되고 자신을 괴롭히던 패거리들을 한 사람씩 자신을 괴롭혔던 방식으로 처단하게 된다. 그 가운데 자신이 짝사랑 하던 엄친아인 져스틴도 그 무리에 일원이 되자 그녀에게도 상상할 수 없는 극한의 괴로움을 선사하며 헤어나올 수 없는 파멸의 구덩이로 던져버린다! 살아 있는 듯 살아 있지 않은…복수의 끝은 과연 무엇일까
식인쥐 (The Graveyard Rats) 편. 사업가 로저는 엄청난 재산을 소유하고 있지만 거동이 불편하다. 그런데 사랑하던 빼어난 미모의 소유자인 로저의 아내는 로저의 재산을 가로채기 위해 자신의 정부와 음모를 꾸며 로저를 살해한 후 사고로 위장한다, 그러나 이들의 예상과 달리 로저의 유산은 회사로 상속된다. 이에 로저의 아내와 정부는 생전의 로저가 상속관계를 녹음한 마이크로폰을 찾기 위해 그의 묘지를 파헤치는데. 아들의 유령 (Bobby) 편. 사랑하던 아들 바비를 바닷가에서 잃어버린 어머니는 아들을 찾기 위해 간절한 마음으로 주술기도를 한다. 그러던 어느 날 바비가 그녀 앞에 나타난다. 그러나 재회의 기쁨을 나누는 것도 잠시, 바비는 살기어린 눈으로 어머니를 위협하는데. 악령의 살인 인형 (He Who Kills) 편. 여의사 심슨은 두 사람이 살해된 살인현장에서 발견한 기이한 인형의 감식을 의뢰받는다. 그런데 심슨은 자신이 잠시 자리를 비운 사이, 인형과 예리한 감식용 나이프가 없어진 사실을 알게 된다. 게다가 전화가 불통이 되고, 경비원까지 살해되는 사건이 계속해서 발생하는데... 70년대에 방영되어 공포영화의 고전이 된 의 속편. 모두 3편의 옴니버스 형태로 구성되어있으며, 호러 영화 각본가 리차드 매티슨과 핸리 커트너의 단편 소설을 원작으로 하여 윌리암 F. 놀란과 댄 커티스가 새롭게 꾸민 작품이다.
John Carradine narrates five horror tales, each with a comically predictable surprise ending. In the first, "The Witches Clock," the Farrells have purchased an old mansion in Salem Massachusetts and are warned by the town doctor of the history of witches in the community. The second story, "King of the Vampires," deals with a slight-figured killer called the King of the Vampires by Scotland Yard. The third, "Monster Raid," is about a man turned zombie when he ODs on his experimental drug. "Spark of Life" deals with a doctor Mendell obsessed with the experiments of a thrown-out professor named Erich von Frankenstein. "Count Alucard" is a variation on the Dracula story, with the Count acquiring the deed to Carfax Abbey from Harker as vampiresses and dead bodies start turning up.
With the powers of hell at his disposal, Frank, a blood-thirsty outlaw from the old west, is resurrected to seek his revenge on the present day town of Weston.
A warlock whose lover has been turned to stone by a yogi tries to restore her back to life using the blood of one of her descendants.
Follows a group of five teens heading off to a cabin for a "romantic" weekend. They are hunted down by The Lashman for being unruly teens and disturbing his peace.
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
A teenage girl gets in the middle conflicts with her ex-boyfriend and her new interest. Her ex is a leader of a group of delinquents and her interest has a sickness that he has trouble revealing, which is the ability to resurrect from the dead.
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
