The West advocates another source of fear, which is more mysterious and illusory. The religious meaning is embedded in it, that is, the devil. In Hollywood horror films, apart from blood-spattering murderous movies, the most attractive subject is exorcism. Director William Friedkin's movie "The Exorcist" created in 1973 has always been regarded as a Hollywood epic horror film. After that, many exorcism works are trying to break through the frame set by this movie. To some extent, the movie "Call of Souls" released this summer is definitely a tribute to "The Exorcist." Unlike most modern exorcism movies, it gives up using more weird special effects or bloody violent scenes to render the terrible devil. The emergence of spiritual events and the appearance of horror witches complement each other, and what remains to be relied on is every The audience’s own fear perception is gone.
The story of "Calling the Souls" is actually not unfamiliar. It is roughly the same as the "Ghosting" haunted house series on the "Exploration" program. It tells the mysterious events that a family experienced after moving into a country house. Anyone who invades her land and traps their souls endangers the world. The hostess of the cottage was overwhelmed, so she invited an exorcist to exorcise the villa and save her family. The legend of the demon doll Annabel, which was specially added at the beginning, serves as an auxiliary to illustrate the terrible existence of the devil. The horrible possession doll Annabel reminds many people of the once acclaimed horror film "Dead Silence". The doll's weird smile fits the gloomy feeling of the movie itself and has become another major selling point of the movie.
As far as the story of "The Soul" is concerned, the final exorcism has been reduced, and the director's shots are more focused on showing the family being disturbed by the devil's control like puppets. Although the foreshadowing is somewhat lengthy, it is fortunate that there are no adults who are clever and deaf to weird events, and there are no startled intimidating and embarrassing people to scare people, so the rhythm of the movie "The Call of the Souls" is therefore It is relatively compact and successfully restores the narrative structure of the traditional haunted house exorcism film.
For the audience who are looking forward to a horrible exorcism feast, the humanistic "possessed infighting" at the end of "Calling the Souls" makes the climax of the whole movie, that is, the most important part of the exorcism somewhat top-heavy. Although the director has always been laying out the importance of family and affection, the "human-devil heart battle" at the end will still make people feel abruptly unsmooth. In my opinion, the part that can really bring fear, including the use of the demon doll Annabel, the demise of the witch itself has been taken away. In general, this is an exorcism movie suitable for the faint-hearted. It is horrible but not terrifying. If you want to enjoy the feeling of heartbeat this summer, in addition to being in love, it is also good to watch "Call of Souls".
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