Martin (John Amplas), a young man who looks around 20-years-old, boards a train in Indianapolis, Indiana for New York. At night, he breaks into a sleeping car and sedates a woman with a syringe full of narcotics. She struggles, but he tells her not to struggle or be upset because she wont feel pain. After a few minutes, the woman falls asleep, and Martin has sex with the unconscious woman. Afterwards, he slices her wrists with a razor blade so he can drink her blood. The woman bleeds to death in her sleep.
In the morning, the train stops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where Martin disembarks. He is met by Tata Cuda (Lincoln Maazel) an elderly and hostile old man who claims to be his cousin from the Old World. Together, they travel by another train to the town of Braddock, a dying industrial suburb. They walk to Cuda's large house where he shows Martin his living quarters. Cuda then accuses Martin of being an 84-year-old vampire from his old country. He has taken in Martin because he is family, but tells him, "First I will save your soul. Then I shall destroy you." Martin denies being a vampire and implies that Cuda is merely his uncle rather than his cousin. Cuda then puts up strings of garlic on the doors to his and his granddaughter's room, and then holds up a small cross when Martin approaches him. Martin takes away the cross, and even takes a bite of the garlic mocking these attempts by saying bitterly, "There's no real magic... ever". Cuda tells Martin that he can come and go as he pleases. But he also warns Martin that he will kill him if he kills anyone in Braddock. He also tells Martin to stay away from his granddaughter Christine (Christine Forrest), whom arrives home from her job that evening.
Cuda introduces Christine to Martin, but also warns her to stay away from him. But Christine instead strikes up a friendship with Martin who confides in her about his vampire heritage. When Cuda later confirms Martin's claims to be a vampire, Christine, not surprisingly, refuses to believe either one. She thinks that Cuda and the other members of her family have driven Martin to insanity by making him think that he is a vampire. It is never revealed if Martin really is a vampire, or just a shy and lonely youth with troubled issues. Christine is the only person that Martin gets the courage to talk to. When Christine's boyfriend Arthur (Tom Savini) arrives at the house for dinner, Martin stops talking and backs away despite Arthur's attempt at a conversation. Christine later confides in Martin that she hopes to leave Braddock someday with Arthur, even though Martin points out that Arthur treats her badly and is both verbally and physically abusive towards her.
When Christine sees that Martin won't talk to anyone else, she buys him a phone which he installs in his room. Martin begins to repeatingly call a radio talk show where he describes what it's like to be a vampire. He becomes known on the radio as "the Count" to all the listeners. But the patronizing host (Michael Gornick) thinks he's just crazy.
Martin gets a job at Cuda's grocery store of stocking shelves, hauling boxes around, and even gets to be a delivery boy for some of the customers. One of his customers is a certain Abby Santini (Elyane Nadeau), who becomes taken in with Martin. She is a very friendly young woman who is depressed when she tells Martin that her husband is unfaithful. But Martin still does not have the nerve to talk with her, so she is happy to have someone to confide in with her life problems. Martin phones the radio show host to describe his infatuation with the housewife and senses that she wants to have sex with him. When the radio show host asks Martin if it is a sexual problem that he has involving women criticizing him during sex, Martin replies that he has never had sex with a woman who was awake.
One day, Martin travels by train to outside Braddock to look for victims. At a supermarket, he follows a young woman (Sarah Venable) home to her posh suburban house. He sees the woman's husband (Richard Rubenstein) leave for a long business trip, and Martin decides this would be the right time for more feeding. Martin returns to the house after dark and breaks in through the garage door. But it is Martin who gets the surprise when he bursts into her bedroom to find her in bed with her adulterous lover Lewis (Al Levitsky). After a vicious struggle, Martin jabs both of them with hyprodermic needles with narcotics, and waits for the drugs to take affect. He drags the unconscious body of Lewis from the house to a clump of trees across the street where he kills him by shoving a broken tree branch into his neck and drinks his blood. Martin returns to the house where he has sex with the unconscious woman. But out of compassion and pity, he decides to let her live.
Martin begins to have romantic monochrome visions of his vampire past (real or imagined), where he drained blood from a young woman and was chased through the streets of a nameless European town by a torch-lit mob.
During one Sunday at church, Cuda brings home Father Howard (George A. Romero) who asks him about the possibility of exorcism and demon possession. Father Howard calls upon the elderly Father Zulemans (Clifford Forrest, Jr.) over at Cuda's request. Together, Cuda and Zulemans confront Martin his bedroom and attempt to perform an exorcism on him. At this point, Martin remembers (another real or imaginary flashback), in the Old Country of people trying to perform an exorcism on him, and he flees them. Martin then flees from Cuda and Zuelmas as well. A little later that night, Martin terrorizes Cuda in a children's playground when he puts on a Dracula cape and puts false fangs into his mouth to pretend that he really is a vampire.
One day, Martin finally musters the courage to talk with Mrs. Santini during a routine delivery to her house where he tells her that he's aware of her attempts to seduce him and wants now to have sex with her. After having sex for the first time, Mrs. Santini becomes more depressed for she tells Martin that her husband just left her because she discovered that she cannot bear children, and that her desires towards him are based on sex and nothing else. But Martin wants to stay with her and help her move on with her life. Martin tells the radio show host about his affair with the housewife and that he no longer has the urge to attack other women.
Meanwhile, Arthur meets with Cuda and tells him that he wants Christine to leave town with him so they can get married and start a family. But Christine becomes angry at Cuda when he tells Arthur that insanity runs in their family and he shouldn't consider having children with her. Shortly afterwards, Christine packs up and leaves Braddock for New York with Arthur despite Martin telling her that Arthur is abusive towards her. But her mind is made up. Before leaving, Christine tells Martin that she really has no ill feelings towards him and just wants to make a fresh start with her life. She says goodbye to him and promises to write. But Martin knows that with an abusive and possessive man in Christine's life, she probably won't.
Depressed over losing his one true friend, Martin phones the radio show host and tells him that he's getting "shaky" and wants to go out looking for more victims. That night, Martin travels to a rough crime-ridden area of Pittsburgh and attacks two derelicts in a alley, injecting them with narcotics. He kills one of them by silting the bum's wrist and drinking his blood. Martin is about to kill the second one when a police car shows up and gives chase. Martin narrowly escapes during a long chase on foot which leads from the garbage strew streets and through a local store. Martin runs into an old warehouse where a drug deal is going down. A shootout between the two cops and the three thugs begins where all of them are killed, leaving Martin as the sole survivor who casually walks away from the carnage.
One day, Martin finds Mrs. Santini dead in her bathtub, after she had slit her writs with a razor blade. Martin anonymously calls the police to report the body and leaves. He phones the radio show host one final time to say that he really doesn't need friends or people to talk to for he is his own person. But when Cuda learns about Mrs. Santini's suicide, is mistakenly thinks Martin killed her and made it look like a suicide as he's done before. Cuda walks into Martin's room while he is asleep and kills him by hammering a wooden stake through Martin's heart.
Cuda buries Martin's body in his back garden, while over the closing credits various voices from people are heard talking to the radio show host asking the whereabouts of "the Count".
一个羊吃狼的故事。“恐同即深柜”的题材不算新鲜，新鲜的是，在一个大家本以为是浪漫耽美的叙事里，笔锋一转，揭穿了可笑的“男子气概”，不过是一身画皮，是道送命题。一个深柜口中嘲讽的“娘炮”，整天哭唧唧、泪兮兮，弱不禁风的小白兔，反而是笑到最后那个最“tough”的人。今年卷福的一票我投啦！
4.0。单场戏如何把张力拉满，这个片堪称教科书，我完全不知道故事下一步是什么走向，每一个动作都有细腻的设计，玄机四伏，当我看完全片，我马上回去重翻片头，电影的第一句旁白就是：“父亲死后，我要成为真正的男人，不会让母亲再受伤害…”，没想到这是一贯到底，本以为它的调性会像断臂山一样讲情感的，结果却是地地道道的黑色电影，而且这种反转有点反政治正确，当结尾他的母亲与农场主拥抱的一刻，这盘棋也终于结束。
Tiff2021。不错的character studies。演员们演得奇好，但感觉剧情上似乎差了一口气，卷福混蛋和mean都不够彻底，弟媳带来的小屁孩儿儿子又不够心理变态阴暗。要是两个角色再极端一点，一个psychobitch mommy dearest mean drama queen、另一个是青年汉尼拔风格的阴冷带微笑的变态虐待杀人狂，不知会不会对戏剧张力有所帮助，而且里面的homoeroticism也是点到为止。感觉简坎萍自≪圣烟≫后的作品越来越妥协安全缺乏玻璃刺了。还有题目与其叫犬之力，不如叫先前的中文标题≪犬山记≫，片中也有交代为什么是犬山 —— 张开狗牙的荒山也更锐利些。
真tmd高级，除了有点过于卖弄细节和技巧，过于设计的精巧。小孩和卷福的每一次出场都是高潮。但是都说小说就是这样，我就能接受，而且膜拜。为什么要把世界留给那些个低俗的电影和观众，为什么要让大家都懂，这tmd又没有票房，也不是国产电视剧要为收视率和投资方负责！
其实是部情节剧……？依靠对观众视角的遮挡保留悬念，不可否认做的蛮成功，几场戏氛围塑造很到位。这部影片真正触动到我的点，不是阴谋阳谋，还是菲儿这样一位真正悲剧性的角色——如岩石般强硬顽固的传统西部硬汉，在（隐蔽的）情感被唤起时迎来命运的滑铁卢，就像《大路》中的江湖艺人藏巴诺。这种颠覆性的视角是对西部世界的反向书写，拓宽了固有影片类型的模式，西部世界在旧时代的英雄主义与开拓精神之外，一种本该存在但被忽略掉的生命力也曾在蛮荒中蠢蠢欲动过。
Campion导演西部硬核片，奥斯卡大热门，摄影精到，影片有多角度的表达及解读，情欲占有欲，身份及自我认同，家族纷争的隐秘暗流，蛮荒到逐渐逼近的阶层分化，剧情很好，角色都自有逻辑，是真正戏剧式的冲突，导演用了诸多暗示，环境的渲染，妖冶的配乐，最后犀利出刀。一定要注意片头的独白... 卷福/奇异博士 表现相当出色
看影评吧，觉得原小说仿佛就是耽美网文设定，英俊潇洒魅力无穷深柜恐同还搞骨科大男主，和天才学霸冷血恋母少年之间的虐恋。故事也毫无悬念，就是等着卷福出柜。有些情节看着很难不想起希区柯克的《惊魂记》。但就是这么雷人故事，简·康平还是拍得很有水平，暗流汹涌、余味无穷。
满分佳作。西部风景美如画，卷福演了一个被嫌弃的自私暴躁老哥，爷们气过剩，卷福的出演有牺牲露出，迷妹的福利。弟弟是低配版马特达蒙，弟媳是初代蜘蛛侠女友，弟弟和弟媳的演员在现实中也是夫妻。片子氛围始终伤感，卷福更是孤单寂寞又狂野不羁，与文明的弟弟弟媳冲突不断。不紧不慢，非常享受的一次观影体验，可以打满分，因为好久没有这样沉浸到电影的世界里了
人畜无害的“小清新”其实有可能是最最危险的
似乎什麼都沒發生，底下卻暗流湧動，情緒比情節更吸引人。期待情感最後走向更曖昧與複雜，最怕的是故事往類型方向發展，想不到最後真的是復仇殺人，不禁索然無味。
原来是悬疑片啊我超，还以为是西部片。两个演员演的太绝了！！！情绪描写和人物刻画一绝...菲尔微微晃动的眼睛是如此不安。从一开始我们就知道会发生什么，但当那一刻来临时还是紧紧屏住了呼吸。
蛮精彩。极尽老练、沉稳的调度，从影像到文本的过渡感层次十足。这部片会让你深刻体会何为克制却饱满的表达。
好喜欢好喜欢，男人和少年之间的那种张力。缺爷演得实在是太好了。
对“有毒的男子气概”的一次阉割。欣喜的是，两位非美国籍的女性导演都拍出如此高水准的美国西部片，原本充斥白男视角的领域终于被冲淡了一些。
一部对观众具有强大筛选作用的片子，或者说简·坎皮恩擅长于本就不迎合惯性观影需求的特立独行特质。一个物件、一瞬眉目、一帧画面、一段剧情，全是满满当当的细节。可贵的是，所有细节和人设及剧情走向都具有强大的粘性，不断让人边看边回想勾兑之前呈现过的相关，鲜活勾勒出“用剑释放我的灵魂，救我的爱人脱离犬类”这段用以作为影片主旨的旧约诠释。有因有果，内心柔软孤独却以犬之力伪装包裹自己、以私处藏纱纪念亦父亦友亦爱人的他，最终还是大败予外表孱弱但内心狂吠的心计小恶犬。静下心细品，荡气回肠，真上头。
对这片缓缓打出一个？ 另外这个角色完全就是个马修麦康纳式的角色，卷福来演属实跳戏了是
好闷啊，有点像berlin school那帮人拍的东西，take itself so seriously...看不了这种arthouse，空镜啊drone shots啊靠特写动作传递情绪啊，可能work for others，not for me。视角一直在变，谁是主角谁是villain一直在变，因此就真的can't connect to anyone以及很容易显得不平衡。当然都是故意的咯，就是不要让观众identify anyone，大家都有问题，大家又都值得同情，okay fine。而且这片子真的太长了，不过就是想说masculinity bad patriarchy bad; social, class and gender conforming is suffocating, sure，但最根本的冲突驱动力是masculinity吗还是明明是每个人的嫉妒？也没讲清楚rose为啥就那样了而george这工具人后面就一直失踪...Thomasin McKenzie出演一个完全可有可无的工具人纯是为了增加星光吧，更显出这片子的废篇空间。
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罕见的题材。讲述少年人的残酷。具体就是残酷的少年人杀死了长大成人的残酷少年。片子极闷，音乐是加分项，一直在暗示事情不妙。《断背山》后传。
谁是犬类呢？是残忍杀死菲尔的彼得，是一再羞辱彼得和罗丝的牧场牛仔、上流社会那些高弹教养风雅的人，还是嘲弄这对母子的菲尔？谁是受害者，谁又是施害者？每一个人都在压抑自己，无论是看似娇弱无力的彼得，还是表面粗旷坚硬的菲尔，他们的残忍冷漠和温柔细腻，都是被扭曲在他们灵魂深处的另外一部分自我。露丝仅仅是一个饱受歧视的弱者、只能用酒精麻醉自己的可怜人吗？她又何尝不是在以另外一种扭曲的方式将自己的痛苦转嫁给儿子彼得，在精神上紧紧捆锁着他呢？每一个人都渴望爱、惧怕孤独，但人类只从自我出发的、自私的、排他的爱最终变成欲望、控制、暴力，吞噬着别人的自由与尊严。真正的犬类，恰恰是这不自知的罪。「但我是虫，不是人，被众人羞辱，被百姓藐视…我的救主啊，求你快来帮助我！求你救我的灵魂脱离刀剑，救我的生命脱离犬类」
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