trembling, trembling

Evangeline 2022-03-23 09:02:19

The best of the split personality series. The rhythm of the whole movie is very tight, which makes people feel like they want to scold the heroine for being stupid and worry about her fate. Although the plot is simple, the scene is single, and there are no special skills, all kinds of coincidences It's just right, making the whole film full of horror. The really good part is when the heroine is revealed to be a shrewd person—usually the end of a movie like this is almost there—and in this movie, it's not over, the heroine is in the woods with a chainsaw. The frantic chasing and killing of his girlfriend on the Zhonghe Highway pushes the whole story to a climax. This scene not only echoes the fragmented title, but also makes the audience feel suddenly enlightened, which is really the finishing touch. To be honest, I wouldn't have given this movie such a high rating if it hadn't been for the last ten minutes.

Another reason is that the character settings of the movie are relatively unique. It is not uncommon for horror movies to have heroines, but the heroine of this movie is a lace edge. Her beloved girlfriend is bisexual, and it is explained at the beginning of the movie that her girlfriend has been chatting with her about her affair with another man - it is this reason that makes the heroine murderous and bloody Dafa, actually killed his girlfriend's family. When the heroine is docile and kind, she is a capable, vigorous, silent and gentle woman; when possessed by a demon, she is a huge, murderous middle-aged strange uncle. In the first half of the movie, the heroine plays hide-and-seek with the middle-aged strange uncle. In fact, the girlfriend and the heroine are playing hide and seek. In the last scene of the chainsaw chase, the heroine becomes the middle-aged strange uncle. When he was kissing his girlfriend, he was back again - an interesting change.

The downside of the movie is that it is too bloody. Even a veteran horror movie fan like myself felt numb in the scalp and was incapable of accepting some gory scenes. So despite giving such a high score, I will definitely not watch it a second time.

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High Tension quotes

  • Le tueur: [in French; subtitled] You can't escape from me, bitch!

  • [repeated line]

    Marie: I won't let anyone come between us any more.