The so-called local monsters here refer to living and inanimate objects from the earth rather than from outer space. Alien aliens and the like belong to another subject matter. These local monsters can be roughly divided into the following categories:
First category, animal category . For example, the super-large pythons that appear in this movie, the unicorns transformed into murderers, the pterodactyls from the age of dinosaurs, the deep-sea big octopuses, the mermaids, and I don’t know what kind of animals they belong to the
second category. ,Humanity. Two sub-categories, metamorphosis and mutation. Those who sprinkle gasoline to roast human flesh, push people downstairs, tie them up for dissection, cover plastic bags, clowns... etc. belong to the former, while zombies, werewolves, those deformed by radiation, full of teeth... belong to the latter
. The third category, mechanical category. I only saw the
fourth category of the chainsaw combined walking robot , the monster category. Dementors, Japanese Sadako, Dryads, Flying Dongdong...etc
. Different from movies based on the real world, creating a horror movie is also creating a new world that is very different from the real world. The world view that supports its operation, such as the world of vampires, vampires can only appear at night, canine teeth, red eyes, agile skills, immortality, fear of crosses, garlic, holy water and other things, wooden nails into the heart and death, when encountering the sun, it will be wiped out; the world of werewolves, The werewolf transformed into a full moon and turned into an ordinary person before transforming into an ordinary person. After the transformation, the power is extremely bloody and violent. Only silver can restrain it; in the world of ghosts, evil spirits are strange and vicious from resentment, and harm the strangers to chase their souls, but There are also Buddhism and Taoism that can be eliminated; the world of zombies, people become zombies after being bitten, eat meat for a living, ignorant, slow action without fear of knives and guns, there is no other way except headshots; the world of devil, angels and demons , God and Satan, heaven and hell, the Bible...
With the passage of time and the increase in horror movies, some worldviews have gradually matured and become fixed routines, forming genre movies, such as Eastern ghost stories, Western vampires, werewolves, zombies, and abnormal movies. These types of movies have all formed. In addition to his own unique set of world views, although there are a small number of movies that boldly modify and integrate these world views, such as the zombie playing video in "Zombie Shaun", and the redefinition of werewolves and vampires in "Twilight Moon", The history of magnificent werewolves and vampires in "Underworld", a new test of the origin of zombies in "Resident Evil", "Dawn Breaking" vampires rule the world... etc., but there has never been a movie that attempts to unify all these worldviews.
In the eyes of most people, such a unified world view is neither possible nor necessary. Moreover, there are practical difficulties. For example, it is impossible for the ghosts of the East and the angels and demons of the West to be unified. The demons under Christianity and those in ancient Greek mythology It is impossible for monsters to compete on the same stage, and King Kong and Python may not be on the same mountain...
"The Cabin in the Woods" has completed this impossible task, and it has been done quite beautifully.
This movie puts all the above-mentioned earth monsters under the control of a global organization. Every terrorist attack related to these monsters is a routine mission. The real horror movies are actually live videos of these missions. Explains all the horror events from the wraiths in the East to the ghosts in the West, from the monsters in the Arctic wilderness to the big fish in the Amazon River, from the hidden cannibals in the wild to the perverts running through the city... The ultimate goal of the mission is to maintain the continuity of the human race. The death of the target character marks the achievement of the mission, and the survival of the target character may indicate the mission failure. The game rule of "the life and death of a virgin is determined by fate" explains why it is so great. The survivor of most horror movies is often a woman? ! And because sacrifices must be held year after year, terrorist incidents are always endless one after another. The subtext is-as long as human beings want to survive, someone must die in a terrorist attack. Nima really confirms "life". Immortal, horror does not stop"!
But again to my surprise, after the director had perfected such a subversive worldview, he personally subverted the world. Such a powerful and unmatched organization has planted countless somersaults. Sadako was turned into frogs by a group of nine-year-old girls, the Minotaurs in Buenos Aires were tortured to death, and the monsters in Madrid were blown to pieces, and even boasted. Looking around the world, only Japan can compete with the Americans who shamefully failed, and they were defeated by a "Fool" who loves to smoke marijuana. In the end, after knowing the truth, the two survivors did not generously choose to "fire at me for victory", but resolutely and resolutely chose to let humans finish the game. I was evil thinking that the director was looking for the highest level of moral support for shooting horror movies. -If you don't make horror movies, mankind will be over.
So, in the end, I still have to admire the director's creativity and humanistic care.
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