恐怖故事

PaulWegener,inhisfirsttalkiefilm,playsanevilinventorwhoispursuedbyinvestigativejournalist(HaraldPaulsen)throughthreefamoushorrortales.ThefirstisbasedonEdgarAllenPoe's'TheBlackCat'.Wegenerkillshiswifeandhidesherbehindawallinhisbasement.Thereporter,whohearsthewife'sscreamsasheispassingby,callsinthepolicedayslateraftersheisreportedmissing.Thejournalistandthepoliceeventuallyfindherbodythankstohermeowingcat,whichwasalsoaccidentallywalledwiththebody.<br/>　　Theinventorescapes,onlytohideinawaxmuseum(spoofingPaulLeni's'Waxworks'),whereasinistergameofcatandmousedevelops.Thechasesoonmovestoanasylum(takenfromanotherPoestory,'TheSystemofDr.TarrandProf.Fether')andlater,toastrangegentlemen'sclubwhichrunsasinistersuicidegame(fromRobertLewisStevenson's'TheSuicideClub').<br/>　　Thisisaremakeofthedirector'sown'EerieTales'(1919),whichalsoincludedadaptationsof'TheBlackCat'and'TheSuicideClub'.Allthreestoriesherehavebeenfilmedsinceaswell-'TalesofTerror'(1962),'CurseoftheStoneHand'(1964)and'Dr.Tarr'sTortureDungeon'(1973)standoutasexamples–sothismayallfeelquitefamiliar.Despitethis,it'sstillveryentertaining.