《VLAD LOVE》是押井守执导并担任总编剧，Drive制作的原创电视动画作品，2020年10月播出。每天都被护士们狠心对待……某天，在她献血车遇到了一位外国人（？）美少女。脸色苍白，看起来随时都会晕倒的她，在即将被抽血的瞬间，突然变得狂暴并破坏起了献血车！绊播贡不知为何，顺势将失去了意识的少女带回了家……

　　白江东是黑道中的中阿哥，他有个女儿叫安妮，她在江湖上也是出了名的红粉杀手。这一天，白江东带领两个结拜兄弟陈威和小龙来到龙虎滩，和另一派的大阿哥许大求进行毒品交易，事成后许大来拿着毒品带领一班手下离去，白江东手提钱箱朝自己的私家车走来，就在这个时候，陈威和小龙突然拔出手枪将白江东射杀，抢了他的钱箱然后驾车离去。陈威和丁小龙回去向安妮报告，说大哥白江东被许大来杀害，安妮听到这个消息，如巨雷轰顶，誓要替父报分仇……

　　百万富翁卡尔维夫妇9个月大的儿子比克（亚当•罗伯特•沃顿 Adam Robert Worton 、雅各布•约瑟夫•沃顿 Jacob Joseph Worton 分饰）长得十分聪明可爱。卡维尔夫人想让她的宝贝比克成为明星宝贝，于是约了一位在当地颇有名气的摄影师为比克拍摄一辑婴儿照片，准备登上杂志封面。　　这时，艾迪（乔•曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰）、诺比和威高三名歹徒假扮摄影师，掳走了比克。艾迪三人原想利用比克勒索卡尔维夫妇五百万美元。谁料，比克聪明过人，不但将三个贼人玩得团团转，还顺利从贼窝里逃了出来。艾迪等慌忙出外寻找比克，最后比克能否顺利回到父母身边？

　　丽芳（王小凤 饰）与丽琼（郭锦恩 饰）是一对情同手足的姐妹，两人从内地远赴香港，投靠亲戚。在途中，姐妹两人遭遇了劫匪，所幸有名叫佩玲（利智 饰）的女孩勇敢地出手相助，才得以脱险。在丽芳和丽琼的游说下，佩玲决定跟她们一同赴港。　　在香港，亲戚家的女儿小娟（刘嘉玲 饰）成为了三个姑娘的好友，四人时常一同行动，成为一道亮丽的风景。之后，四人均邂逅了令她们感到心动的男人，但都没有迎来圆满的结局。佩玲陪伴丽芳前往澳门，两人没有想到的是，她们竟然同时爱上了名叫振宇（尔冬升 饰）的男子，面对这矛盾的局面，佩玲决定将爱人拱手相让。

　　讲述冠宇（张庭瑚 饰）因与父亲武雄（李兴文 饰）不合，为了赚钱早日搬离家，与好友龟仔（李明仓 饰）一起到旅社打工，不料打扫的房间竟有人自缢身亡，房内充斥不祥的泰国符号，而旅社老板娘（吴奕蓉 饰）更是举止诡异，整间旅社弥漫着死亡的气息，向冠宇席卷而来。

　　坂本拓也（井上孝幸饰）上的本町小学附近有另一所小学，不知为何接连发生了小学生的连续杀人事件，消息传到本町小学，学生之间议论纷纷。 　　拓也的妹妹—夏美（前田爱饰）的班上同学，问钱仙凶手是谁，钱仙的回答是「花‧子」。小朋友们直觉想到“鬼娃娃花子”。“鬼娃娃的花子”是一个传说 住在厕所裏的幽灵，而根据钱仙的预言，下一个受害者正是夏美，并且“花子”明天就会现身…… 　　夏美立刻跑去拓也的班上，找拓也求助，没想到拓也不当一回事，把夏美赶回去。夏美只好和同学浩志一起回家，途中到一位非常漂亮的女孩，向他们问到本町小学的路。 　　这名美少女叫作水野芽子（河野由佳饰）。第二天刚好转学进入拓也的班上，成绩优秀的芽子，不久在班上即大受欢迎，有一次，芽子被班上的加奈子与小绿撞见从谣传的“花子”出现的厕所裏出来，从此竟被同学们怀疑是“花子”，只有拓也一直护着她。 　　在这之后，有一天，拓也与芽子一起打扫饲养著山羊的小屋。在拓也为了拿学级日志到离开到职员办公室时，加奈子和小绿正好在走廊。突然她们看到眼前出现一大片血迹，吓得拔腿就跑，没想到混身是血，拿着镰刀的芽子，就站在前面……

　　第二次世界大战期间，中国河北挂甲台村的农民马大三（姜文饰）在日本人的统治下过着平静的生活。一个晚上，游击队绑架了日军陆军士兵花屋小三郎（香川照之饰）和翻译董汉臣，把他们捆绑塞入麻袋放在马大三家里，并吩咐马好好看管，几天后的大年三十来带人。马大三和村民战战兢兢地看守两人，花屋小三郎和董汉臣数次发出求救信号，皆被村民化解。半年过去了，村民们担心事情暴露，却又不敢把花屋等放了。　　马大三最终被董汉臣说动，把花屋和董送到了日军宪兵队驻地，以换取粮食。日军宪兵军官酒冢猪吉是花屋的同乡。他表面上对马等人客气，但背后指责花屋让皇军蒙耻并殴打了他。宪兵队整队去马的村子里和村民联欢送粮，酒到酣时却乍露杀机。

　　When the remains of two murdered Princes are discovered at the Tower of London, a troubled Priest must put his beliefs aside to befriend a mysterious prisoner, who has supernatural powers to communicate with the dead. Together they must solve the mystery of who murdered the Princes, as prisoners in the castle dungeon meet their bloody fates at the hands of the Princes' ghosts, who continue to haunt the Castle seeking their revenge.

　　克里斯汀（Tuesday Knight 饰）在和弗莱迪（罗伯特·英格兰德 Robert Englund 饰）的缠斗结束后不久，后者狰狞的形象就再次拜访了她的梦境。克里斯汀向曾一同在医院治疗的伙伴金凯和托伊吐露了弗莱迪归来的消息，然而两个男孩认为弗莱迪已死，等待他们的不过是平静的青春期生活。弗莱迪很快再度发威，将金凯和托伊杀死在梦中，克里斯汀失去了一同战斗的朋友，几近绝望，幸好有认为梦是解脱现实压抑良方的好友爱丽丝（Lisa Wilcox 饰）出现，克里斯汀在梦中被弗莱迪加害之时向爱丽丝求助，将后者拉入了自己的梦境，也使其卷入了弗莱迪的疯狂杀戮。克里斯汀终于被杀，而爱丽丝，决定为朋友报仇……

　　北国渔港小镇，沉默寡言的修治（高倉健 饰）和妻子冬子（いしだあゆみ 饰）一家几口人过着平静的生活。虽然已在此生活十多年，但是即便修治最为亲近的朋友，对他的过去也知之甚少。当年修治曾是大阪夜叉组一名猛将，风光无两之时致令唯一的妹妹被敌对帮派杀害。从此他隐姓埋名，带着妻子来到这个小镇靠打鱼为生。　　某天，那清秀的女子萤子（田中裕子 饰）来到小镇开设萤火虫酒吧。渔夫们蜂拥前来，热烈捧场。萤子的男人矢岛（北野武 饰）粗暴无礼，赌毒俱全，他引诱渔民们沉湎赌博和毒品，为此与劝阻他的修治发生冲突，最终导致修治的黑道身份被当众揭穿。另一方面，修治也陷入对萤子的迷恋，平静生活再起波澜……

　　In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil.　　The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vlá?il, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vlá?il made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968).　　Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace.　　As expected from Vlá?il, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery.　　Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door.　　The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more.　　Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains: Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village.　　The film also features the evocative music of Zden?k Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vlá?il, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act.　　The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vlá?il's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.

　　CW已续订《初代吸血鬼》第四季。