Tell you two philosophies: curiosity killed the cat; believe it or not.
It's human nature to be curious, but there's an old saying that "curiosity killed the cat".
The classic horror film "Master Key" tells the story of "curiosity killed the cat". Although there are no monsters and blood in this film, after watching it, I am so frightened that I doubt my life. Both the film and its supporting actress were nominated for the horror film industry's Oscar, the Saturn Award.
【Movie "Master Key"】
Caroline, 25, is a bold, beautiful girl who is also the manager of a rock band. Because of her busy work, she didn't have time to be filial to her dying father, which became a permanent regret in her heart.
In order to make up for her regret, Caroline, despite her friends' objections, applied for a job as a carer for an old man to help him spend his old age peacefully in order to redeem the guilt in her heart.
[The heroine of the movie Caroline]
The old man's home is on an estate in the Louisiana Triangle. The Louisiana Triangle is a very mysterious area, where witchcraft prevails, and there are many ancient and unknown customs.
Caroline drove alone, the scenery outside the window was desolate, the employer's manor was in a dark forest, and the road sign clearly read "Do not enter".
[The road sign says "Do not enter", which has appeared in many horror movies]
The house where the employer lived was old and empty, with thirty rooms, but only the old man and his wife lived there. Primitive forest, old house, old man... Then a series of strange things happened: First, Caroline found that there was no mirror in the huge house.
【The empty room makes you feel a kind of horror invisibly】
There is a strange photo hidden in the picture frame on the cabinet: there are four people in the photo, but only two names are written on the back of the photo, "Papa Jasfi" and "Mama Cecily".
[The photos of four people only have the names of two people written]
The old lady of the employer is also very strange. She is very concerned about some unimportant things, such as whether Caroline is beautiful, whether she is from the South, whether she understands the local rules, etc. Caroline's eyes are like Pick an item.
[The old woman pays special attention to Caroline's appearance, like picking a commodity]
What makes Caroline most curious is that there seems to be some unknown secret hidden in the attic of this house. The reasons are: first, the old woman gave her a master key, which can open the doors of all rooms, but The old woman specifically told her not to go to the attic .
[The old woman specially explained that the things in the attic should not be touched randomly]
Second, Caroline discovered that there was a secret room hidden in the attic, and the door of the secret room kept shaking, as if someone was asking for help inside. She tried unsuccessfully to open the door with the key, which piqued her intense curiosity.
Another oddity fuels Caroline's desire to continue exploring the secrets of the attic. One night of thunderstorms, an old woman's husband who had a stroke suddenly disappeared mysteriously, and Caroline found a large "SOS" on his sheet .
[The old woman's white sheet has a big SOS written on it]
Caroline found the missing old man on the eaves. He was trying to escape from the house with his rigid body, but of course, he failed in the end.
[The old woman's husband wants to escape from the manor]
This incident made Caroline suspicious of the old woman, and she guessed that the old man had only one possibility to escape - that the old woman wanted to harm him.
Caroline told the old woman's lawyer about her doubts - note that this lawyer is also a very important character in the movie. He is a frequent visitor to the old woman's house and often helps the old woman amend her will, so she became a cardinal. Lorraine's friend.
【A lawyer is a very important role】
Apparently, the lawyer didn't believe her. Caroline had to explore the truth by herself, and she decided to go to the secret room in the attic to find clues. Finally, she successfully entered the secret room and found that it was full of mirrors, dolls, bones, hair, and other books and props related to witchcraft. Caroline also discovered unexpectedly: there is a way of witchcraft to continue life by sacrificing living people...
[Caroline discovers the witchcraft props and the secret of human sacrifice in the secret room]
By inquiring to the old woman, Caroline learned the secret of the attic. It turned out that a tragedy happened here. In the attic lived two servants, "Papa Jasfield" and "Mama Cecily," both wizards. Once, they secretly taught the two children of the original owner of witchcraft. The original owner discovered that they were so angry that they hung the couple from a tree and burned them alive.
[The original owner found out that the child was learning witchcraft with the servant]
Later, the original owner died and their two children passed the house to the old woman and her husband after living here for decades.
The old woman said that despite the years, she and her husband often saw the ghosts of "Papa Jasphie" and "Mama Cecily" in the mirror, so she hid all the mirrors and closed the attic The secret room, hoping to no longer be haunted by ghosts.
[The old woman tells the mystery of the attic]
But Caroline thought the old woman was lying. She guessed that the old woman used witchcraft to control her husband, with the ultimate goal of sacrificing him to prolong her life.
To test her thoughts, Caroline went to the wizard shop to buy brick powder for warding off evil spirits. As long as the brick powder was sprinkled on the door, the demons would not be able to enter in a crooked way. The old woman was sure.
[The old woman dared not enter Caroline's room]
At this point in the film, the audience thought that Caroline was getting closer to the truth, but the plot took an unexpected turn: Caroline was about to take the old woman's husband to escape from the manor, but was madly chased by the old woman on the way. After the plan failed, she had to escape the manor by water by herself.
[Caroline escapes from the waterway]
After escaping, she went to the lawyer mentioned above for help, but inadvertently found that there were many photos of herself and an ancient ring hidden in the lawyer's room - this ring she had seen in the back room of the attic, Exactly the relic of "Papa Jasphie" and "Mama Cecily"!
[Caroline found clues]
Caroline seemed to understand something, but it was too late, and the lawyer had tied her neck with a rope from behind. Caroline was taken back to the big house, and she realized that the old woman and the lawyer were actually a group, and everything that happened above was a game set up by the two of them. And the ultimate goal of this game is to sacrifice Caroline!
It turns out that sacrifice is a kind of body exchange, and a person can exchange bodies with the sacrificed person through sacrifice, so that he can live forever.
[Sacrifice is a kind of body swap]
However, an important prerequisite for the success of sacrifice is that the sacrificed person must believe in the existence of "ghosts", so that it is easy to be controlled by witchcraft. So, in order to convince Caroline that there are "ghosts", the old woman kept arousing her curiosity, eventually making her a sacrifice.
At the end of the film, Caroline fled to the attic and performed the witchcraft she learned from the book to save herself. What the result is, I won't spoil it, just see it for yourself.
[Caroline finally tried to use witchcraft to escape the house]
The scary parts of this film are not explained, but I am very afraid: Did "Papa Jasfield" and "Mama Cecily" really burn to death? Is the husband of the old woman's stroke really him?
After watching the video, you will find unexpected answers. So, do you dare to watch this scary movie? Don't forget that curiosity killed the cat, sincerely recommend it, don't watch it if you are timid!
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