In a previous article about the horror-comedy movie "Happy to Cut People" , I briefly mentioned the genres of European and American horror films. With its bloody violence, the "Deadly Bend" series became one of the masterpieces of plasma horror films . .
A total of 6 films were filmed in the series from 2003 to 2014. The plot of each can be summarized as a group of adventurous young people entering the territory of a group of freaks, and the two started a cat-and-mouse game, and then it was normal. Humans began to die, freaks began to use various cruel methods to kill people, and finally normal humans died and wounded, and freaks continued to multiply.
The plots between each movie are independent . If you insist on connecting them, the viewing order can be 45123. The sixth movie borrows the setting of the deformed three brothers, but the story frame is completely independent.
In terms of plot setting, the first two parts also contain passages between normal humans and freaks fighting wits and courage, and the latter basically become freaks with a significantly higher IQ than humans, and torturing and killing normal humans.
Unlike in "Chain Saw", which is dressed in horrible and bloody clothes, it explores the themes of karma and human annihilation , and each of "Chain Saw" 1-8 is related and interlocking.
"Fatal Bend" pursues a visual impact and satisfies the audience's curiosity . For this bloody movie, it doesn't make much sense to delve into the relationship between each movie. It is the same as "Death Is Coming". A basic story trend and character setting, and the plot is determined by each film itself, so it is destined to have a lot of bugs, but in order to satisfy the audience who likes this kind of film, the way of human death in each movie will be innovated. Try your best to achieve a sensory stimulating experience .
After 7 years, the series launched the latest work "Fatal Corner Restart Edition" . Unlike the first six in the series, this film sets aside the freak setting and tells a brand new story.
A group of young adventurous young people went hiking together in West Virginia, but unexpectedly encountered a tribe that lived in the mountains and was unfriendly to strangers. In the early days of the American Civil War, more than a dozen families feared that the US government would collapse and fled. On the mountain, the foundation "The Foundation" was established. If the US government ceases to exist, they will be the foundation for the founding of the nation.
For more than a hundred years, the tribesmen and the people in the town did not disturb the river. The intrusion of this group of young people broke the tranquility that the tribes should have. At the same time, the father of one of the young people also went to West Virginia. Looking for a daughter who couldn't be contacted for many weeks, the tribesmen and the modern people started a struggle.
I don’t know if it was the director’s intention or a coincidence. Asian.
In recent years, the human rights movement in the United States has intensified, and if American movies are more or less free from feminist, same-sex equality, and racism , they dare not say that they are politically correct. This situation can be seen from the Oscar awards in recent years. For one thing, it can be regarded as a product of the times.
As far as the film is concerned, the director's research on the script is much better than the previous ones.
In the eyes of most people, tribal people living on the mountain represent backwardness and barbarism , while modern people represent technology and civilization . The conflict between tribal people and modern people symbolizes the collision between barbarism and civilization .
But in fact, the reason for the conflict between the tribesmen and the modern people is that these young people found that their companions were carried away by the tribesmen wearing masks. They thought they were going to kidnap them, so they killed the tribesmen without any reason. The original intention was to take the young people who strayed into the hunting trap down the mountain, so the young people were taken to the tribe for judgment. The barbarians became the judges of civilization, and the modern people who advertised civilization became the barbaric murderers . It was ironic enough.
The background of the establishment of the foundation, the lynching courts in the tribe and the personal settings of the protagonists are also metaphors for the current status of American society.
From the lens, story, and production of the film, it can be seen that the director is very ambitious and full of sincerity. However, it lacks two classic elements that are used to this series, freaks and blood plasma . The more socially hot elements, the more classic The fewer elements.
The story of "Fatal Bend" has become more in-depth, from a brainless film splattered with blood to a profound film exploring the social system.
But can "Fatal Turn" without freaks and plasma still be called "Fatal Turn"?
From this I have a question. For a classic cult film IP that has been basically finalized in the hearts of movie fans, suddenly the story setting of the series of movies has been changed and a new chapter has been opened. Is this an unconventional approach or a sell-out? The behavior of dog meat?
The reason why many fans open this movie should be the same as mine. They are directed at all kinds of traps and various killing methods. Fans who are not interested in this kind of movie will not even move this film at all, but watch it. After that, I discovered that I was watching a thriller, which was basically unrelated to violence and blood. They were all creating an atmosphere of horror. The only few bloody scenes were either too short or not violent enough to be enjoyable.
This feeling is like "Iron Man" announced the restart, and when I watched the movie enthusiastically, I found that it was all about Daredevil's story. Although I can see it, it's not the same.
By the way, if the "Fatal Corners Restart Edition" is forcibly linked to the previous parts, all I can think of is to blur the background of the story, and then after several generations of mating, the tribes breed a group of freaks. With the previous stories.
It's like insisting on having a relationship between Iron Man and Daredevil, that is, both are characters under the banner of Marvel.
But it seems that the reduction of bloody scenes is not just a problem for "Deadly Bend". In recent years, European and American horror films have increasingly developed into haunted houses, psychological horrors and social symbols. Basically, plasma splashing scenes can be seen. They are all sequels of a certain series, such as "Chain Saw 8", "Hatching Axe 3", "Do Not Regardless of Evil 2" and other sequels, but basically no new plasma film IP has been created, only " "26 Ways to Die" and "Upgrade", but there are no sequels either.
Perhaps the diversity of horror film types has caused the audience to no longer be satisfied with the visual stimulus, and the plasma film will indeed get tired of watching too much, because the routines are all familiar with the heart, and it may be time-consuming and laborious to create a new B-level film IP. , It is better to sell feelings directly, a classic IP is badly photographed, it is simple and profitable.
The blood plasma film that will rise from the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in the 1970s and 1980s to its peak in the early twentieth century has declined, and the bloody series of films that can be called today are all left during that golden period. Classic IP under.
The change of audience's taste is the progress of the times and the sorrow of the plasma film.
For "Fatal Corners Restart Edition", the practice of telling different things under the name of IP is basically unacceptable for fans of the series. They just want to see the cute and deformed three brothers violently killing and killing young people. .
But for this IP, it will take time to prove whether it can bring brand new vitality and prestige to this IP.
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