Some people say that domestic films are poor and that domestic films do not have real genre films. A few days ago, Ananda wrote an article about why there are no science fiction films in China. In fact, where is China? Have a real horror movie? And "Zhongxie", which will be released on Qingming Festival, seems to be better, but the forced reversal of its ending is really disappointing, although it has terrified a group of audiences abroad.
Some people call the director of "Zhongxie" Ma Kai "China's Wen Ziren", and regardless of whether this title is appropriate, let's talk about James Wen today.
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Ⅰ: The most successful horror film series - "The Saw"
The success of the "Saw" series is not only reflected in its box office sales, but also a horror film model has been discovered, and the The latter had far-reaching consequences. Although it is full of traditional horror films such as blood spraying, screaming, and sadism, some people attribute it to "brainless cool film", but the author believes that its excellence is not limited to "brainless cool". a sensory experience.
Wen Ziren called "The Chainsaw" a "psychological thriller", and in some interviews he also mentioned that a movie that had a deep influence on it was "The Shining". It can be seen that Wen Ziren is more keen on the control of the audience's psychological feelings.
Most of the locations of "Chainsaw" are secret rooms or "labyrinths". Dark rooms, video tapes and "killing organs" are the most typical labels of its series, and these elements have become horror and horror in Wen Ziren's hands. excellent conductor. Whether it's the cramped dark room or the creepy "killing mechanism", the film is strangling the audience's throat all the time. It seems that with a little force, the audience will suffocate along with the characters in the film.
The reason why this "suffocation" effect is achieved is more because of its soul character - "Jigsaw", who plays the "victim" and the police in the film with applause. He is a master of sadism, and more It is a psychopath, and the interlocking and elastic play design of the film makes this sensory stimulation evolve into a psychological adventure.
The film is constantly asking about the right and wrong in traditional morality. Those trapped are not innocents, but sinners, and they escaped the punishment of the law through some means or coincidence. The biggest behind-the-scenes gangster in the film, "Jigsaw", tries to play the role of a sanctioner. He tortures them with his own unique (brutal) means, and those who can withstand the test can get what he calls "new life". The losers are all dead. It is said that after the film was released, several audience members were scared to death, which is evident.
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Ⅱ: The new world that is about to open - "The Conjuring" series
"His request for the story is to scare himself first!"
Perhaps because of this, Wen Ziren added many of his childhood nightmares to his later creations . Especially the Conjuring series.
As Wen Ziren's new work, the "Conjuring" series has abandoned the common labels of B-level films such as sprayed plasma and chains in "Chainsaw", and replaced it with a more thrilling style. Its biggest feature is: ghost.
Most of the domestic ghost films are fake ghosts, no matter how evil they are. The reason for the evil must be attributed to people, and the people who "pretend to be ghosts" must finally correct their evil spirits, so that the theme reaches the "height" of the main theme movie. . It may be due to censorship, but the act of making a movie like this is a form of charade in itself.
The difference from the above scenario is that the ghost in The Conjuring is a real ghost. How real is it?
And this kind of operation?
The Conjuring is based on Andra Perron's True Story: House of Darkness and House of Light, which is based on true events. The tapes in the film actually exist in reality for 70 hours, and most of the inspiration for the script comes from it. The character prototype of the exorcist in the film, the Warren couple, husband Ed Warren died in 2006, while his wife Rowling is still alive, and has also visited the film crew.
This photo is the real "Annabelle", just cuter...
The creepy Annabelle in this series really exists and is really "blocked" in the Warrens' home.
Both of these two films revolve around the "exorcism" behavior of the exorcist Warren and his wife. You can watch the specific plot by yourself. After all, spoilers in horror films are a very immoral thing. I would like to talk about the story behind the film. .
The exorcist Warren and his wife once founded the New England Psychological Research Association, and this organization aims to solve some supernatural and anti-natural events. They use scientific means to investigate those haunted houses and record them, which are preserved to this day. . Among them, the Rhode Island haunting incident and the Enfield haunting incident were adapted into Wen Ziren's film "The Conjuring" 1 and 2, and the Annabelle incident was adapted into a movie of the same name.
It is the experience of the Warrens that provides a rich source of material for the series. "The Conjuring 3" is said to be about to be filmed, and a larger "Conjuring World" is being excavated, which can be called the new world of the Conjuring series.
Annabelle in the movie really eats lotus root...
If we talk about Wen Ziren, the most important thing to ignore is his commercial value:
"The Saw" costs 1.2 million, and the box office is 103 million (USD
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. The box office was 137 million
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Maybe it was Wen Ziren's strong ability to attract money that Universal would entrust him to direct "Fast and Furious 7". Facts have proved that this film has also achieved great commercial success. , and also let many Chinese audiences know the Chinese director.
However, it turns out that Wen Ziren still loves horror films, otherwise he would not refuse the opportunity to direct "Fast and Furious 8" and turn to restart the "Conjuring" series. According to the "Hollywood Reporter" report, in order to let Wen Ziren take over "Fast and Furious 8", Universal had promised to provide him with "life-changing salary", but Wen Ziren chose to refuse.
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