Ryan Murphy dropped a teaser for a new series titled Grotesquerie in an Instagram post (see it below) on Friday. According to the post, it will star Niecy Nash-Betts — who has worked with Murphy several times before and is coming off an Emmy win for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville and is set to premiere in the fall The teaser features Nash-Betts’ voice, sounding very disturbed about a crime scene: “I don’t know when it started. I can’t put my finger on it. But it’s different now. There’s been a shift. It’s like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole to the center of nothingness. What I saw today — they sent shrinks for everyone who worked this crime scene. You think, ‘Well hon, evil has always existed,’ and cite some statistic about how the world’s getting better, less murder, more help, less global horror, never been a better time to be alive, honey.” Her voice cracking, Nash-Betts (or rather, her character) concludes by saying, “Come back. It’s not getting better. And I keep needing to hear your answers, because something’s happening around us, and nobody sees but me.”
故事简介:
侦探露易丝•特赖恩参与一系列的凶杀罪案,每一案犯罪现场都留下象征符号和经文,神秘线索暗示了这些罪行背后的宗教动机。特赖恩的调查才刚刚开始,就又发现了更多的受害者,他们的尸体被摆成令人不安的场景,与圣经经文相呼应。宗教主题处于驱动故事发展的杀戮事件的核心。
观者吐槽中:
又一部被中文英译名担误的恐怖剧集,被从开场场景开始,剧集就建立了一种由残酷的暴力行为所定义的黯淡美学。对谋杀的描绘可与最黑暗的电影中的任何场景相媲美,以毫不退缩的生动力量呈现出来。头颅滚落,无辜者受苦,一种威胁的氛围占据了主导。
然而,尽管有所有这些血腥场面,本剧的真正力量在于它对氛围的掌控。一种阴沉的恐惧弥漫在每一帧画面中,即使是最丑陋的行为也能让人不寒而栗。微妙的视觉线索加深了这种不安感,从苍白的灯光到惊恐地张大嘴巴的绝望面孔。即使在轻松的时刻,一种不安的暗流也占据着主导地位。
摄影师技术证明了即使在怪诞之中也存在着美。阴暗的外景将简单的美德笼罩在阴影之中,而色彩斑斓的内景则展示了亲密的真相。摄像机总是停留在引人注目的细节上,在平凡的生活中发现宏大的片段。通过巧妙的画面,剧集创造了一个既诱人又令人不安的世界,两者程度相当。
与此同时本剧探讨的道德困境超越了单纯的耸人听闻。它不断升级的恐惧并非源于空洞的刺激,而是源于一个处于危机中的社会所提出的令人不安的问题。
言而总之,剧集用血腥吸引观众,用其阴森但吸引人的角色抓住他们。贝茨带领的演员阵容将地狱般的场景演绎到了令人恐惧的人性层面。墨菲营造了一种不祥的氛围,让他的噩梦般的世界感觉令人不安地真实。并非所有的线索都能顺利衔接,但关于即将到来的揭示充满了悬念。对于那些欢迎有机会在焦虑中深入黑暗寻找答案的人来说,《恐怖奇景》呈现出令人不安的乐趣,充满了低俗小说般的力量。它萦绕心头的恐怖可能会考验脆弱的胃,但也会吸引那些用胆怯换取不确定的不安带来的刺激的人。