A couple drove forward, and the husband worriedly said to his wife: "Look outside, it's going to rain." There was a loud noise, the car crashed, and the wife was thrown up and fell down like a tail of Qinghong. On the bed...
wake up.
Claire originally had a happy family, but unfortunately her husband was in a car accident on the day of childbirth, and Claire became a single mother. She has to serve the elderly in the nursing home during the day, and she has to deal with her energetic and active son at night. The burden of life made Claire out of breath, and she often dreamed of the scenes described at the beginning in her dreams. The death of her husband became a nightmare she did not want to face and could not escape.
By chance, Claire opened a book called "Babadou", which recorded a demon: Babadu. It will break into your nightmare and control your mind. Claire tried every means to stop Babadu, but felt that dangerous steps were approaching. Finally in a dark midnight, Claire, who was on the verge of collapse, was like a frightened rabbit, holding a sharp knife towards his son who was curled up in the corner.
The beginning of expressionism
This film is the debut work of female director Jennifer Kent and has a good reputation. Some people call it the "expressionist horror trilogy" together with the subsequent "It's Behind" (2015) and "The Witch" (2016). Expressionist horror films, as the name suggests, use surreal methods to express fear and render a gloomy and weird atmosphere. In this film, the appearance of ghosts is naturally surreal, but if "Babadou" is understood as Claire's demon, the plot is still reasonable and smooth. This technique can also explain the existence of ghosts in the other two movies. The true essence of expressionist horror films is to use fictional reality and non-existent supernatural phenomena to show the various difficulties in reality. Compared with mainland movies, the command of "no ghosts" is only the two routines of "madness" and "dreams".
The neighbor’s words at the end tell the truth: "I know you feel bad every time you arrive." This day is both the son's birthday and the husband's sacrifice day, which is the day when "Babadu" appeared. Of course, "Babadou" can also be changed to another name, because it is the heroine's demons.
Powerless Feminist Cry
Another link that connects the above three films is feminism. Feminism can be regarded as a topic favored by film and television nowadays. For example, the five-member feminist declaration in "Mad Max: Fury Road": "We are not the things." Although it feels weird, it means that women should not be attached to men. Character, to be independent (economic independence and personality independence), to be free (physical freedom and spiritual freedom). And in "Ice Blood
Page in the second season of "The Violence" is also a representative of feminism, although many viewers prefer to call her "dead girl" (this drama is a typical rightist conservative value, and it is normal for women's rights to be unwelcome). Claire faces the three mountains of workplace pressure, life pressure, and emotional depression. "Babadou" is essentially the distorted external manifestation of Claire's extreme desire for freedom. The closer she is to "Babadou" , The closer you are to freedom. If the heroine really quits her job and kills her son, the film deserves to sit on the top spot of "feminism". As the saying goes, "Work is valuable, children are more expensive, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away." Although this is pleasant, it is not helpful in solving practical problems. The design of the film is that Claire locks "Babadou" into the basement, and the two sides reach a temporary settlement.
At the end of the film, Claire finally cleans up her messy hair and spends his birthday with her son. When you feel very tired, learn to let yourself go, learn to confide in others, this is the best advice the film gives to everyone. After night, it may not be dawn, but it may also be dusk. But one day, the nightmare will wake up and the sun will rise.
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