Klein is an ordinary rookie police officer who treats work according to his own standards. In the 18th century in New York, this attitude was ridiculed by other police officers, and was sent to Duantou Valley to handle the recent successive homicide and decapitation cases... The
plot ends here, and the whole movie is panic. The atmosphere of horror was very successful. Everyone was afraid of the legendary headless knight with a murderous breath and sinful crimes driving his horse and wielding a great sword galloping to take down his head. The lines of the characters appearing in black and white and their distinct tones are clear, the effect of the horror film is aggravated, and the tone of the whole film is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The effect of ordinary black-and-white mapping can better reflect the complex hearts of people, spreading out the hearts of fear, suspicion, and profiteering, and showing us a diversified world.
Like Tim Burton's other films, he also makes extensive use of fairy tales and even some legendary colors in this film: witches, sacred rituals, legendary knights, and mysterious spell patterns. The whole story is tightly wrapped, with some memories of the protagonist’s childhood interspersed with the experience of the protagonist, which constantly intersects with the present experience, which is also a kind of spiritual hint, creating a feeling of anxiety and anxiety that the audience is getting closer and closer to the truth.
Although the headless horseman is just a tool for killing people after the final mystery is revealed, it makes people feel unsatisfactory, but it does not affect its excitement. The stepmother tells us that benefits will always kill people. Sound and image, light and shadow, in terms of style, "Guillotine Valley" can be regarded as a work of Tim Burton and a very personal style, and the Headless Horseman can also make us remember him long enough.
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