Even though horror films have more than half of the world’s moviegoers, and even though various types of horror films are piled up every year, it is rare for them to leave good quality and good reputation among the vast sea of horror films. Especially after seeing the domestically produced horror films that are accustomed to the mystery, the South Sea horror films with the lowering of the head, the Japanese and South Korean horror films with a shocking sound effect, and the European and American zombie films that beat the zombie blood into a river, I look forward to returning to the tradition. A winning horror movie. That's right, "Latent 2" is a good example of a sequel.
Traditional scary methods.
If you want to see all kinds of stumps and perverted ways of death in James Wynn’s movies, you have come to the wrong place. Relatively speaking, James Wynne is a more traditional and well-regulated director, so in his In the movie, you can see the grimace behind the mirror, the closet or the basement, the silhouette of the window sill or the door, etc. everywhere. Even though scary tactics have long been a common genre in horror movies, after his integration, they have become new. The subjective perspective of the push lens is gradually broken with the strange soundtrack that gradually enlarges, and the use of the wide-angle lens is immersive, which enlarges the horror atmosphere infinitely. "Latent 2" continues the depressive feeling of James Wynn’s enclosed space. More than 90% of the scenes are done indoors, but this time a more gloomy and gloomy hospital scene is added, in which the scene of the bride standing can not help but remind people of it. Silent Hill classic scene of running into a nurse. There are also horror symbols that belong to James Wynn in the film. For example, the evil and gothic old woman in the photo is exactly the same as Mary Xiao in "Dead Silence". Trojan horses and dolls are similar to "Dead Silence". His puppets, the Annabel dolls in "Calling the Souls" are the same. In addition, wardrobes, basements, etc. are all commonly used classic places. Whether it's the slightly clichéd psychic in the first part, or the unsurprising disc fairy sieve in the second part, the director takes us back to the traditional horror film through this series of old tricks.
The plot opens the way, mother's love keeps sailing
If Latent 1 is to set up a mystery, then the second part is completely solving a mystery. "Latent 2" continues the plot of the front part, and solves the problems left over from the front end of the film, that is, the cause of Alice's death and the question of whether Josh came back. In the second part, the director uses a two-line narrative. On the one hand, Josh's family continues to be disturbed by strange events, and on the other hand, Josh's mother explores the root cause. Unlike the first part where the strange things are placed in the evil spirits, the second part directly points the source of evil to the male host josh, and this is the scene where his mother enters the hospital with an adventurous pair to search for secrets. The director made the enclosed space fluid, not only interspersed with Josh’s childhood clips, but also joined the memories of Josh’s mother in the hospital. What is more amazing is that the director allows time and space to shuttle back and forth to the real world, the soul world and the childhood world. between.
The new film "Calling the Souls" at the beginning of the year has a great maternal love ending. Also in "Latent 2", the director also showed us three mother roles. One is Josh's mother, who not only asks old friends for help to save her son, but also goes deep into the dark and terrifying hospital; the other is Josh's wife, Lamber, who has tried her best to protect the child despite a lot of torture and fright. The third is Parker's. The mother was cruel, turned her son into a daughter because of her own preferences, and brutally killed fifteen lives and severely imprisoned their souls. It can be seen that mothers play a terrible role in the growth of a person, but in fact they are still emphasizing Lao Wen's consistent theme of maternal love.
The details are proper, the front and rear are closely connected, and the mirror is brilliant. Although the second part is not as blockbuster as the first one, it can also be said to be a crested leopard tail. Obviously, from the ending point of view, Alice may be the protagonist of this series, as the exorcist of the underworld, and continue to wipe out the evil spirits lurking in other families.
"Chain Saw", "Dead Silence", "Latent", "Call of Souls"... Gradually established James Wen's horror dominance. It seems that the film directed by him has quality assurance, and we have more of this director. expect.
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