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].
#2022 SXSW# 也许全片的剧情并没有丝滑，但还是有被男主暖心体贴的行为打动到，导演自导自演至如此确实很不错。被他人定义的生活永远不属于自己，只有朝向自己的憧憬努力才能找到生活的意义。
《恰恰丝滑》
看到有人解讀片中男性形態之一的穢語 又看到評論區有男性大概感到被冒犯而對電影本身投擲各種空洞難聽的髒話 還蠻有趣的
比较私人的应届生成长故事。我们都在NGO工作，我们都有光明的未来。
许多没有意义的对话也是有意义的。
清新、温柔、治愈，一切都那么恰到好处地舒适，非常符合圣丹斯的口味。为弟弟的初吻献上良策，却在自己的爱情里不知所措。远走他乡大概盲目，从家中独立一定是大男孩长成的选择。那些惬意的摇摆、善意的举动、热忱的微笑和止不住的泪水，都在以最不具杀伤力的方式柔软地修饰着那段美好的时光…
没能跳出美式青春成长片的框框，算是一个enfp的成长史？
这部影片最令人赞赏的是它居然用了如此这般直白的设定来展现“一代又一代不管什么样的男人本质上都是一样的”，直白，太直白了！
我们每个人都有自己的生活轨迹，淡入划入，淡出划出。
被幸福包围下的一点怅惘。幼稚的怅惘，重要的怅惘。导演演得好真诚，22 岁的青春片就该是这个样子吧，下不完的雨，跳着舞的云。
挑去了伯德小姐的稚嫩却保留了青涩的单纯，在告别与心碎中慢慢成长，而对于puppy般温暖的Cooper我只想说，human relationship needs you to be that cure.
1.You can have more than one soulmate. God puts them on your way of growing. 2.my memories aren’t going anywhere. 3.Farewell.
男主真的好会沟通，完全不像是一个22岁的人啊！我22岁如果这么会表达对家人的爱和愧疚就好了！
“You only have you. How scary and how amazing.” 虽然本自闭症题材爱好者感觉被骗了，但也算挺特别的成长电影吧。喜欢姐系充满生命力的毕业生和无时无刻不在放电的达妹，情迷意乱太合理了。
男主和Domino这段感情，既是错位也是对位。看看Domino的情况：年轻貌美，本身面临心理问题，带着多少有点不太正常的孩子，要给孩子找一个继父…这些恰恰都是男主的母亲所经历过的。包括在继父的刻画上，都是那种外表冷漠无聊，甚至看起来有家暴倾向，但骨子里Family大过一切。所以结局的分离也是双重的，一方面是和Domino，而另一方面，更本质的，是和母亲的分离。
最近很喜欢这种故事徐徐推进的电影了。
一个22岁男孩的心碎经历，忘了在哪看到过有人说20多岁是人生最难熬的阶段，在这个阶段你得慢慢学会认识自己、寻找自我，你会经历自我意识与社会意识碰撞产生的痛苦，会经历人生很多第一次，这些第一次又大多会使你心碎，让你煎熬，但没事儿，记忆不会消失，一切都会过去的。
但是还是有东西的，很微妙的点明了男性那点母子情节。可能我也是厌倦了成长老是跟父子关系扯到一起。
有没有觉得萝拉很像动画片sing里的大象小姐
22岁姐狗男孩的眼泪，我都懂！！！看的过程中想到queer as folk里Justin和Brian这一对。20±是个奇妙的阶段，对同龄人无感，对成熟人类的性吸引力倒是折磨得死去活来。kidult的设定也给角色大加分，温柔男生小鹿一样温柔的眼睛和长长的睫毛是这个年纪不可多得的宝藏，但注定迎来「你需要未来，但不会是我」的终极必杀。Leslie Mann是演出太迷人了，是我最喜欢的女演员之一。Looking里的温柔公0 Richie居然就演了个纸片人就走了，好想他。
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