Japan's grudge, American Chainsaw Horror (previously recommended breast enhancement zombies, etc.), China's. . Ok. Chinese horror movies are not scary, but China still has representative works, such as zombies. I have seen these Feiyan editors. As far as horror is concerned, due to the different countries, it can be said that there are very different types of horror, but today I will recommend to you "The Storm" American/2018/Terror This movie can be said to be another style in the horror world. The feeling after watching it is, it is really too! fear! terror! It even feels like a human being:
what are you asking for? die. Yeah... a horrible feeling that makes me wish the movie was over soon.
It tells the story of Susie, an American girl who came to a long-established ballet academy in Germany for further studies, but encountered a series of mysterious incidents in the school, and female students were brutally murdered one after another... After searching, Susie found out that the school was originally It is the base camp of a group of witches, and I will be the next victim!
In the end, Susie killed the Black Witch and escaped from the magic cave.
The performances of the two actresses Dakota Johnson and Tida Swindon should be enough to hold up the two highlights of the movie "The Storm". Feel the powerful energy created by the characters, as well as the chilling aura and the oppressive atmosphere of the wind.
The expression technique of "The Storm" gives people an indescribable sense of mystery: the audience of severe horror movies may be deeply impressed by the blood-washed scenes, shudder at the body horror scenes, and feel uncomfortable with the special makeup in the film. Uneasy; it may not be possible for the average audience to immediately express how they feel after watching the movie.
But as far as the connotation of the movie itself is concerned, "The Storm" can be said to be a work with strong recoil, which makes people think continuously after watching the movie and retain the aftertaste.
It has a surreal feeling like a dream, each picture is so real, but it is confusing when connected in series. "Gloomy Wind" is not a thriller film that simply pursues torture and entertainment. Instead, it uses a large number of metaphorical elements to describe the inferiority of the evil side of human nature and the process of people's gradual obsession with something.
To put it simply, it took more than two hours to tell you a story about the birth of an inner demon.
However, if you want to describe "Gloomy Wind" as a movie about the ugly side of human nature, it is not entirely true; what makes me curious is that the film is constantly interspersed with the Lufthansa hijacking in 1977, as a metaphor for the Iron Curtain of East and West Germany. In the era, the creepy atmosphere where people are suspicious and people are oppressed by authority is an image element that arouses my curiosity.
With the role of a psychiatrist played by Tida Swinton, it implies that the Germans who spanned the Cold War era of World War II, were oppressed under the regime of white terror, how to survive in the slit, and witnessed the side story of the birth of the devil in this dance academy ; all again illustrate the film's ambition to hide political issues.
It reminds me of "Possession" (Possession) created by Polish film master Andrei Zolaski in 1981: also set in Berlin under the division of East and West Germany as the background, through a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, the wife is gradually robbed The process of demon manipulation and her husband's mental exhaustion describes the evil lurking in the dark place of the human heart, and the so-called "devil" gradually spreads and thrives in the oppressive atmosphere.
The original work of "The Storm", "Fitness", was created in the 1977's, and East and West Germany was also under the Iron Curtain. With the packaging of horror and horror, it can really smell a hint of satire on the political reality. smell.
And "The Storm" is a horror film by Lucag Dagonino after "Call Me by Your Name", a remake of a classic cult movie, which is enough to see the film master's passion for images. Sharpness, the ability to dissect a story, and the precision with which to describe the human heart.
I like the story, through Dakota Johnson's Susie, the concentration on the study of dance is gradually transformed into an obsession, immersed in it and unable to extricate itself; I also like Guadagnino's management of image, color and movement The ingenuity on the mirror; but I really can't stand the film's too broken and unbearable editing and narration; overall, there are things that amaze me, but also places that leave me at a loss.
We can see such a slow and leisurely pace in "Call Me by Your Name", describing how the two male protagonists meet, meet and bond, and make the audience feel the pain and joy that must be experienced in the process of growing up.
But in "The Storm", it seems to be a one-way road to hell and can't turn back, constantly arousing your curiosity and slowly sinking into the abyss called evil. In other words, instead of providing two-way communication inside and outside the screen like "Call Me By Your Name", "Squirrels" is a very violent way of stuffing terrifying feelings into the audience's heads, whether they like it or not. do not like.
The budding of the evil heart, perhaps this is the case. In fact, it has always existed in the depths of the heart, waiting for the catalysis of the so-called mother of "sighs", "darkness" and "tears". The arrangement of female characters, witnessed by the male gaze of the psychiatrist, also seems to represent the atmosphere of the era when women were forced and feminist consciousness was not yet enlightened, an outlet eager to counterattack.
The way of the total metaphor requires the audience to concentrate on thinking and feel the meaning behind the plot.
The power relationship between Mrs. White and Susie, as well as Tida Swindon and Dakota Johnson, has changed quite wonderfully in this film, but it is not as obvious as we have seen in the movies about political issues in the past. On the contrary, the process of mutual influence and power ebb and flow under the table is the feeling that "The Storm" wants to shape.
And the foreshadowing at the end of the film, the ritual bridge shows the alternation of the old and the new generations, but it also seems to allude to the remnants of the old generation, as if the wildfire cannot burn out, and the spring breeze is just waiting for an opportunity. When we discuss the negative effects of human nature, and describe the birth of the evil god in such a subtle way, the power transfer between the characters is precisely through the embodied evil god, which expresses the concept of "evil" and conveys the unpredictable nature of the human heart. horrible.
As a horror movie, "The Storm" can be said to be a very special work: it has the wonderful performance of the actors, as well as rich and diverse elements, and at the same time, with a tone full of black and fantasy, It alludes to the political persecution under the Iron Curtain of the Cold War and the power struggle of human suspicion. Each element is amazing, but all connected in a blunt and unbearable way.
It is not a horror movie with high entertainment, but a work that needs to slowly adapt, prepare psychologically, and feel the atmosphere of the image;
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As for viewers who are afraid of blood and cannot accept physical terror, I advise you to think carefully, and come back after training your heart stronger!
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