如果你正在犹豫要不要看，我可以告诉你：这部《精神病院1972》是英国阿米克斯公司招牌式的分段式恐怖片，四个小故事共用一座古老病院做框架，每个段落都埋着精巧的叙事陷阱——比如那个把死人手指当护身符的妇人，或是彼得·库欣饰演的医生用催眠术玩出的心理博弈。彼得·库欣和赫伯特·罗姆的表演非常克制，一个眼神就透出阴郁，不像同时期一些片子靠尖叫堆砌恐惧。彼得·库欣、帕特里克·马基等演员在有限篇幅内精准塑造出癫狂与脆弱兼具的角色，尤其是马基那场“无中生有”的缝制戏，肢体细节充满病态张力。影片不依赖廉价惊吓，而是通过心理递进和物件象征（无脸人偶、断手）构建恐怖。当博士以为自己掌握了真相，门口的转盘电话突然响了起来——他这才发现，自己早已踏进一个精心布置的陷阱。彼得·库欣饰演的老院长光靠推眼镜的动作就能传递压迫感，赫伯特·罗姆那段关于“无脸人偶”的独角戏更是看得人脊背发凉。

　　Framing StoryDr Martin (Robert Powell) arrives at a secluded asylum "for the incurably insane" to be interviewed for a job by the wheelchair-using, authoritarian Dr Lionel Rutherford (Patrick Magee). Rutherford explains that he owes his current incapacitation to an attack by an inmate. Rutherford reveals his unorthodox plan to determine Martin's suitability for the post of head Doctor. One of the asylum's current inmates is Dr B. Starr, the former head doctor who underwent a complete mental breakdown. Martin is to interview the inmates of the asylum to deduce which one is Dr Starr. If his choice is correct Rutherford will "consider" him for the post.
　　The attendant Max Reynolds (Geoffrey Bayldon) admits Martin through the security door to the inmates' solitary confinement cells where he interviews each in turn.
　　"Frozen Fear"Bonnie (Barbara Parkins) recounts the plot to murder Ruth (Sylvia Sims), the wealthy wife of her lover Walter (Richard Todd). Ruth is a possessive heiress who studies voodoo, and this interest stands in the way of Bonnie and Walter being together.
　　"The Weird Tailor"Bruno (Barry Morse) recounts how poverty forced him to accept the unusual request of a Mr Smith (Peter Cushing) to produce an elaborate suit of clothing from a mysterious, scintillating, fabric that can animate anything, including the dead.
　　After learning what the suit will be used for, Bruno fights Smith and accidentally kills him. He returns with the unsold suit. His wife Anna (Anne Firbank) dresses their store mannequin in the suit and its true powers are revealed.
　　"Lucy Comes To Stay"The ebullient Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) informs Martin she has been in an asylum before. After her release from that asylum she was closely monitored at home by her brother George (James Villiers) and a nurse, Miss Higgins (Megs Jenkins). This frustrated existence is relieved when her mischievous friend Lucy (Britt Ekland) comes to visit.
　　"Mannikins of Horror"Finally Martin interviews Dr Byron (Herbert Lom) who holds Rutherford in deep contempt. Byron explains he is working towards soul transference with a small automaton whose head is a likeness of his own, and shows Martin several earlier models. Byron plans to "will" his mannequin to life, and explains the interior of the robot is organic, a miniaturised version of his own viscera. Martin concludes his interview and Max shows him downstairs to deliver his judgement to Rutherford.
　　Byron successfully brings his mannequin to life: it makes its way to Rutherford's office and kills him with a surgical knife. Then, Martin destroys the mannequin and seeks help from Max Reynolds, and Dr. Starr's true identity is revealed.

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