发狂 / Paranoiac (1963)
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制片国家/地区：
英国上映日期：
剧情简介：
1963英国剧情悬疑片《发狂》由弗雷迪·弗朗西斯导演，简妮特·斯科特主演，影片讲述的是：
Eight years earlier when Tony was a youth he had left a suicide note and had apparently jumped off a seacoast cliff but his body had never been recovered A grown man resembling Tony appears claiming that he had simply run off Eleanor wants to believe that the man is Tony Harriet Ashby Burrell their Aunt is immediately hostile and calls the man an impostor Simon pretends to be more openminded about the situation
However Simon knows the man is an impostor because he had actually tricked Tony into writing the suicide note and then murdered him Filled with remorse over his crime he had then hidden the body behind a brick wall in a chapel on the estate these facts are not revealed until near the end of the film From time to time when depressed Simon would retreat to the chapel and act out a scene in which he would pretend his brother was still alive He would play a phonograph record of Tony singing while Simon would play the organ in the company of his doting Aunt who would dress in grotesque makeup and play the part of the dead brother Tony and Eleanor stealthily observe this ritual through a window Eleanor is spotted by Harriet out of the corner of her eye Aunt Harriet slips outside and tries to attack Eleanor but is stopped by Tony The Aunt then explains about the ritual and blames Tony for awakening Simons psychosis after it had seemingly been dormant for years
Eleanor finds she is falling in love with her supposed brother Overcome with conflict over her seemingly incestuous thoughts she is about to commit suicide when the man restrains her and confesses that he is not her brother Tony but instead is a con man hired by the embezzling family attorney John Kossett Denham
The fake Tony investigates the chapel and finds Tonys mummified body He is about to leave but is stopped by Simon who fills in the missing plot details about having killed Tony Simon then slugs the man and binds him to a pillar When the man comes to Simon is playing the organ with the real Tonys body now seated on a chair next to the organ Simon informs the impostor that he and Tony have had a talk and have decided to have the man join Tony Harriet appears and persuades Simon to leave that she will take care of the situation Unfazed at seeing the corpse it is evident that she also knew the truth
After Simon leaves Harriet throws down a lantern setting the chapel afire and she rushes off Eleanor quickly turns up unties the fake Tony and sees the real Tonys body briefly Eleanor and the man flee the estate rather than returning to the house With the chapel ablaze and Tonys body inside Simons madness takes him over He leaves the house and staggers to the chapel to try to rescue Tony but collapses as he clutches Tonys skeletal remains The fire rages on as the film ends
Eight years earlier when Tony was a youth he had left a suicide note and had apparently jumped off a seacoast cliff but his body had never been recovered A grown man resembling Tony appears claiming that he had simply run off Eleanor wants to believe that the man is Tony Harriet Ashby Burrell their Aunt is immediately hostile and calls the man an impostor Simon pretends to be more openminded about the situation
However Simon knows the man is an impostor because he had actually tricked Tony into writing the suicide note and then murdered him Filled with remorse over his crime he had then hidden the body behind a brick wall in a chapel on the estate these facts are not revealed until near the end of the film From time to time when depressed Simon would retreat to the chapel and act out a scene in which he would pretend his brother was still alive He would play a phonograph record of Tony singing while Simon would play the organ in the company of his doting Aunt who would dress in grotesque makeup and play the part of the dead brother Tony and Eleanor stealthily observe this ritual through a window Eleanor is spotted by Harriet out of the corner of her eye Aunt Harriet slips outside and tries to attack Eleanor but is stopped by Tony The Aunt then explains about the ritual and blames Tony for awakening Simons psychosis after it had seemingly been dormant for years
Eleanor finds she is falling in love with her supposed brother Overcome with conflict over her seemingly incestuous thoughts she is about to commit suicide when the man restrains her and confesses that he is not her brother Tony but instead is a con man hired by the embezzling family attorney John Kossett Denham
The fake Tony investigates the chapel and finds Tonys mummified body He is about to leave but is stopped by Simon who fills in the missing plot details about having killed Tony Simon then slugs the man and binds him to a pillar When the man comes to Simon is playing the organ with the real Tonys body now seated on a chair next to the organ Simon informs the impostor that he and Tony have had a talk and have decided to have the man join Tony Harriet appears and persuades Simon to leave that she will take care of the situation Unfazed at seeing the corpse it is evident that she also knew the truth
After Simon leaves Harriet throws down a lantern setting the chapel afire and she rushes off Eleanor quickly turns up unties the fake Tony and sees the real Tonys body briefly Eleanor and the man flee the estate rather than returning to the house With the chapel ablaze and Tonys body inside Simons madness takes him over He leaves the house and staggers to the chapel to try to rescue Tony but collapses as he clutches Tonys skeletal remains The fire rages on as the film ends
