The film has many highlights.
Highlight 1: The director's excellent rhythm and atmosphere control.
From the strange incident of falling from the building at the beginning, to no one being trapped in the elevator, to the murder of the devil, the failure of the rescue operation, and the appearance of the devil at the end, all the movies are completed in one go without delay. The movie creates a dark and terrifying atmosphere at the very beginning. The grandmother's demon story, the cloudy sky, and the bizarre case of falling from a building set the tone for depression. Then the whole drama unfolds in a small space called an elevator. When the elevator loses its light, it means that someone will die.
Every time the elevator loses its light, it means that a life is taken by the devil, which is a brilliant part of the director. Once the elevator enters the darkness, the camera is swallowed by the darkness, and then there is a loud noise. The movie does not know how far it has developed, and the audience does not know what happened in the darkness. It seems that they have fallen into the dark elevator. Finally, as soon as the elevator lights up, someone is killed by the demon. This bridge shows that the director has an extraordinary ability to master the atmosphere.
Highlight 2: The suspense setting is excellent.
Although the theme of this "ghost hunt" game is not uncommon, this film undoubtedly performed very well. The key lies in grasping the main point of this theme - suspense. If the suspense setting is excellent, it means that the film is half successful. Otherwise, even if the other productions of the film are good and the suspense is not strong, it will be infamy, and there is a precedent for "The Wind".
"Evil Spirit Elevator" limits the demon suspects to five people. While the plot develops, there are also sacrifices, and the audience is unknowingly guessing who the demon is. In the end, I don't know how many people can guess the result that the old woman is a devil. Some people may think this setting is bloody, but I personally think it is very good.
Highlight 3: The ending is the highlight (personal point of view)
When the film ends with the police forgiving his wife and children, some people think that the ending is too simple, and some people imagine that if the police kill the man and then enter the death elevator as the end (what a thought)...but I personally agree more with the end of this forgiveness. There are traces of religion in many places in this film, ghost stories of demons, crosses of security guards, karma, etc. At the end of the film, there is more religious humanistic concern in the ending of forgiveness, which can also reflect the director's intention to make this film. The theme, "If the devil really exists, then there must be God".
Recently, I watched several low-cost high-quality productions, such as "Buried Alive", "Black Swan", "Terrorist Cruise", etc. All of them have simple sets, no exaggerated special effects and blasting scenes, all rely on the director's excellent grasp of rhythm and excellent script. Supporting the whole movie, but achieving good results, it really makes many viewers who are tired of special effects blockbusters have a fresh feeling.
In fact, in a sense, the development of the film market requires the production of these high-quality small and medium-sized films. Blindly relying on huge investment in commercial films is not only short-lived in many cases, but many commercial films have to take into account too many commercial elements and end up infamous. . The Chinese film market lacks such small- and medium-budget films. There are two types of films in the current Chinese film market: one is a commercial film with huge investment, and the other is a low-budget film that is played by the director. This situation has resulted in continuous bad films, and the most direct victim is the audience who paid to enter the venue.
Chinese films should look at the world, not be in a hurry for quick success, but set a good position for themselves. Shoot more high-quality low-cost productions like "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing". You must know that audiences often don't buy into the investment, and audiences only watch good-looking movies.
Small cost, there are also spring.
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