本部饱受争议的离奇影片围绕马戏团里一群畸形人展开。矮人汉斯（哈利·厄尔斯 Harry Earles饰）暗自倾心于“正常人”——美貌的秋千表演者克里奥佩特拉（奥尔加·巴古拉诺娃 Olga Baclanova饰），国产观同为侏儒人的弗里达（黛西·厄尔斯 Daisy Earles饰）告诫汉斯，国产观她只是为他的钱财。克里奥佩特拉与“正常人”大力士赫克留斯（道格•霍奇森 Henry Victor饰）两人相好，设计让克里奥佩特拉嫁给汉斯得到钱财。婚礼上，克里奥佩特拉大吼在场的人都是“FREAKS”，激怒了所有畸形人。雨夜，畸形人对这两个“正常人”展开了报复……本片在1932年发行后因题材过于怪诞而被禁止，成为了当时的赔钱电影。可在当下来看，却是一部难得的“正常”影片。导演向我们抛掷了一个赤裸裸的提问：到底谁才是“正常人”？
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回复 :妻子小兰（余绮霞）怀孕之后，张劲强（秦祥林）每份工所做时长都很有限，考虑到自己学历低、技能少，他并没多在意，只在又一次失业后更加勤力地找新工，无奈运气不佳。两人为小兰越来越大的肚子发愁之际，一张无端端出现的报纸将张劲强领到一幢大厦成了保安，汉叔（詹森）、肥仔（郑则仕）、香港先生（王青）及小丁（许炳森）是他的同事。开工伊始，他在听汉叔交代相关工作时，发现电梯有异况，但汉叔只要他做事大胆莫疑神信鬼。不久，他与肥仔夜间巡逻时，被汉叔告知小兰来急电，因等不及入厕的肥仔独自乘电梯下楼，不想电梯失控直将他带到地下室，骇人一幕出现。惊魂甫定，他将所见讲给同事听，大家都不相信，因为随后下来的肥仔并无异样，而汉叔也并未通知他下楼。紧接，一帮人围在监控室吃宵夜，说到刚刚的事，香港先生表示任何状况都吓不倒他，话音未落，电路即出现异常，香港先生也被一块狗骨头卡到，送至医院不治身亡。香港先生出殡之日，法师兼风水先生（岳华）瞅见张劲强瞬间吃了一惊，再见汉叔则暗叫不好，但他未作声张，不久汉叔毙命于自家屋中。汉叔丧礼上，张劲强告知肥仔他们工作的大厦是冤魂集结处，并拿出旧报纸作证。随后法师入室行礼，并在与他们攀谈时要了张劲强的生辰八字，他原是最易被鬼魂上身之人，但却未被鬼上身。肥仔替张劲强送小兰去医院检查，大狗狂吠不止；医生替小兰体检，感觉到一丝异常；小兰越来越奇怪的举动……越来越多迹象表明，小兰所怀的，是鬼胎。
回复 :A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.
回复 :PANIC BEATS begins with a totally nude woman with welts on her body, running through a misty forest full of decayed skeletons. A knight on horseback is chasing her, and we soon learn that he is Alaric de Marnac (a wicked character Naschy first created for HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB), viciously killing her for her unfaithful ways. After the credits role, we are taken to the present where a descendent of Marnac named Paul (Naschy) is married to the wealthy Geneviève (Julia Saly) was has some serious heart problems. Paul decides to take her to his ancestral home in the country for some peace and quiet, but the superstitious-filled setting opens a Pandora’s Box of terrible occurrences.We soon discover that Paul is a real son-of-a-bitch who plans to scare his wife to death, planning to control her fortune and continue his secret affair with seductive bad girl Mireille (Silvia Miró), who happens to be the niece of the tarot card-reading housekeeper, Mabile (Lola Gaos). Paul’s malevolent scheme works, but he still has to worry about an additional money-hungry mistress (this guy really gets around!), the unforgiving Mabile, as well as new fianceé Mireille who might be hiding a thing or two herself. More grisly murders follow, and the ghost of Marnac returns from hell to punish the most despicable human character in the film.PANIC BEATS was also written by Naschy (under his real name Jacinto Molina) who injects the film with an old-fashioned spooky house motif, beefed up with a modern movie sense of violence and sexuality. The film offers nothing too innovative storywise, and even Naschy admits on the disc’s extras that it was partly inspired by GASLIGHT and REBECCA, but he seems to just toss in a hodgepodge of exploitation and horror ingredients, while delivering a stylish and enjoyable effort with a number of twists and some genuinely chilling moments. The camera shots and lighting are both effective, and there's even does a cool set-up (much like what Freddie Francis did in THE SKULL and THE CREEPING FLESH) where we see the point of view of Marnac through his dark helmet as he stalks his female prey. Graphically, we are exposed to everything from a plate of bloody eyeballs, to victims being beaten relentlessly with the various Medieval weapons affixed on the house’s walls (for example, someone is axed in the stomach, followed by the soaked entrails oozing out!). Naschy’s most frequent 1980s leading lady, Julia Saly, is not given much to do, but with her offbeat looks, is a nice presence nonetheless. The prominent female star here is Silvia Miró who is seen in the buff frequently, and she certainly makes for some well-appreciated Euro starlet eye candy. Naschy himself is very good in the film, putting on conniving facades, carrying a number of women on a string, being a real malicious bastard, and for the umpteenth time in his career, playing two roles in a one film.http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/panicbeats8283.htm
