本片講述了,在30年代的美國(guó),一個(gè)謀殺兒童的連環(huán)殺手AlbertFish的故事。AsolidthrilleraboutAlbertFish(averyfineperformancebyPatrickBauchau),thereallifeserialkillerofchildrenin1930'sAmerica.Fishseemedaharmlessoldman,butin1934hewasarrestedasthemurdererofseveralmissingchildrenhesomehowdupedtheirfamiliesintoleavinghimwith(usinganassumednamethroughout).Partcharacterstudyandpartdetectiveprocedural,TheGrayManwiselyavoidsgraphichorrorandsensationalism(Fish'smurders,forinstance,arenevershownoncamera),andwhileitisratherconventional,itisneverthelessquitechillingnonethelessanditshowsadirectorwithaverykeensenseofstorytellingaaa