The protagonist in horror movies always commits all kinds of original sins of human nature. Either arrogance or greed, or jealousy or ignorance, the most is lust, in view of the horror genre is always to attract attention. The curse spread through sex in the film is obviously a concretization of sexually transmitted diseases.
This film is David Robert Mitchell's second feature film, and it is also an extremely ambitious and dedicated work. If the audience is asking for a complicated story frame and plot design, this work is probably going to disappoint most people who hold such expectations. The problem is to ask a thriller to tell a brain-burning nausea in 100 minutes.
In terms of lens design, it is also very beautiful. The long shots at the beginning, the loop-shaped ferry shots, and the speed of the lens movement can make the mood of the whole movie just touch the brewing point, but it is not too aggressive and does not impose a feeling. And this kind of lens appeared in the movie several times. For example, Jay and Greg went to school to check the information of the boy, and they also used such a long lens.
The humanoid monster in the setting of the story keeps walking towards the protagonist. This set distance, that is, the distance between far and near, also cleverly uses part of the lens to defocus, and it is possible to explain some of it afterwards. The danger that comes and the hint of the story. For example, the first date of Jay and Hugh, the close-up is Jay and Hugh in the restaurant, in the distance, the part of the lens is out of focus, a human figure is moving, hinting the story afterwards.
The film is a work that will be remembered in the next few years. It may not be said to be a great thriller film, but it deserves to be put on various lists to praise, just because of its intention and rebellion, which is the spirit that this era lacks. The film's director film took an old-fashioned story with different new ideas and creativity, and even opened up a new thriller visual experience to a certain extent.
