学文网每年一到万圣节，美国电影市场总会出现几部恐怖片（如《电锯惊魂》系列），挑战我们脆弱的神经。为什么有人热衷于这些看得人心惊胆战的电影？原因可能正如作者所说―我们都希望被吓倒。在忙碌、沉闷的生活中，从电影世界里寻求一点点刺激也无可厚非，这道理就和人们爱坐过山车差不多。下面，我们选了6部好莱坞经典鬼片，带你进入一个诡异的领域。（敬告：胆小者要小心哦！）
We may disagree on what scares us and we may argue over what makes a good scary movie, but if there’s one thing most movie watchers can agree on it’s this: We all like to be frightened! And we really like to be scared by what we don’t understand, especially the supernatural.
Checking the closets for monsters or leaving the hallway light on before going to bed are worthwhile duties if we’ve just watched a great ghostly movie. But just how many great ghost movies are there? Sadly, not as many as we’d like. We’ve 1)compiled a list of six 2)creepy ghost stories. Read on, 3)dispute our choices, but most importantly, don’t go into the light!
The Uninvited (1944)
Many horror fans consider The Uninvited to be the first great ghost story movie. Directed by Lewis Allen, the picture finds brother and sister Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey buying a country house that’s haunted by two female ghosts - one 4)murderous, the other friendly and sad. The house also poses problems with its odd sounds, smells and temperature shifts, which worry the new 5)tenants. Worse, the evil ghost is 6)attempting to murder the next-door neighbor, a pretty girl with whom Milland is 7)smitten. Wonderfully 8)paced with a beautifully ghostly atmosphere, The Uninvited deserves its status as a 9)nerve-racking 10)icon.
The Ring (2002)
In this remade of the Japanese film Ringu, Naomi Watts plays a young, divorced journalist who 11)investigates a videotape that could potentially have something to do with the death of her niece, as well as her three teenage friends. What does she discover? Well, when you watch the tape, you’ll die in seven days, and some creepy little girl/angry ghost named Samara Morgan will come and get you. Crossing into real life through the TV screen, she’ll crawl out of your set and simply scare you to death. Movie fans, 12)couch potatoes and anyone who still hasn’t 13)gotten around to buying a DVD player - 14)beware!
The Innocents (1961)
Who doesn’t love a creepy-kid movie? In The Innocents, a re-working of Henry James注1’ novel The Turn of the Screw, Deborah Kerr stars as a 15)governess hired by Michael Redgrave to care for two kids. Are these children just 16)precocious little trouble-makers? Or, are they under the control of the 17)deceased evil former servants? The governess sticks around to find out, which, as it turns out, probably isn’t such a good idea.
The Others (2001)
This 18)unsettling ghost story, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, combines 19)atmospheric chills with a heartbreaking 20)premise. The always impressive Nicole Kidman plays the mother of two light-sensitive kids living in an old house as she waits for her husband to return from World War II. Creepy things happen, including talking ghosts, strange servants and the 21)intermittent 22)possession of the young daughter. Old fashioned and effectively gothic, The Others recalls classic ghost stories of the past while keeping the audience guessing - is Kidman 23)nuts? Just what are the servants up to? And what is wrong with her kids? The Others also scores for its twist ending. This is truly a modern classic.
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Don’t Look Now is one of the scariest movies ever made. It’s also one of the saddest and, by the film’s end, 24)astoundingly shocking. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland star as a couple staying in Venice after their daughter dies. 25)Commissioned to restore a church, Sutherland attempts to work while Christie befriends two strange middle-aged sisters, one of whom is 26)psychic. The psychic tells Christie that their daughter has communicated that she is happy, but warns Sutherland of
danger. The story (adapted from a Daphne du Maurier注2 tale) is fascinating, and Venice has never felt so chilling. This is not a romantic lovers’ getaway, but a place of shadows, 27)doom and a creepy creature in a red coat. A masterpiece!
The Shining (1980)
We all saw Cabin Fever, but here’s some serious, serious cabin fever注3 as directed by the master, Stanley Kubrick. Living in an 28)isolated hotel, the Torrance family 29)endures the 30)influence of some strange forces as daddy (Jack Nicholson) starts getting a little mentally ill. Nicholson’s caretaker/writer not only talks with the ghosts of the hotel’s past, he also attempts to 31)seduce one - the beautiful woman in Room 237. When she turns into a bony old woman, even he’s freaked out. And then there’s poor little boy Danny (Danny Lloyd), who has the ability to “shine.” He creates a friend named Tony out of his finger while seeing some images, for example, two dead girls in the hallway and an elevator 32)gushing 33)tidal waves of blood. From the opening shot to the closing 34)finale, The Shining is 35)stunningly directed and 36)stupendously 37)upsetting.
也许我们不能在“什么让人恐惧”这一点上达成共识，也可能会为“什么是构成一部优秀恐怖片的元素”争论不休，但如果说有一点是大多数观众都认同的，那就是：我们都希望被吓倒！而且我们喜欢被那些自身不能理解的东西吓倒，特别是超自然的事物。
如果刚刚看完一部不错的鬼片，那么去检查一下壁橱里有没有怪物，或上床睡觉前把走廊灯打开，这些都是应该的。但问题是世上到底有多少精彩的鬼片呢？很不幸，没有我们希望的那么多。我们汇编了一份清单，上面列出了6部让人毛骨悚然的鬼片。读下去，尽情反驳我们的选择―但最重要的是，不要在光亮的地方看！
不速之客 （一译《与鬼同桌》）
许多恐怖片迷都把《不速之客》视为第一部优秀的鬼片。该片由刘易斯・艾伦执导，讲的是由雷・米兰和鲁思・赫西饰演的一对兄妹的故事。他们买了一间闹鬼的乡间大屋―里面住着两只女鬼，其中一只生性凶残，另一只友善、伤感。另外，屋子本身也出现了一系列问题：例如发出奇怪的声音和气味，温度无故改变等，让新房客烦恼不已。更糟的是，邪恶的女鬼打算杀死他们的邻居―米兰迷上的那个漂亮女孩。《不速之客》一步步营造出一流的诡异气氛，不愧为首屈一指的恐怖片。
美国版午夜凶铃
在这部翻拍自日本片《午夜凶铃》的电影里，娜奥米・沃茨饰演一位离了婚的年轻记者，正在调查一盒录像带。这盒录像带可能和她的侄女及其三个青年朋友之死有关。她发现了什么？看过录像带之后，7天之内你就会毙命。有一个叫萨马拉・摩根的吓人女孩―或者说是愤怒的鬼魂会来抓你。她会从电视屏幕里爬出来，进入真实世界，然后把你活活吓死。电影迷、电视迷，以及那些还没买DVD播放器的人―当心了！
无罪的人
谁不喜欢有关灵异儿童的电影？在这部根据亨利・詹姆斯的小说《螺丝在拧紧》改编的电影里，黛博拉・寇尔饰演一位女家庭教师，她受聘于迈克尔・雷德格雷夫，负责照顾两个小孩。这些小孩只是早熟的捣蛋鬼吗？又或是，他们被那些从前住这里的已故坏仆人控制着？女教师决定留在那里找出答案。然而，事实告诉我们这不是一个好主意。
小岛惊魂
这个令人心神不定的鬼故事由亚历桑德罗・阿曼巴执导，悲伤的故事情节中融入了让人心寒的神秘气氛。一直以来给人深刻印象的妮可・基德曼扮演一位母亲，她和两个患光过敏症的孩子住在一间旧屋里，等待参加二战的丈夫归来。恐怖的事情接踵而来，其中包括会说话的鬼魂、古怪的仆人，还有小女儿被鬼魂间歇性附身。《小岛惊魂》充满怀旧气息，并带有强烈的哥特式风格，让人联想到以前的经典鬼片，同时也让观众不断产生疑问基德曼疯了吗？那些仆人在搞什么鬼？她的孩子怎么了？出人意料的结局也为本片增色不少。《小岛惊魂》是一部真正的现代经典之作。
威尼斯疑魂
（一译《血光鬼影夺命刀》）
《威尼斯疑魂》是有史以来最恐怖的电影之一，它同时也是最叫人心酸的一部。在电影结束之时，你会感到无比震惊。朱莉・克里斯蒂和唐纳德・萨瑟兰饰演一对丧女后来到威尼斯的夫妇。萨瑟兰受委托去修复一座教堂，想投入到工作中去；而克里斯蒂则与一对古怪的中年修女交上了朋友―她们其中一个是灵媒。灵媒告诉克里斯蒂，他们的女儿跟她通灵，说自己很快乐，但警告萨瑟兰会有危险。故事（改编自达夫妮・杜穆里埃的一个故事）本身相当吸引，威尼斯也从未如此令人心寒。这不是爱人出逃的浪漫之地，而是被阴影、厄运和可怕的红衣怪物笼罩的地方。一部杰作！
闪灵
我们都看过《尸骨无存》，但下面这部由大师斯坦利・库布里克执导的电影呈现的才是真正的幽闭烦躁症。托兰斯一家住在一间与世隔绝的酒店里。他们受到怪力的影响，爸爸（杰克・尼科尔森饰）的精神开始出现异常。尼科尔森饰演的看守人兼作家不仅和酒店过去的鬼魂说话，更试***引诱其中的一个―237号房里的漂亮女人。当她变成一个瘦骨嶙峋的老妇人后，连尼科尔森也被吓了一跳。然后是拥有“闪灵”能力的可怜小男孩丹尼（丹尼・劳埃德饰）。他能看到一连串景象，例如在走廊的两个死去的女孩，升降梯里如海啸般涌出的血；他还用手指创造了一个名叫托尼的朋友。从开场镜头到最后一幕，《闪灵》的执导手法极为高超，令人产生强烈的不安。
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