I
chatted with Lao Zhang a few days ago, and he said that he was very busy with work and there was no weekend at all. I persuaded him to consider a change, and then step into our constant rhythm for thousands of years, chatting about books and movies. He said that he would recommend three American dramas to me this year: "Blood Maze 2", "Ghost Man" and "Drug Lord".
I have recommended "Drug Lord" to everyone in previous articles, and reading Marquez after reading it is probably a miraculous effect. "Blood Labyrinth" will be released first. I am going to chase "Ghosts and People". There have been 4 movies before this show. I also watched them again, because I really miss the days when I played cult movies with Lao Zhang.
So this week I will read and write the "Ghosts" series of movies for everyone, of course, mainly the first three, because the director is still Sam Remy.
The name may be unfamiliar, but you should have seen Toby Maguire’s version of Spider-Man (The Little Green Devils is James Franco), and the director is the same person. Don't be too surprised why the director of a commercial blockbuster filmed these low-cost cult films with fei (chang) and jing (dian).
For example, the director you are more familiar with-Peter Jackson filmed "The Dead in the World" in the early days. Its unlimited show of blood, blood spray, and the evil taste of the full screen will definitely make you amazed.
Back to
the demon summoned in "Ghosts" , kneeling to finish the
story. The story takes place in a hut in the wilderness. Five friends drove into the mountains to travel. At dinner in the evening, the door to the basement of the cabin opened, and Scott and Ash found the items left by the owner of the cabin in the basement: phonograph, gun, books, and some utensils decorated with skulls. Everyone sat around, turned on the phonograph and learned about the demons of the ancient seal, but accidentally summoned the demons.
Next, use your brain power that you have never seen in a horror movie to guess the setting direction of the story: the devil you have summoned will have to be played when you kneel. The classic feature of the film is that in many later horror films, you can see similar plots: a group of friends enters a barren mountain, lives in an old house, a friend is possessed, kills a friend, kills a demon, and silly white sweet finally becomes capable. By. Facts have proved that those who love to read are not bad luck. Only Ash read that ugly cover of the ancient book, and in the end, no matter how caught or scratched, he was spared.
In the film, the person who eventually became the capable person and dominated the three parts is Ash, the young man with big eyebrows and big eyes. I must be struggling in my heart. I took my girlfriend on an outing, finished the meal, gave the necklace, and succeeded in a shot. I didn’t expect to become a female ghost, causing my girlfriend to be buried alive. The axe chopped off his head in the air, and came up with a horse stepping on a flying swallow, and finally his face was nourished by the blood plasma.
Even horror movies are single and full of maliciousness
. Cheryl bears the brunt of the five people, because the demon wind comes from the woods and forcibly opens the windows and forces her to draw a grimace on the paper. So she went out in her pajamas and howled against a dark wood, "Come out, I know someone!" The effect of this howling is exactly the same as that of the spring, because the devil is possessed on the branches, and uses the branches and wickers to live extremely lustfully. She ripped off Cheryl's pajamas layer by layer, a battle between people and trees.
Cheryl tried to break free and returned to the cabin, naturally unable to convince the two couples of this strange thing. It only requires driving back to the town, but the wooden bridge on the return journey has also been destroyed, and the predicament has been set. Do you know why Cheryl was the first to get fucked? Because she is single. Until she was finally headshot by Ash, she was the ugliest one even when she became a ghost... The
low-cost unique fun is
worth mentioning that the filming cost of the film is very low. Because Sam Remy was only 22 years old when he directed this film, he was very talented, but he was not well-known and his funds were limited. Except for the accident of entering the mountain, the rest was shot inside and outside the hut, and the natural props and equipment were extremely simple. When you first saw the hut in the movie, you even felt sorry for the actors and the mess. After the devil possessed and was dismembered, in addition to spewing fake plasma, he could actually still milk and spray green soup. At the back, Ash burned the ancient book, and the ghosts eroded. The scene is a living animal world eroded, which is extremely horrible and interesting. Of course, you can also think of it as a copycat scene in "Ace Agent" where everyone sprays fireworks.
In fact, these crude effects caused by funds are very interesting today. It even directly affected the exaggerated acting skills of the actors. Those exaggerated screams, excessive expressions and rigid body reflections actually revealed that the shooting and acting were immature. The props and crappy makeup techniques that make people play at all times are also unique. Looking at it today, most of the fear points have become laughter. But at the time, Remy's lens application, dubbing and atmosphere creation were indeed very attentive.
What are the ghosts who love to play with people?
Actually, these ghosts are quite funny. After reading them, you will know that they are funny, horny, weak, and afraid of pain when they fight. Not only like to molest her single dog Cheryl, but she also likes to spy on Ash and Linda. The key is that when Scott inserted a sword from Cheryl who was possessed, the demon screamed at the camera alive for 30 seconds, which was too shameful.
The
only love segment in Remy's love lens language film is the close-up of the two people's eyes when Ash gives Shirley a necklace. I haven’t seen this usage in other horror films, because nobody like Remy deliberately shoots the eyes of two people for such a love scene. Traditionally, it’s a bit superfluous. You can see that at that time, Remy was different Some thoughts from other directors. However, I have seen the impressive eye close-ups in domestic films, such as "A Journey to the West" and "Unparalleled Under Heaven".
Ash finally lasted till dawn, but... the director wanted to make the second part, so he couldn't leave yet.
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. Fox posted on the WeChat public account of "The Great Mr. Fox" (ID: tchengzhong)
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