The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading "Reserved for You."[1]
Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy.
Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth.
Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond.
After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
#12，June 2022
难道我们的身体不属于我们自己吗？
即使很多血腥场面被删掉，还是能感觉到痛苦。
三星半。匠气不假，但仍是对疫情的有效叙事。剧情在以重重不确定玩弄观众，但毕竟总不会比疫情下现实的不确定玩得过火。心理惊悚成为近年电影不约而同选择的一种题材，并非偶然。公寓楼防水拉皮蒙上的蓝色帆布、疫情之下我们始终无法卸下的口罩和生活洪流冲击下内心的瀑声两两构成互指的精巧隐喻，又与故事中的大小细节层层镶嵌。德加的《赛前训练》，夕阳之下，数骑并辔，右侧只有一名蓝衣骑手反向独行，也是一个概括人与人间彼此封闭境况的准确的内心意象。陈以文那句“主动点，不吃亏”是勺对我有效的鸡汤。
生育是女性的原罪，伴随其来的恐惧、焦虑、羞辱、疼痛、疾病以至于人生角色的束缚和社会控制，由始至终有且只有女性自己独自承担。最痛苦的，不是身体的伤害，而是“你接受吧，你没有选择”。
三星半。钟孟宏完全进入了一个诚恳接受现实残酷、内心专注于家人的生命阶段。影片的精神内核和《阳光普照》一脉相承，只是剧本细腻度上参差错落较大。好在情绪所汇聚的力量足够强烈，随着剧情展开，渐入佳境。虽有短板，但整体效果仍可圈可点。贾静雯、王净、陈以文的表演非常出色，尤其是贾静雯，洗尽铅华后的自然感，太值得获得奖项表彰。倒是客串的明星有些过多，且并不是人人都很适合表演。
没有太多新意但足够直接。画框、景别、调度无一不在加强逼仄感。片名起得极好。最棒的是那句台词：一种只攻击女人的病，把她们都变成家庭主妇。个人认为在第一幕的铺垫中需要强情节把女主逼向更无路可退的境地，结尾的高潮效果会更强烈。去年的这部金狮比金棕榈给得靠谱多了。
3.5 优缺点都很明显的金狮，但除了女主之外其他角色塑造都流于表面，最后戛然而止令人意犹未尽
我不希望这部影片广泛传播，但是又想让人直观的感受这恐怖。
全程心惊肉跳 所有的一切都要女孩一个人去面对 孤单 无助 绝望 一路都是男性的甩锅 撇清关系 如果与《从不，很少，有时，总是》一同服用 恐惧加倍耶
开头非常巧妙的小反转，叛逆的变成乖顺的，而框架内的变成了不安定的，照护与被照护的变化让生活这个罐子被晃动了一下，渣子、凝固也隐匿在罐底的东西都浮现出来。瀑布出现时的声效完美，像粗重呼吸，像疯癫前兆。到后半段，从搬家后饭桌那场戏开始有点鸡汤，算是遗憾。前面的部分都可圈可点。口罩遮面，蓝布遮窗，阻隔、遮挡用得真妙，疫情之下，封闭之心被砸开，如冰封碎裂成瀑布，瀑布又缓成溪流。几个人的演技都值得赞叹。
画幅除了时代特征之外对氛围和细节的遮掩也很有表现力，视角始终跟随女主，观众好似她的同学一样参与生活，时长够紧凑节奏够快，事件苦无出路又迫在眉睫，当被设下规条母职大于人的身份之时，怀孕成为了对女性享受sex的惩罚。女主果断的执行力在一层层突破父权对她的围剿，而代价痛楚异常九死一生，中间和后段两场戏如果作为女性视角简直幻痛惊惧出一身冷汗。具有时代意义的是，六十年后的现在，堕胎权在某些地方居然仍属女性需要争取的自身权益。我们应展示鲜血，而不是选择忘记，如片名所示，此事正在发生。
一种只会攻击女人的病，把她们变成家庭主妇的病。是社会病了，和一部分可恶的男人。
十数周的隐忍煎熬和三次反抗，女性在捍卫自己权利的同时付出了巨大的代价，社会舆论，违法边缘，自身事业的牺牲相较而言，身体的痛楚反而是最小的，然而却给予观众最直观的视觉和情感冲击。“只有女人才会得的病，它使她们变成家庭主妇”是最直白的控诉和抗议
85%不行 这个电影看得我非常不适 但的确是一部很好的电影 我喜欢它从头到尾传递的那种情绪 愈强愈烈的情绪 和它的镜头语言
身为女性，看这个片真的很难受，一路快进看完，不是因为难看，是因为无法忍受。女性为什么会因为一次疏忽就要赔上自己的一生。这样的事情依然如同片名所讲正发生着。
有很多暗示，但深挖又嫌没劲；仔细想来可能是因为故事本事的平庸性（trivial），而也正是happening导致了这一事件的必然平庸。抱着看《钛》的心情进入影院，没想到却走了和钛完全不同的极端。一端极度展露身体，性，皮肤，血液；一端却极度展现氛围，情感，及连续性。是一部一气呵成的电影，但或许将平庸描写得太过平庸了。
做简单了，内部基本上没有，其实我还是更想看到关于母女间，同性友人间，会怎么面对这件事。不过外部的剧情线张力足够大，高潮段落真是，大起大落。希望女孩子们永远有掌握自己身体的权力。
8。Helpless. ( ; _ ; )
#TIFF 2021#带着低预期，发现没那么差，甚至有点好看。贾静雯演绎一个离婚又失业的中年女人从崩溃到自愈的过程，前面她演精神失常的母亲，皮笑肉不笑的样子有点惊悚，后面对着女儿说：不要问妈妈好不好，妈妈会努力变好的样子又让人心疼。看到90分钟撤掉幕布阳光普照的时候觉得刚刚好，直到看到这个结尾，细想了一下如果只到90分钟不过又是一部鸡汤之作，能抗住最后一击，她才是真的完成自我救赎：生活就是给你希望又让你绝望，只有放下执念才能放过自己。
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