“パトラッシュ!!いつもいっしょだよ!”
1870年頃のベルギー・フランダース地方に、絵を描くのが得意な少年ネロと祖父ジェハンが貧しいながらも人々の好意に助けられながら暮らしていた。ある日、ネロは金物屋の主人に捨てられた荷車引きの犬パトラッシュを道端で助け、家に連れて帰り一緒に暮らすことにする。元気になったパトラッシュは牛乳運びの仕事を手伝い、いつもネロと一緒に過ごすようになった。しかしジェハンは無理がたたり亡くなってしまい、ネロはたった一人きりになってしまう。貧しいネロに世間の風当たりは厳しく、願いだった絵のコンクールにも落選してしまい、とうとうネロはパトラッシュと訪れた教会のルーベンスの絵の前で静かに天に召されていくのだった。
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制作会社: Zuiyo / Nippon Animation
Listen, don't let this place get to you. You stay locked up long enough and you start to believe that you're nuts. After a gap of nine years, horror legend John Carpenter returned to the movie screen directors chair for this solid if unspectacular horror movie. Though some of the critical reactions to it stink of an over expectation for a return to his former glories, the plain fact is that it's just safe horror film making. Plot finds Amber Heard (The Stepfather/All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) as troubled arsonist Kristen. Shunted into a mental institution post haste, Kristen finds herself menaced by a violent ghost that seems intent on ridding the ward of all its female inhabitants. And there you have it, a bunch of hopelessly pretty girls (seriously, are all institutionalised girls good looking babes?) are stalked and killed by a female spirit who is dressed up in poor rubbery make up. The odd boo-jump comes and goes, making it not a complete dead loss on the scare front, while the cast are solid in performances and Carpenter shows some trade mark camera techniques to make certain scenes pulse with anxiety. It then hurries along to the big reveal, which sadly disappoints because it just comes off as something done far better in horror/thriller films previously. It was easy money for Carpenter, and us acolytes don't begrudge him that, while it isn't the embarrassment some have made it out to be, but it is average fare and not a great way for JC to bow out from horror movie making - director wise that is. 6/10
