"Hidden: Locked Undead" is the sequel to "Hidden 3", and it also continues to reveal more Elise, the psychic, more life stories for the first and second parts, making the whole "Hidden" worldview more perfect. If the first two films can form a complete story, the third and fourth films after Wen Ziren left the director's work can be said to be side stories of some small stories.
In fact, in general, the standard of the four parts is to find the truth for a haunted event, which is more like a suspense film with a lot of horror elements in this regard. What the latter two directors lack is to make further creations on the basis of the predecessor Wen Ziren, basically inheriting what the former created. Therefore, some old things are still displayed. The audience lacks the creative idea of "After the Lights", so naturally they are not too convinced-although its box office has grossed 160 million US dollars worldwide so far, which is the highest value of the series, considering that There are very few box office water injections overseas, and such a result is considered a good one.
Compared with the scolding on the Internet, I feel that the plot and the decryption of myself are still quite satisfactory, and there is no big problem (in fact, the routine of the series is the same, but Wen Ziren's control of the plot and scene is obvious. Better than the debut of the screenwriter Ray Warner and the new horror director Adam Robbietel). The point I want to say most is that, in addition to the terrifying ghosts, another point of the "Hidden" series is the fetters of emotions. Although there are some family encounters in this "Locked Dead", this should be contagious. The effect of the plot presented is dull and even a little abrupt.
Although the director is not Wen Ziren, considering another feature of the series, it is to be surprised by surprise (the second part uses this to the extreme). The fourth part still inherits some of this type of things, but these points have little to do with the advancement of the plot. On the contrary, the terrifying atmosphere of some heroine's childhood memories was rendered even more exciting. In the final battle, when the boss appeared, the whole movie became another kind of "exorcist vs alien" tone. , eclipsed. Fear comes from the unknown. Unfortunately, for the director, some of the lens language does not meet the standard of this aspect.
The funny part in the film is once again performed by the ghost-hunting duo from the previous series. Apart from the two of them, I want to say a funny plot that is more impressive: through a series of clues, Elise finds a suitcase in the ventilation duct , Before opening a suitcase, in order to prevent the eyes from facing the ghost's eyes after closing the suitcase in the next second (when opening the suitcase and looking at things, the line of sight will look downward, and the line of sight in front will be blocked to a certain extent because of the suitcase , after checking the suitcase, the subconscious action is to close the box and look up), she always shines a flashlight into the depths of the pipeline to see if there is some unknown problem restless, this is a common bridge in horror movies (the one that closes the box) Suddenly a ghost jumped out in front of me), it seems a little bit funny here to communicate with the audience outside the screen in this way.
It is worth mentioning that both the director and the screenwriter insist on using practical effects, and are firmly opposed to those who use CG special effects. They especially adore special effects such as "The Thing" and "The Fly" that are artificially created through original makeup and freehand. . Therefore, the smoke in the ghost world is shot in the real scene (it is estimated that dry ice is used).
As for the recently released DVD version and the release version of the film itself, there will be some differences in content. For example, the DVD version has a second ending, and there are some stories about a male assistant with glasses and a young psychic girl, adding some released versions. The lack of emotional communication between the two and what is shown in the trailer but not in the feature film.
Although the third film was mediocre at the box office and response, Universal released the fourth film, and it was a good box office. But in fact, the story can be finished in the second part. Although the quality of the third and fourth parts is not bad, from the perspective of the relevance of the story, there is indeed a suspicion of hanging the name brand "Insidious" to attract the audience. .
Keywords: horror, ghost movie, exorcism, lurking series
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