Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.
A couple of Australians introduce three American backpackers to the local legend of Lemon Tree Passage where a ghost of a motorcyclist warns young drivers to slow down. After seeing the ghost first hand they uncover a malevolent force that posses the area and threatens to wreak havoc on the final days of their vacation. Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of an evil force much more heinous than the local myth believed.
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town, where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
Troubled by bouts of sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares, graduate student Sarah Foster goes to her university sleep research center for help. But when she wakes up after her first night of being monitored, the world she lives in seems to have changed in subtle, Twilight-Zone-esque ways.
女主被老板叫到家里打字,老板夫妇晚上都不在家。第二天早上老板让女主送他们去机场。本来女主应该送完还车,可女主没见过海,就一路从巴黎往南开。途中遇到咖啡厅大妈说认识她;在加油站遭到袭击,员工说没有人袭击她,但昨晚见过她;开夜车遇到警察也说见过她;住的酒店已经在前一天登记过。酒店里一夜情的男子骗了她车,当她找到车时,发现后备箱有具尸体。一夜情男子追上他说偷车之前就有尸体,还有把枪。她越来越迷茫,却被打昏了。是她疯了?还是另有阴谋? Elle est la plus rousse, la plus myope, la plus sentimentale, la plus menteuse, la plus vraie, la plus déroutante, la plus obstinée, la plus inquiétante des héroïnes. La dame dans l’auto n’a jamais vu la mer, elle fuit la police et se répète sans cesse qu’elle n’est pas folle… Pourtant… (allocine)
备受梦魇折磨的年轻男子让·伯洛特(帕沃·里斯卡 Pavel Liska饰)反复做着同样一个梦境:两个恶魔闯进他的卧室,把他推进了疯人院。心力憔悴的伯洛特偶遇神秘侯爵马奎斯(杨·特里斯加 Jan Triska饰)。这个扬言要救治伯洛特的怪异侯爵,引诱伯洛特来到一间阴森恐怖的疯人院。黏着的空气,病态的疯人,黑暗之中穿插的“生肉表演”以及一系列令人作呕的放荡作为,让失魂落魄的伯洛特彻底崩溃了。当他从看似纯美的护士夏洛特(安娜·吉赛罗娃 Anna Geislerová饰)口中得知院长和侯爵的丑恶的面目时,这场炼狱般的噩梦才刚刚开始。 这部由捷克电影和动画大师杨·史云梅耶创作的超现实主义作品《梦魇疯人院》,荣获2005年皮尔森电影节最佳影片,2006年捷克金狮奖最佳艺术指导、海报设计等奖项,并代表捷克参加2007年奥斯卡最佳外语片的角逐。史云梅耶在开篇就警告世人,这是一部考验你视觉极限和挑战你心理极限的反美学的影片。他以此片向死亡美学大师爱伦·坡和色情作家萨德侯爵致敬。骇人的生肉与内脏,悚然的仪式与噩梦,一起构筑起了这座彻底癫狂病态的梦魇疯人院。