American psychologist John Holden arrives in London to participate in a symposium aiming to expose witchcraft and devil-worship as a fraud, with attention centered on a cult run by a Julian Karswell. Debarking his plane, Holden learns that the symposium leader, Henry Harrington, has suddenly died and he is now in charge. What only the audience knows is that Harrington was clearly killed by a demon, apparently summoned by Karswell to avenge his persecution. Despite both threatening and cajoling behavior by Karswell, Holden determines to proceed, though the only cult member willing to talk about his experiences is in a prison psychiatric ward, catatonic after allegedly killing yet another cult member. However, Harrington's niece, Joanna, believes, based on her uncle's notes, that Karswell may indeed have some satanic powers derived from an ancient tome in an obscure language which he has been able to translate, and attempts to warn the skeptic Holden. Karswell's mother also attempts to warn Holden off. However, the thing which begins to most get to Holden are the occasional, but mounting, sensory and mental disturbances he begins experiencing after an encounter with Karswell, and the discovery that, during this encounter, Karswell secretly slipped a slip of parchment with a curse in runic symbols on it into Holden's belongings, a parchment identical to one Harrington recorded having had passed to him in a similar manner shortly before his death... [N.B. Holden at no point stays at the Karswell estate].
这个场景选得好，诡异的圆形楼梯房很有感觉，抽丝剥茧的反转，还是挺有意思
差点意思，很青涩的作品，有点太炫技了。故事结构可以，故事的不同部分内容、转折粗糙了些
一般的巧合堆砌類作品，整體設定沒有多巧妙，結尾反轉過於刻意，但故事圓上了就還能看的
已经是一部不错的国产悬疑电影了，反转不断，就连结束也不忘再带一个反转，也算是全员恶人的设定，每个人又有各自的苦衷，只是感觉结尾收的有点急促了
坏人也分两种，一种是迫不得已，一种是深入骨髓。
挺不错的低成本悬疑片，故事情节一环套一环最终形成闭环，人物描写已经拍摄手法都还不错，唯独文戏方面太弱了导致有些地方有些突兀，有些地方出现bug，但值得一看
影片前半程的节奏、叙事和喜剧效果还是蛮不错的，然后逐渐泄气、拖沓，慢镜头太多审美疲劳。范伟老师最近作品超多啊，水准依旧！
全员演技在线，国产悬疑片能拍的如此出色，值得鼓励！
感谢前面还有两位观众
中间其实还好，部分过于抓马浮夸的地方也能忍，但接近尾声就开始拉，那个被锁隔间的警察要是没出来就是无奈荒诞现实，这出来了就是小学生作文结尾。最后彩蛋俩本应已死的“好人”还硬生生给整活了，减星的冲动更强烈了。
中式幽默，窦骁的人物力度展现的淋漓精致，好歹也是电影学院毕业的，他适合演坏人！！所以，人往往不要相信眼睛看到的。
37th with Tao. ——2021.10.16 @学清路嘉华
張頌文說話太性感了救命，他一開口全世界我不在乎別的了
只能说人贩子真的是罪不容赦的，有时候真的无法想象贩卖妇女儿童的犯罪行为，那样的人还算是人类吗？
@@@（2021-09-26）不速来客（眼见为虚）（Knock Knock）
倒叙插叙的循环使用揭开悬疑，再套上人物的“虚假”设定 ，结尾反转。大陆悬疑片不定期会来一部编剧高于平均水准，遵循悬疑片的发展规律。
其实布景和故事是很好的，整个结构、情节推进、人物一个个进入，就是没当作电影拍好。电影，有电影的叙事方式，这部电影的差距，还是在导演的功底。
有点《惊天大逆转》和《无名之辈》的味儿，说喜剧我这场完全没笑过。
硬塞了些zz隐喻，致敬了《低俗小说》，最后窦骁是愚公移山。但结尾踉踉跄跄、比还没看完演职员表就爆亮的影院灯提前让人步入尴尬的迷了眼状态。：老张好帅啊´д`
剧本太工整了，工整到缺乏惊喜，结尾又太突兀，同类型片子太多了有点审美疲劳。话说有次在地铁上看见一个人留着半长的头发，花白的胡子，还戴着眼镜，觉得特像范老师，但是跟平时形象不一样又不敢认。盯着他看了好几眼，他注意到了也对我回以微笑。现在想想，大概是拍这个戏期间的造型吧
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