A brief talk about what constitutes a ghost story (with spoilers) and the impact of family on an individual

Mireya 2022-12-04 17:12:50

As a professor, the main work or research direction of the male protagonist is to debunk those so-called supernatural events, because he does not believe that there are ghosts in the world at all. Professor Cameron, who was doing similar work with him, disappeared unexpectedly. Everyone thought he was dead, but he sent a tape to the male lead (why are all tapes...), and let the male lead go find him. As a colleague, the male protagonist admired this Professor Cameron very much, so he went to the agreed place, but after arriving, the male protagonist who wanted to exchange the experience of eliminating feudal superstition was humiliated by Cameron, And was told three cases that Professor Ka has yet to explain. The male protagonist was not happy when he heard it. I have been researching this for a lifetime, how could there be an unexplainable problem, so I accepted the request, and then there are three ghost stories that are a bit scary, but full of hints.

The first story is the night watchman who hit the ghost. He was in an abandoned mental hospital (this is also a frequent place where ghosts occur, everyone should be careful not to go to these places), during a vigil one night, he met a man who was abandoned by his father. The ghost turned into by the little girl, this night watchman has a daughter who has atresia. Combining the later, we can know that the male protagonist actually suffers from this disease. After hitting the ghost, the night watchman went to the hospital to visit his daughter. The knot in his heart, but the male protagonist's own knot has not been solved.

The second story is about the male student who hit the ghost. The atmosphere in the boy’s home is relatively poor. To be precise, his parents are very strict and intolerant to him, which causes the male student to keep lying and covering up his mistakes. In fact, this should be the male protagonist’s childhood family life. , and the biggest lie the male protagonist ever told was undoubtedly the death he gave to Callahan (the second fool) when he was a child. On the road, he bumped into a goat-headed demon (looks familiar, like a common demon in the West), the male student was terrified, but he didn't save anyone or call the police. The scene of death is echoed.

The last story is about a middle-aged successful man. Her wife chose to give birth later in order to fight for her career. She only became pregnant when she was nearly 40 years old. Young people, it’s also the right age to have a child, and it’s too late to change!), turned into a ghost before he died, and gave him a fright in their luxurious mansion (these rotten capitalists, the house is big and spacious, decorated with It's extremely luxurious, it's really crazy with jealousy!), this should be a portrayal of the male protagonist's unfortunate marriage.

It was the oppressive family environment in childhood, the burden on his classmates in his school days, and the accidental death of his wife in middle age. Under the constant accumulation and oppression of these various pains and troubles, the male protagonist finally chose to commit suicide in the car. (suffocating myself...), but in the end he didn't succeed, he became a living dead, and spent the rest of his life in a hospital bed, no matter whether it was a night watchman, a male student, or the middle-aged widowed businessman, or even that he Distinguished colleagues, Professor Cameron, are all doctors, nurses and others in his hospital. At this point, the whole story is clear. The whole ghost story is the projection of the male protagonist's environment, such as external people, things, etc., on the male protagonist's subconscious. Various characters and dolls constitute the elements of the male protagonist's entire dream. This is undoubtedly the analysis of the dream. reverse application.

Although the movie is only a dream of the male protagonist, it also reflects many real life dilemmas. From the night watchman, to the male student, and finally to the middle-aged, we can actually see one unfortunate family after another, between parents and children, Between husband and wife, due to poor communication, conflict of ideas, personal likes and dislikes, it eventually evolved into one tragic story after another. As for Callahan, although it is the male protagonist's biggest heart disease, it is also the place where the director focuses the most. In fact, I think that it is not the key to the male protagonist's self-destruction, but just one of his heart problems. The most indifference in this world is indifference, and the male protagonist is also a victim of violence. As a bullied Jewish guy, male The master can't even protect himself, so how can you stop others from committing crimes? As for not calling the police, it is indeed immoral in terms of results, but if you consider that every action will have corresponding consequences, the silence of the male protagonist seems to be the same. Not so unforgivable.

In a word, family, school, society, the environment we live in, if not treated carefully, can all be turned into murderous knives!

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Ghost Stories quotes

  • Tony Matthews: You'll think I'm mad.

  • Mike Priddle: You ever killed anything?

    Professor Goodman: Certainly not.

    Mike Priddle: Nothing you'll admit to, eh?