Horror movies, as a powerful tool to grab the box office, are also sought after in China. Horror movies of various themes emerge in an endless stream, but there is one form of horror movie shooting that has not become popular in China, and that is pseudo-documentary. Although pseudo-documentaries and documentaries have similarities to a certain extent, they are still different in nature. After all, the scenes and events shot in documentaries are real, and most of them have the function of popular science or publicity. The shots are all fake. Compared with the single form of domestic horror films, pseudo-documentaries shine brightly in the West.
"Ghost Records", "Darof Incident", "Supernatural Beings", "Chernobyl Diaries", "Frankenstein's Army", "Video No. 407", "Blackwater Vampire"...all in the form of pseudo-documentary Horror movies make the audience willingly take out their wallets again and again. In this regard, the inexplicable sense of immersive reality of the pseudo-documentary really cannot be achieved by a third-person perspective.
If we want to talk about horror films in the form of pseudo-documentaries, we have to mention a Spanish horror film "Death Video" in 2007. I've seen a lot of fake documentaries, and if it really says that the word "horror" is deduced to the core, "Death Video" must be regarded as famous.
This is an ordinary interview, but it has an unspeakable secret. There is a strange virus hidden in a residential building, and the horror like a biochemical crisis shrouded the whole building. Witnessing the people around her turn into monsters that drink blood, the female reporter, who is helpless, is inexplicably killed in the final despair. creature dragged into darkness. The story of "Death Video" can be said to belong to a fairly common category of horror films. Similar to the movies "Resident Evil" and "The Walking Dead", they are all zombies caused by viruses, but the pseudo-documentary mode of "Death Video" gives this film With its maverick style, this movie adds a bit of horror and adds a lot of points.
The success of "Death Video" gave directors Parker Plaza and Banagloo hope, so they struck while the iron was hot, and "Death Video 2" and "Death Video 3: Origins" appeared. The second part continued the world view of the first part and made bold innovations, and attributed the strange virus in the first part to the influence of demons, making a perfect biochemical horror film inexplicably more religious. The emergence of this point can be said to be a subversion of the first part. The combination of biochemistry and religion makes this rebellious second part appear nondescript. Fortunately, the breakthrough of the third part has restored the reputation of this series.
Perhaps, many people have seen such a video in the space or in the circle of friends. A man is surrounded by the army with his wife who has become a zombie infected by a virus. A frustrated husband chooses to kiss his wife and become a zombie together. , and finally died under the gun of the army. This tearful parting paragraph is from "Death Video 3: Origin" directed by Parker Plaza. The third installment of the "Death Video" series is a landmark step in the attempt to combine pseudo-documentary and normal shooting, and in this regard, the series cannot be forgotten.
There is a saying in China that wealth is only three generations, and there is also a saying that "the swamp of a gentleman will be cut for five generations", and the same principle is also reflected in this series. The success of the first three films was certainly the highlight of the series, but the subsequent release of "Death Video 4: Revelation" brought the series to an end. The fourth part, which lost Parker Plaza, was independently completed by Banaglu, which subverted the pseudo-documentary form of the first three parts, modified the reason for the emergence of the virus, and removed the original cast. This is the fourth part of the final chapter. Without a trace of proof of the continuation of the first three films, there are countless disappointed fans behind the ultra-low score.
Spaniards seem to love thriller movies, whether it is the sci-fi background "Time and Space Crime", the horror genre "28 Weeks" or the mentally ill "Dark Side", they can be regarded as excellent works in thrillers. And unlike the big stars, big scenes, and big productions of American movies, "Death Video" inherits the consistent style of the Spanish, with strong stimulation, small space, low cost, and limited funds to produce amazing pictures.
It can be said that the success of "Death Video" also has reference significance for domestic horror movies. Instead of racking their brains to cater to the low taste of some audiences, it is better to tell their own stories and make their own innovations. The addition of famous cars can only be a little decoration in the delicious food, and should not be the selling point of horror movies.
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