这是一部被低估的邪典经典，凭借近乎“伪纪录片”的真实质感，成功把低成本恐怖片拍出了压抑惊悚的既视感。 比尔·韦德在片中的表演堪称影史经典，他面瘫式的演绎与那令人不安的敲击声，将变态心理刻画得入木三分。虽然是B级片，但约翰·豪利和玛格丽特·哈林顿的演技极为出彩，两人对抗未知怪物的张力十足，结局更是震撼人心。 主演**康拉德·维德**贡献了教科书级别的演技，完美诠释了何为“疯癫与阴郁并存”。 无论是对未知的恐惧，还是为了爱情甘愿冒生命危险的极致奉献，都给观众带来了极强的代入感。这种“美式孤岛惊魂”虽在叙事上略显直白，却将希区柯克式的心理压迫玩得很溜。
Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him to achieve his end. Beal convinces hesitating Foster by dint of easy money, easy sex with an alluring young woman and the promise of easy success. Joseph Foster soon becomes an influential politician but a corrupt one. A minister of God manages to show him that he has been the plaything of the so-called Nick Beal, who might be Old Nick , that is to say Satan himself. Foster then decides to resign and to become an honest man again.相关搜索：
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