Is it man, beast or both behind a string of savage maulings and murders in The Leopard Man? An escaped leopard provides the catalyst for a foray into fear in which castanets clack wildly, a cemetery is a rendezvous for death and love, and a closed door heightens rather than hides the horror of a young girl's fate. It's the third and final teaming of producer Val Lewton and director Jacques (Cat People) Tourneur. This is usually considered one of the lesser Lewton horror flicks as well as a lesser entry in Tourneur's oeuvre. I think this is unfair, because aside from the rather pedestrian solution to the mystery and the lack of resources available to the filmmakers to more faithfully create the New Mexico setting and Hispanic characters, The Leopard Man is to this day a quite tense and frightening film. This rip includes a commentary by director William Friedken (The Exorcist) and while he is obviously fond of the film and the filmmakers, he has never been the most interesting commentator. Still, it's worth a listen for the little gems that pop up now and then.
我标了推理，然而推理并没有什么难的。作为早期Horror Genre的代表之一，声效设计和场面调度是一绝，从中产生了不少日后恐怖片常用的所谓“公式”吧。
这片单看解谜部分完全经不起推敲，但视听语言营造出的这种强烈神秘色彩很迷人，这方面比Cat People走得更远。豹子本人这次走了个过场并非主角。人物之间的对话很有意思，关于人性/兽性、宿命、虚无的讨论，对几场凶杀是好的注释。
Is it man beast or both behind a string of savage maulings and murders in The Leopard Man? An escaped leopard provides the catalyst for a foray into fear in which castanets clack wildly a cemetery is a rendezvous for death and love and a closed door heightens rather than hides the horror of a young girl's fate. It's the third and final teaming of producer Val Lewton and di...
个人比较喜欢当年的黑白电影，光线和构图还是挺好看的，但这部悬疑气氛和人物塑造得都不够好。
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