Rating: 7 Keywords: "The Grudge" is definitely not the best horror film, but it is the most terrifying horror film ; --Why is "The Grudge" so terrifying? --Analysis of the first part of the "The Grudge" series of films: referring to the original story of the novel, and then through detailed analysis of the structural design of the series of films, we tried to find the reason why the "The Grudge" series was a sensation in film history . Then, using "The Grudge" as the starting point, explore the characteristics of the horror film as a special genre of the movie story. Remarks: Deciphering terror is like deciphering pornography. In the final analysis, it is interpreting human nature-this conclusion is only valid for Japanese-style horror; Note: Complaint-a deep enmity from the dead, and his curse is gathered in the place where he died. People who touch this resentment will be cursed to death, which will cause the next enmity and curse, which will repeat itself. Movie list: "The Grudge 1" videotape version, Takashi Shimizu, 70 minutes, 2000, Japan, also known as: "Girl without a Chin" (Orange) Keywords: Xiaobai, Kayako; Note-this film is " The first part of the "The Grudge" series, although not the most complete horror in the series, has completed the basic construction of the characters and the story epic. In other words, the audience’s original impression of the "Grudge" is basically From this film. For example, Kayako, the king of the grievances, and Xiaobai, the ultimate horror of children, are the first to appear on the screen in this film.
Vertically, the originality and horror of these two characters have reached their peak. In addition, it should be noted that the more well-known Sadako was the creation of "Midnight Sorrow", not from the "curse", many people confuse it. Moreover, in terms of horror index and character fullness, Kayako's portrait is far fuller than Sadako. 1. Brief comment;
To a certain extent, "The Grudge" defines the horror theme within the scope of the movie. The audience can intuitively feel the culmination of "curse" in horror design, but what really matters is the profound philosophy of horror created by "curse" based on a very high insight into human nature. Comparing Thailand, where the creation of terror is equally strong, and China, where the "horror theme" was once hot, we find that Japanese-style terror has the highest degree of respect for "phobia".
The most obvious difference is that Thai-style horror tends to deconstruct human minds in Buddhism—suspicion produces evil spirits, while Chinese-style horrors focus on social care for people’s sentiments—liouzhai, while Japanese-style horror directly restores the pure horror element of human nature—human fears. What? Why are you afraid of it? To put it bluntly, the horror in Japanese horror is not a tool of expression in any human form. Horror stories are based on terror, not politics, religion, or culture. It is strange that the pornographic and horror themes with the highest sensory sensitivity are the most humanly authentic Japanese creations.
In the final analysis, the subject of horror only solves one problem. There is no fearless life. What are we afraid of? Is it unknown? Is it death? Is it lonely? Undoubtedly, fear is a more complex human nature than other modalities— again, the above remarks are only valid for Japanese-style terror, because only Japanese-style terror can interpret terror from a human perspective. 2. The plot structure;
It's a good summary. After reading it, I was scared to death, but I didn't understand the plot at all.
The film is indeed set at the beginning, horrible for the sake of horror. There is no problem with this setting, because in the horror theme, horror is far more important than the story.
In addition to a mind to create horror, the film also designed an extremely obscure/complex structure, which, to put it bluntly, is chaos. It looks like deliberately not letting the audience understand. This is also a kind of terrifying logic. It is terrible if you want to understand but can't understand.
Specifically, the 6-segment narrative + flashback narrative method, the first time you watch it, it is difficult to understand the plot. (I have read the novel, it is very helpful to understand the plot, but the film adaptation is not small, and there are also deliberately deliberately mysterious situations.) According to the structure of the original work, sort out the plot on one side, the details are as follows. Opening: An aunt is buying vegetables and passing by a house-the haunted house later, she has a sense of horror and leaves in a hurry. The first paragraph Toshio (Xiao Bai)-the core character appears; Kobayashi Shunsuke is an elementary school teacher. There is a bear kid named Xiao Bai in his class who has not attended class for many days.
On this day, he took the time to visit Xiaobai's house and saw a depressed Xiaobai and a dead cat named Xiaoma. White bear children called Saeki Toshio - terrorist limit children; his father called Zuo Bo Gangxiong , my mother called gamma coconut - the king of Grudge.
Xiaobai and his mother perfectly contracted all the orgasms of "The Grudge". Shunsuke Kobayashi 's wife is Manami Kobayashi , who will appear later; the second paragraph Yuki --- Murakami Kanana's cousin and counselor Two years later, the Murakami family moved to the original house where Saiki's family lived - the center of the grievance , Curse the room.
The Murakami family has four family members, Yuki, Murakami Kanana, Murakami Kanana's younger brother, and Murakami Kanana's mother . Murakami Kanana's father did not show up.
Yuki is Kanana's cousin and tutor. On this day, after Yuki helped Gancai to teach her homework, Gancai ran to school to feed the rabbits. Yuki was hidden in the attic of the flour ghost KO. All the female ghosts in "The Grudge" have a flourish face, and we all call them flourish ghosts. In this paragraph, the flour face is just shaken, plus the resolution of the AV quality, so it is more difficult to tell who the flour face in this paragraph is.
After watching the entire series and adding the plot, it is confirmed that it is Jia coconut . Third paragraph Mizuho Mizuho is orange vegetables brother's girlfriend.
Ruihui went to school to find brother Gancai, but didn't find it.
(Grancai no longer knows which female ghost KO was killed, the whole process has been deleted, it is said to be quite interesting, I did not find it).
When Ruihui stayed in the counselor's room alone while waiting for Brother Kansai, she was caught by Xiongzi Xiaobai KO. Children just like to run around, so fucking coconuts just stay in the attic and don't go anywhere. Orange vegetables fourth paragraph , when the paragraph beginning, has been KO orange vegetables, orange vegetables in this paragraph KO ghost of her mother.
(Orange vegetables and classmates to time to feed the rabbit, a ghost flour KO of both of them, but the whole is cut very easy to find, no highlights.) In the fifth paragraph gamma coconut protagonist is always the last played; gamma coconut start in the movie When he was a flour ghost, he was dead.
In this paragraph, she KO her own male god Lin teacher (Kobayashi Shunsuke in the first paragraph). At this time, Teacher Lin learned that Jia Yuzhi had a crazily crush on herself before. It was Kayako’s secret love that caused the crazy jealousy and revenge of her husband Saeki Takeo. He first killed his wife Jia Yezi, then killed Teacher Lin's wife, and also dissected the child in the belly of Teacher Lin's wife. Saeki Takeo's series of cruel revenge gave birth to the initial "curse." Sixth paragraph Kyoko no previous contact Kyoko between the characters, is the role of the witch and the like, because she is the only one that can calmly and flour, as the ghost of the man, but she seems to have a way to deal with the ghost of flour . 3. The story; it still looks messy, even though we have sorted out the segmented structure. So, putting aside the flashbacks and interruptions in the film, the plot was rearranged according to the clues of time. The details are as follows: The Saeki family moved into a new house-the haunted house later, but there was no problem at that time.
The male protagonist Saeki Takao, the female protagonist Gaya Saeki , and the bear child Toshio Saeki -Xiao Bai.
By chance, Saeki Takao saw a diary of his wife Kayako, which later became the strongest carrier of grievances , and found that his wife was obsessed with a college classmate named Kobayashi Shunsuke. Saeki Goxiong immediately became angry and attacked his wife Kayako and his son Toshio, as well as a black cat named Xiaoma in the family.
(My little horse has been wronged, who did my TM offend?)
Why even kill his own son Xiaobai? He believes that secret love is a bond, and Xiao Bai is the product of Kayako and Shunsuke Kobayashi's affair. Therefore, the wife wants to kill, and the son is a sinner and cannot stay. In fact, it doesn't exist at all. Kayako’s crazy crush, Shunsuke Kobayashi , a college classmate , became an elementary school teacher after graduation. It's a coincidence that Xiaobai is in his class. After Xiaobai was killed by his father, Shunsuke Kobayashi noticed that Xiaobai had not gone to class, so he visited Saeki Takeo's home. He didn't know that Jia Yu had a crush on him, and he didn't know that Jia Yu was Xiao Bai's mother. Back then, Teacher Lin, his wife, and Jia Yuzhi were all university classmates. Before going to visit Zuobo's home, Teacher Lin browsed through Xiaobai's school information, only then noticed that his mother was Jia Yuzhi. Teacher Lin felt very strange. This person seemed to know him, but he couldn't remember who it was.
(Kayako had a very serious mental illness since he was a child, and he never communicated with others. When he was studying, he also hid in a corner alone. Therefore, it is normal for Kobayashi to have no impression of his college classmates.)
Teacher Lin tried hard to think about the woman who took Xiaobai every day, only a vague image emerged in her mind: a woman with a dim silhouette and disheveled hair, with her own dark colors, holding Xiaobai’s hand and standing at the gate of the school. Say hello to yourself. In this case, you can only go to Xiaobai's house to have a look. What a responsible teacher. After Teacher Lin arrived at Zoeki's house, he only saw Xiaobai alone at home, and he was still injured all over (at this time, Xiaobai was already dead). He thought Xiaobai's parents were out shopping for groceries, so he waited until the evening until he saw Jia coconut, which had turned into a flour ghost hidden on the top floor. In panic, he tried to take Xiaobai away. At this time the phone downstairs rang.
(If you want me to say, it's such a life-and-death moment, what call are you answering! Teacher Lin just answered.)
The call was made by Saeki Takeo, saying that he had killed Teacher Lin's wife and cut out the child in his wife's belly and threw him to death.
Teacher Lin was in extreme pain and was KO by Jia Yu. Two years later, the Murakami family moved to the house where the Saiki family lived, and that house had become a haunted house.
The four members of the Murakami family, the younger brothers of Yuki, Gancai, and Gancai, and Gancai's mother, were successively accused by Kayako or her "curse" KO.
The story of "The Grudge" was unfolded by the Murakami family.
-There are a lot of missing details in the ending film, which are all supplemented by novels. Plot groove points: a. When Kobayashi was accused of KO, there were two flour ghosts in the movie. According to the story, there was only one flour ghost in the past, so who is the other flour ghost? Can ghosts give birth to ghosts? b. When Teacher Lin died, Xiao Bai was obviously KO, but why was Xiao Bai the face of a normal child? Didn’t you find that the flour ghost can change your face? Didn’t you find that the flour ghost needs to evolve? The interrogative part of the plot is purely entertainment; 4. The classic horror elements and the bridge (technical means): a, the king of the grievances. To play a ghost, you must be a female ghost or a child ghost . This film cleverly avoids any male ghost attempts.
Murakami’s father, Saeki Takeo, one did not show up at all, the other one should have been killed but was not killed. The impression of child ghosts does not even need to be conveyed through performances, just make-up is sufficient. The impression that Xiao Bai left on the audience can only be described as unforgettable. There is no doubt that he is a classic in the horror world, which can be called the limit of children's horror .
There are many classic children's images on the screen, such as Matilda (Natalie Portman) in "The Killer". Xiaobai's classic degree is not inferior to Matilda. But because of the limited subject matter, Xiaobai's public visibility is much lower. Kayako can say "I never want to see her again". Analyzing the makeup and image of ghosts in movies is a very interesting thing in itself, because the question it brings is very philosophical: why can flour face and smoky eyes achieve such an extreme horror effect? In other words, why are we afraid of the combination makeup of face powder + smoky eyes? The eyes are the window of the soul or the bridge of psychic? b. Female ghosts in the attic can only be called ghosts if they hide in the attic; those who jump around can only be called zombies; c, the sound is a powerful horror element. In addition to WWE, Jia Yu also has his own exclusive appearance music: intermittent rattling on the phone.
When Ruihui died, she heard the creak on the phone. This voice represented Kayako-the sign of terror is a sound, not an image. Regarding the nerve sensitivity of sound, we have thought and wrote many times. There is no doubt that the role of sound must not be ignored.
Hearing and vision are the only channels for the perception of horror;
If it is the channel of horror perception, it proves that hearing and vision are the channels of all modality and inspiration ; at the same time, in the sense of horror, hearing is far stronger than vision . Kayako’s success is partly attributable to her original and highly completed styling. Another reason that is easily overlooked is actually her appearance sound effects. It can even be said that it is the sound that shaped this character, her appearance music, and, easily overlooked, the best, terrifying sound effect editing in the history of "The Grudge".
d, Gaya coconut climbs the stairs; I understand the moments who have seen "The Grudge", no explanation is needed. The Haunted House Stairs is a special runway for Gaya Coconut. Others who dare to set foot in it will undoubtedly die. 5. Summary of story and narrative (the connection between horror and story); from the perspective of the plot framework, it is a cliché ghost story, which is a bad comment. The grievances are expressed only through modeling, and there is no basis for the story .
After being wronged by her husband, the cruelly killed Kayako has a grievance. It is a good thread in itself, but the movie does not give Kayako much room for expression. The creator left the main position to the haunted house.
As the middle three segments of the climax, there is no interpersonal causal connection with Kayako, which is so blunt. The plot logic is simpler. I bite you, you bite him, and he bites him again. The biting process does not need to distinguish between right and wrong. The reason is just that you have also lived in or you have been to this house. This arrangement makes the plot extremely simple.
The so-called "curse" is expressed as a zombie's endless appetite.
Compared to other story subjects, this is ironic. The most successful horror portrait in the history of horror film turned out to be just a model with its own sound effects , without any thinking-based story foundation.
Like eroticism, the human senses are so simple . Any adult will be scared like a child in front of his fear. I don't know if this fact proves the purity of terror or the naivety of human nature.
Finally, not paying attention to the horror of cause and effect, in fact, does not conform to the subconscious positioning of the Chinese people for ghost stories, but it is obvious that this does not affect the influence of the "curse" in China. In fact, "The Grudge" not only defines the subject of horror, it also disintegrates and reshapes the audience's expectation of horror. 6. The enlightenment of "the grudge";
Why are our innate senses afraid of the images of Jiayue and Xiaobai? The fear of Kayako is like some people are afraid of snakes or mice. It is a kind of intuitive perception . We know very well that this is just makeup, but reason cannot refuse this fear.
The biggest revelation of "The Grudge" is that terror never requires thinking.
Furthermore, appetite, love, fear, and anger are all instinctive reactions and have nothing to do with thinking. At least these four faculties do not have the potential and possibility to dig deeper in the expression of visually dominated movie stories.
Taking the theme of love as an example, all love movies can only be regarded as girls’ spring dreams. In this regard, Korean dramas have the most say, and all pornographic movies can only be regarded as the sexual obscenities of young men. This is the most representative of AV. They are not the explanation and solution of love, but just induced consumption in the movie market.
More importantly, if an emotional pattern does not take the path of thinking, it means that reason is insulated .
Take fear as an example. What should human beings use to face and solve the fear instinct?
In the case of inescapable escape, there is only one option of religion, which is also the choice of most adults .
So, when you don't change things, don't pretend about the superstitions of adults. It may be that you have not faced it alone, and fear from the unknown.
Back to the movie.
The film does not set up a story that needs to be thought at the beginning. The logic of the story is extremely simple, probably because the original creator has a considerable degree of understanding of the essential psychological attributes of human horror. Therefore, from the perspective of horror design, Gayako’s portrait and sound design are more important than her psychological profile .
The creator of "The Grudge" grasped the point from the beginning. This is the most successful place of "The Complaint", and it also makes the literary critics schizophrenic.
In front of the story, what critics like to say most is always the structure of the story, the height of the humanities, the intensity of emotion, the depth of thinking, and so on.
Unfortunately, these have nothing to do with "cursions"-its philosophy of horror is very simple, only a quack face.
The little-known Thai "Devil's Art" series is the best horror film in our country.
Its story, emotions are accurate, and logic is impeccable, but in terms of horror design, it is not the same as the "curse".
Horror stories, horror is important, or stories are important? The market chose terror. In this film, first, the coconut does not possess any evil abilities and energy, and the grudge is a virus at best;
Second, the story of this film does not have any terrifying logic and historical basis, there is no tension of thinking about extreme fear, and it does not even bring all the horror to the hearts of the people like many Thai movies ;
In the final analysis, we are only afraid of that face. In the end, why is that face terrifying? Since it is a fact to be afraid of that face, does it prove that in the human subconscious, in fact, he knows the appearance of the devil innately? 7. Both ears are the eyes of the night.
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