Film Critic

Jorge 2022-01-02 08:01:10

A young couple came to a hut located deep in the forest. The curious male protagonist Ashe unintentionally liberated the evil spirits of the Book of Death in the hut, and the evil spirits not only swallowed them. His girlfriend also made him lose his right hand. When he was dealing with evil spirits, a group of people came here, so a war between humans and ghosts started again... The plot of this movie is very old-fashioned, and investment It is also very low. However, the low cost relies on the director's control of the screen and various sports shots to make this movie, and it is supported by a tense atmosphere. For example, every time the evil spirit appears, it is a long shot and a subjective shot, passing through a dark jungle in the dark, and accompanied by the noise of the engine, which makes people feel full of tension. And as the protagonist moves, the camera shakes from time to time, and plasma sprays around in the confrontation with the evil spirits. While nervous, he constantly inserts black humor, which makes the audience fall into layers of horror in the continuous ups and downs of the plot. And some of these shots are constantly imitated by other horror movies. For example, Ash's girlfriend was resurrected again after being beheaded when the evil spirit possessed her. In the moonlight, the cross formed by the crossing of two branches slowly fell down. A hand suddenly stretched out from the pile of stones where the cross fell, and a dry headless body was constantly twisting her no longer plump body. , Do not dance in this pale moonlight. From a distance, a head rolled from a distance with laughter, and the withered body bent down, the cross-section of the body and the cross-section of the head were combined, and danced in the night again. The mummy kept dancing to the elegant music, this inexplicable joyful but terrifying picture also took root in the hearts of the people. It is one of the long shots of evil spirits chasing Ash, which is also very thrilling, from the outside to the inside, the living room to the kitchen, and then two bedrooms to the bathroom, and then to the kitchen, and then back to the living room in a zigzag corridor. , And then slowly retreated outside the house. Passing through various scenes continuously in just one minute creates a sense of tension and oppression, and then suddenly relaxes people, and then makes the crisis hit again, so that the audience is immersed in the process of watching the movie. In terms of music, the soundtrack of this movie can only be regarded as audible, and it is not remarkable, but the director has made these soundtracks with a variety of weird plots, so that the bright music can be successfully integrated into the film. Among them, the engine sound of the evil spirits in particular made those noises accentuate the strange characteristics of the evil spirits and increased the appeal of the picture. Although the plot of this work is still very simple, it supplements the setting of the story more than the previous one. Especially when the movie reaches its climax, the protagonist connects the broken right hand with a chainsaw, and puts a double-barreled shotgun on his back to come with evil spirits. When a break, accompanied by The image of a superhero who is not defeated by the music was born, and at the end of the movie, the protagonist traveled to the middle ages to correspond with the picture of the previous savior, which made people smile. The film was filmed during the downturn of American horror movies, but the simple and crude, meaningless plot brought a new style to the downturn of the American horror film industry after it was released, and it became a "cult" at the time. One of the masterpieces of the film. Nowadays, horror movies in mainland China are in a slump. Relying on third-rate plots and various gimmicks to attract money, whether it is from the script of the movie or the shooting method, it feels boring. I really hope that one day I can see one in the mainland. Excellent horror movie.

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Evil Dead II quotes

  • Ash: [having just gotten hit in the face with a gusher of blood that turns to black goo] Old double-barrel here, blow your butts to Kingdom Come!

    [staggers backward, voice drops]

    Ash: See if we don't!

  • Ash: Got you, didn't I, you little sucker!