For most viewers who like to watch horror movies, entertainment is a very important function. Therefore, the degree of horror has become a yardstick for many people to measure the excitement of horror movies. Based on this, horror movies have always been on the edge of the comparative movie market. Location.
Every year there will be several popular works on the film market. Movies like "The Cabin in the Woods", "The Dark Side", and "Orphans" that make many ingenuity in suspense, horror, and plot will naturally be welcomed by the audience. Favor. However, not all alternative movies are good, and works that focus too much on formality and bloody violence will still not be recognized by the market.
Back then, "Blair the Witch" became the most concerned work of the year with the characteristics of a pseudo-documentary. Since then, similar works have emerged in endlessly, but excellent ones are rare. Most horror films of other styles or creativity have the same ending. As these horror films of different styles and types continue to emerge, the audience's appreciating demand for horror films is gradually changing. Simple and scary films are gradually withdrawing from the market. Some films that focus on social issues and are valued in their connotations are gradually showing their advantages.
In 2013, a work published by Chinese director Wen Ziren called "Calling the Soul" was well received by many audiences. The biggest highlight of the film is clearly visible: it no longer pursues formal stylization, nor does it add unconventional elements to the plot, but makes the most extreme collage of classic works by horror fans.
Like some pseudo-documentaries, "The Call of the Soul" claims to be adapted from a real story, and the shadows of "Exorcist" and "Ghost Exorcist" can be seen everywhere in the plot. These two very classic works have a great inspiration for the future development of horror films. However, the director did not talk about religion and demons as much as "Exorcist", nor did he give a lot of attention to demons like "Ghost Exorcist." From a purely critical perspective. With the exorcism couple's act of finding the truth about the devil, the exorcism and being possessed are cleverly combined.
This effect can be achieved thanks to the rigor of the film's narrative. The narrative of this work is based on soliciting the plots of classic works, taking the retro route. Many plots and even horror points did not escape the audience's foresight, and the director and screenwriter did not deliberately avoid this problem. Although "foresight" will reduce the degree of horror of the film, the explosive power of the horror point will be weakened to a large extent. But the plump plot is still enough to hold the whole movie's viewability.
I believe most horror film fans will still have an impression of the 2007 Spanish horror film "Orphanage". The great maternal love has added a lot to the film. The greatness of maternal love in "Calling the Souls" is well passed down, and the film is pushed to the peak of emotional explosion when it is about to end.
The plot is exquisitely arranged and emotionally padded, and the performance of the actors is also very important. The heroine of the film, Vera Famija, is a genius, and has a rich experience in horror films; the actor Parkrick Wilson is also a good actor praised by many fans, and he also has his own in the interpretation of horror films. Unique understanding. With the blessing of good actors, the viewability of the film will naturally increase.
However, this does not mean that the film will definitely be recognized by all audiences. At present, the male audience of horror movies is lower than the female audience, and the main audience is also concentrated in the level of under 35 years old. As for the method of taking classic movies, young audiences rarely have the foundation of classic movies. Even if they have watched it, they may not enjoy the same perspective as those of a relatively old age. It is difficult to find nostalgia or sympathy in the film. The style of horror films in the 1970s is very different from the aesthetics of today's horror films. Some of the bright spots that were new in the past are now used boringly. Therefore, watching this movie with the mentality of being "scared" is likely to fall into the feeling of "boring".
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