The warm family affection under the coat of horror elements-"Lost Family"
Today we will talk about the movie "Lost Family".
The title is Relic (2020), alias Jia Ling (Taiwan).
This horror movie from Australia, when the independent film Sundance International Film Festival was released in January this year, set off a word of mouth and received 100% praise from Rotten Tomatoes as a dark horse.
Half a year later, rotten tomatoes have maintained 91% freshness. It can be seen that in the horror theme, "Lost Family" still has many fresh elements. Audiences who like horror movies will not let go to try this fresh and tender Australian horror movie.
"Lost Family" is mainly about the lonely old man and the empty-nest old man. The characters are three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.
The old man Edna who appeared first was the grandmother, and then her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam appeared.
Edna suffers from Alzheimer's disease, shows the common symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, often runs away from home, and often forgets things. One day the police found Kay and said that the old man had been missing for several days, and asked Kay to go home to have a look. So Kay went home with Sam to visit his old mother.
Kay and Sam returned to the old house, but they couldn't find the old mother alive. They didn't expect that the old mother suddenly appeared with a bruise. The grandparents and grandchildren lived in the old house, but the room in Nuo Da looked empty and cold, as if there were always some supernatural things accompanying them.
The biggest advantage of "Family Forsaken" is the technique of frightening the audience. It is neither using shocking sound effects to scare people hard, nor deliberately creating an atmosphere of psychological fear, or pushing the picture through dimness to slowly spread the unknown.
So when watching this horror movie, the audience can relax boldly without worrying about the ghosts that may pop out. This is not a terrible film that uses low-level scare methods, nor is it a psychological horror film deep in the bones, but a promotional film for caring for the elderly dressed in horror.
From the situation of the three generations of grandparents, it can be seen that what the director wanted to express was to treat lonely and empty-nest elderly people kindly.
Just as someone in the film asks how long Kay hasn't been home to visit his old mother, Kaye's answer is the same as most people: "Too busy".
In fact, being busy is a good reason and a good excuse. If you really want to meet someone, no matter how busy you are, you will make time to meet. For example, when you are in a relationship, you will always make time to meet your sweetheart. But instead of looking at family members, I got busy.
If you have time, you should spend more time with the elderly. If you don't have time, you should also find time to accompany you. If you want to raise your child, don’t wait until you are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and the elderly don’t know anyone. By then it will be too late.
As shown in the film, the old man suffering from Alzheimer's disease seems to be surrounded by evil spirits, and the sense of strangeness and fear spread. It turned out that the amiable old man would turn into a horrible ghost in a blink of an eye. Rather than going to the end when things get out of hand, it's better to stay together when everyone is in a healthy mind.
If this is not recognized correctly, the fear of loneliness will also be passed on and inherited.
The bruise that appeared on Edna, over time, transferred to her daughter Kay, if it is not changed in time, it can be foreseen that the same bruise will appear on granddaughter Sam sooner or later. This fear stems from aging itself. Time is not forgiving. After getting older, many problems will follow.
Aging and death are inevitable. On the way to the inevitable ending, at least we can choose someone to accompany and accompany others. "Family Forsaken" reminds people in a horrible way, to respect the elderly and set a good example for the younger generation.
The warm family affection under the coat of horror elements,
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