The ghosts in "Midnight Bell" and "The Grudge" are greatly wronged and abused in the secular world, so they have a strong sense of revenge after death. Whether this kind of revenge is directed at the people who have hurt them or the world, in short, this kind of revenge itself can arouse our sympathy. So that we have a certain sense of identity with this behavior itself. But "Ghost Call" is different. The two ghosts in the movie are basically unharmed during their lifetime. (Mother Marie Mizunuma, it can be said that because of her neglect of her daughter who suffered from asthma, her daughter Mimiko died of illness. She was a sinful person during her lifetime. And Mimiko was a sick person during her lifetime. She tortured her sister Nanako madly. The scene in which she cut her sister’s arm with a knife is very bloody.) But it is these people who have never been hurt before they choose to retaliate against the world after death, and those who have been retaliated are all Innocent. I think that there is also a saying about "karma" in our Chinese culture. It means that I have made a big mistake in the past, and I have to pay a painful price for this mistake. This is what my values can accept. This is the real horror when a person has not made any mistakes but has to bear innocent punishment. This kind of horror is just like Mimiko, it is a kind of pathology.
In the movie "Ghost Call", there is a strong sense of fate-doomed death cannot be escaped, only desperately waiting for the arrival of this ending. The time is constantly reminded in the movie, which is actually the countdown to life. Yoko was the first to receive the call. In fact, Yoko and Yumi had an ominous hunch (the toilet door suddenly closed). But then the plot eased a bit. When Yoko was walking on the road to call Yumi, when a train sound penetrated Yumi’s ears from the phone, and when Yumi saw the clock pointing to the time of the phone message, death was impossible. avoid. Yoko said the last sentence as in a telephone message, and then was torn apart in the speeding train. Yumi has discovered the inevitability of this strange thing. When he talked about this strange thing with Yanyi, Yanyi didn't believe it, but his expression showed that he was very scared. By the elevator, Yanichi was pulled into the elevator passage by a ghost and fell to his death on the ground floor. The time is not bad, and even the last words of the deceased are the same as those in the telephone message. The next object is Natsumi. Natsumi knew that she was inevitable, but the extreme fear of death made her unknowingly seek help from others (TV station staff and the mage in the dojo), right in front of the TV screen, at the scene where the mage was casting spells, Natsumi The body was torn by the female ghost. Yumi is right by, and the mountain is right by. The TV screen is staring at this scene, and there is no way to rescue it. Only watching Natsumi get dismembered. All people are helpless at this moment. ("The Grudge" and "Midnight Ring" reflect the helplessness of one or two people, while this film reflects the fact that people unite and it is the same to no avail.) This kind of total despair is extremely spiritual. Of depression. In the end, it was Yumi. Yumi escaped from the old hospital and finally escaped from the devastation of the female ghost Marie Mizunuma, and was forgiven. And the time has passed the death time indicated by the mobile phone. She and Yamashita sat safely next to the police. It seemed that everything was going to be quiet. Yumi took a comfortable bath at home and tidyed her hair after coming out. The mountain came down and knocked on the door, Yumi walked to the door, everything seemed normal. But Yamashita was repeating a voice. Yumi looked at the clock, and the time actually went backwards to the death time indicated by the phone. She was frightened and had to watch the people outside through the doorway she was most afraid of. Sure enough, it was a beaten female ghost. Yumi died at the appointed time. This is actually the sense of fate that cannot escape in the hearts of the Japanese-what should come cannot escape.
I personally think that the more terrifying plot is that Yumi ran into a deserted hospital alone. This also reminds me of the difficult part of the Japanese movie plot, why the protagonist in it has to go into a dangerous environment when he is particularly scared. In fact, sometimes it is reasonable to think about it. For horror movies, I cover my eyes in fear, but I still need a glimpse. Yumi heard the voice of the mountain that she knew best and was most worthy of relying on from the hospital. She entered with a little suspicion. After entering, the ringtones of the mobile phone under the mountain continued to guide Yumi to unknown places. I think the scariest place is here. I keep uncovering these obstructions, and the things behind are always stimulating my nerves. Because I knew it was a ghost calling her, I wanted to stop her and let her escape from this environment quickly. But Yumi still walked forward, walked forward, until the female ghost walked by her side. In fact, when ghosts do appear, I am not afraid anymore. What I fear is those unknown horrors.
As for the delineation of the details in the film and the rendering of the horror environment, they are all very successful. These details are reflected in "Midnight Bell" and "The Grudge".
I finished watching this movie last night. It's half past one. I have no choice but to go to the bathroom. There is a bedroom from my room to the sanitation. I used to leave my room open and just turn on the light in the bathroom. I turned on the light in the bedroom last night, trying to keep the room without darkness. Really scared, eyes staring at me in a dark place. And after the solution, immediately drill into the room. As if someone was following me behind.
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