玛利亚(玛丽·克林逊 Mary Collinson 饰)和菲力达(玛德琳·克林逊 Madeleine Collinson 饰)是一对情同手足的姐妹,两人的父母去世之后,走投无路的两姐妹决定前往乡下去投靠她们的舅舅古斯塔夫(彼得·库欣 Peter Cushing 饰)。 古斯塔夫是一位非常虔诚而又嫉恶如仇的天主教徒,他坚信自己所住的小镇受到了诅咒,而隐藏在居民之中的女巫们就是散播诅咒的元凶。古斯塔夫发起了一场浩浩荡荡的猎巫行动,许多无辜的女孩惨死在了他的手中。在贵族卡斯坦公爵(达米安·托马斯 Damien Thomas 饰)的诱惑之下,菲力达变成了嗜血邪恶的吸血鬼,善良的玛利亚决定保护姐姐的安全,让她免受古斯塔夫的戕害。
Deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation, 20 January 2007 Author TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA Wild in the Streets comes from the same school of film making that spawned other attempts to connect to the counterculture such as Skidoo and Candy. The difference between this and the aforementioned films is that Wild in the Streets is reasonably clever and well-made. It isn't sympathetic to the counterculture and will likely offend those with fond memories of the time. Surprisingly, it was a big hit when released and appealed to the youth whom it ridiculed so much. Unlike The Trip and Psych-Out (two other AIP films), its not an accurate representation of the movement at all. However it does work as social satire. The direction by Barry Shear is good and makes innovative use of split screen photography. Plus, he keeps everything moving at a quick pace. In its funny moments, the film works well. In its attempts at drama, its helplessly dated and just as funny as the humorous moments. Christopher Jones underplays his role and Shelly Winters overacts. Hal Holbrook offers the best performance and Diane Varsi achieves the right note of grooviness. The script by Robert Thom has its moments, especially the ending (easily the most ingenious part of the film). Wild in the Streets isn't perfect, but deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation. Those into this kind of kitsch will enjoy it the most. I'd rather watch The Trip or Psych-Out however. (610) -from imd