"We keep dead people in the house, how much worse could it get?" From the beginning, the film used the mouth of the young enchanter, Michael, to arouse the audience's interest in the development of the subsequent plot, how bad things can go in the film Woolen cloth?
In order to escape his father and this career, the young enrollment teacher Michael had to enter the seminary for further studies. He had no intention of becoming a priest and offered to give up his studies, but he witnessed an accidental car accident and prayed his deathbed for the woman who was about to die in the car accident. The seminary tutor disagreed with his application for withdrawal and recommended him to the Vatican to study the exorcism ceremony, and finally ended the conversation with the sentence "Two months in Rome, how bad could that be?" How bad can things go? In coincidence and fate, the film continues to push the plot to the final bad point.
Ghosts and supernatural types of films usually require a person who is atheist or skeptical to gradually experience and eventually believe in the existence of ghosts or demons through personal encounters. Because this process happens to be the psychological process of the viewer from watching the film at the beginning, to being brought into the atmosphere by the film's plot, and finally sinking into it to produce fear. This film started with Michael, who was studying as an exorcist, and led the audience to ask questions and refused to believe in the existence of the devil. Next, he was arranged to the scene of Father Lucas' exorcism to feel and experience the real evidence of devil possession.
As this type of film, in the process of guiding the audience to believe in the theory or fictional reality put forward by the film, there must be a paragraph that breaks down the psychological defenses of rational audiences. Anthony Hopkins, as a former evil psychologist, naturally has the historical advantage of manipulating the subconscious mind of the lamb masses. After the exorcism as Father Lucas was over, he spoke to Michael, who was still dubious: "The interesting thing about skeptics and atheists is that we are always looking for evidence, certainty. The problem is even We have found it, what can we do?..." This long dialogue is for Michael, and naturally it is also for the audience. It can be regarded as part of the director’s message to atheistic or skeptical audiences. Advise to surrender the book.
But the director also knows that the audience is not so easy to accept and believe in the devil's story described in the film, so Michael continued to take the audience's doubts and curiosity to carry out the second exorcism assistant work, and witnessed even more incredible phenomena For example, the Roman woman even knew the details of his work as an enlightenment teacher and the private talks of his ex-girlfriend Bamei, as well as three iron nails in the mouth. Of course, Michael still has to keep asking questions about these phenomena, and Father Lucas continues to answer questions...
After the unfortunate death of the Roman woman possessed by the devil, a series of strange things began to happen to Michael one after another. I was locked by the devil in my dream, and I woke up to learn that my father had just been hospitalized after a stroke; the dormitory was full of frogs symbolizing the devil and was forced to stay outside the hotel; the hotel called the hospital, and it turned out that my father, who had been dead for 6 hours, spoke with him first. I saw the demon mule mentioned by the child who predicted the death of his father in a trance, appearing in a false snowfield; in fear, he thought of asking Father Lucas for help, but the priest had already been possessed by the devil and became mentally abnormal.
When the demon was possessed by Father Lucas, it seemed to become stronger than before, no longer sensitive to holy objects and prayers, and more evil and clear purpose. After failing to ask for help, Michael had no choice but to exorcise Father Lucas. Of course, the end is that Michael defeated his weak soul, convinced the Lord and relied on God's power to drive out the devil, saving Father Lucas and his soul.
Generally speaking, the film is well-produced, and the main actors perform well. The main plot relies on the gradual evolution of Michael's vacillating belief in God. In the same type of film, it can only be regarded as a normal level. There is nothing special about it, but it is also well-made. When it is horrible, it is horrible, and where it should be organized, it is organized. Those who like this kind of horror movies are certainly worth watching.
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