Before watching the new version of "Pet Cemetery", the 1989 version was specially supplemented. The 1989 version shows that the original work has a good framework. However, due to the limitations of the technology and creative thinking of the times, the effect shown is not good. It even gives people a kind of "warm" feeling.
On the other hand, the new version of "Pet Cemetery", with the blessing of better sound and visual effects, Stephen King's classic work can have a more terrifying atmosphere, although most of the previous version is slightly boring, the later adaptations and tension of the original work are quite sufficient. The ending will undoubtedly add a lot to the film.
Spoiler alert
1. My child, tell you what death is
Giving children a correct view of death is as important as giving children correct sex education. Both the new and old editions of "Pet Cemetery" mentioned this issue after the opening. As a doctor, his father, Louis, naturally has an attitude of "It is normal for a person to die. Natural phenomenon", while mother Rachel has always been burdened with the guilt of her sister's death, and hopes that there will be a better place in the sky for the dead to sleep peacefully.
However, on the one hand, it is not so simple when it comes to educating children physically.
The death of the cat Churchill made it impossible for the father who loved his daughter to tell the truth that "the cat is dead". However, this kind of deception born out of love, this kind of risky behavior for love, undoubtedly doomed him for love. , Betrayed his own saying that "death is going back".
Louis gave his daughter a completely failed death education. After knowing the place of resurrection, after encountering a spiritual illusion, his apathetic values instantly collapsed, and the death of his daughter also made him go crazy and went through a game. The experiment of resurrecting the daughter.
This is a sad father. The old version of Louis has at least planned to kill his son if he is wrong. And this Louis seems to be mad, when he lies with his resurrected daughter. Both fear and embarrassment with some expectations made the audience smile.
2. Cat, please raise your tail
Cats were revered in ancient Egypt, so they were buried in pyramids after death. Adding to the other legends about cats, the intentions of cats are mysterious and mysterious.
However, at this point, I can only say that neither version of the movie fails to show the horror of the resurrection of the dead cat. When you look at this cat, it seems to be just a somewhat manic cat. The look in your eyes does not look like Gaze from the netherworld.
Of course, the cat’s eye-catching shot this time is the picture of the cat walking from the asphalt road with its tail erected. The tail is erected and its fur is cut, which is usually a panic expression of the cat. In the movie, the cat with its tail erected is far away. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a thin person who has become a bamboo pole. Of course, this could have been regarded as a scary point. Unfortunately, it seems that the film did not pay attention to this, which is a bit regrettable.
Of course, fellow cat slaves, you should never shut the master out of the door, it might take a big truck and knock you into flight.
3. Audience, you have the wrong expectations
In the first half of the movie, people who have read novels or watched old movies will be very familiar with it. Maybe there are slight changes. However, the overall framework is advancing steadily. There are no major mistakes and no major highlights. However, this is true. This film is trying to deceive you.
The biggest change in the film is that the death of the son becomes the death of the daughter. However, before the death of the daughter, the movie still tries to confuse the truth, putting both the son and the daughter in a dangerous situation.
As for why the death of the son turned into a daughter, I think the female ghost is more deterrent. Of course, whether it’s the old version of "Pet Cemetery" or "Omen" (1976), the evil little boy's acting skills are all Very well in place, under the right script, any role can exert tremendous tension.
Another interesting misleading is that the old Jud finds his daughter. We know that in the old movie, the daughter hid under the bed and cut the old Jud’s ankle. The movie also specially designed the scene of the bed and even gave a close-up of Jud’s ankle. However, this paragraph did not happen in this scene.
This can be regarded as the meaning of some molesting people who know the plot. It is also a common method of horror movies to postpone the seemingly scary scene slightly. Although it is programmed, the effect can be seen after using it.
4. Pascow, how did you become black?
I just want to say, Pascow, are you not white? What makes you black?
This reminds me of the opera "Les Miserables" I watched two days ago. The white Fantine gave birth to a little Asian girl, Cosette. Cosette grew up and became a black man...
Well, it's really interesting.
In the old version of the pet cemetery, Pascow is like a warm big brother, although he really worked hard to stop Louis, in the end Louis still headed for no return. In the new version, Pascow is more like a frightening role, but it also seems dispensable, at least in terms of fright, it is much worse than Rachel's sister.
5. Routine but also really scary use of sound effects
Rachel’s sister, Zelda, contributed some of the most exciting horror shots in the film. Of course, all of this is largely due to the plot and sound effects.
Little Rachel’s psychological shadow was the sound of her sister crawling upstairs, and then she seemed to fall into the elevator shaft in front of her (right should be the elevator shaft), opened the door, there was nothing, and then her sister fell from the sky.
This is a very good horror segment, and it is no wonder that it was used twice in the movie, because in addition to the final fright, the rest of the horror depends on the voices upstairs and the audience's own brains.
In fact, the horror shown by the camera has a limit, and the audience thinks about the extreme fear or the inner fear, which is the endless and eternal shadow that awakens from the dream.
In addition, in many sound effects, the sound suddenly becomes low before it is scary. To tell the truth, the tendency to template is really serious. However, templates also have the advantages of templates, because most of the tempered templates are effective. It can only be said that this film only allows these sound effects to perform their duties. Work without making the most of these elements.
6. There can be no crested head, but leopard tail must be
However, at the end, there are really some surprises.
It's not that the daughter's begging for mercy, it's not that the mother Rachel's resurrection stabbed Louis to death, and it's not even that Louis was dragged to the cemetery where he was resurrected.
These plots are actually explained very quickly, giving the audience a feeling of a hasty ending. However, it is these fast-explained plots that give people no chance to breathe in the last scene. Then the camera cuts to the son in the car, and he looks out of the car. The former family members who came over may not understand all this, but the audience can feel the desperate atmosphere trying to bring about at the end of the film.
And if the time of the above-mentioned plots is extended, the audience will realize the situation of the son, and the intensity of the final scene will be correspondingly weakened.
And the wonderful final scene can undoubtedly add a lot to the whole story.
Many movies like to put a small climax at the beginning, the most exciting part is at 2/3, but the plot is weak and procrastinated at the end including the end. In fact, the movie can have a better look and feel as long as you change the order. After all, the impression of a strong ending should be greater than that of a similarly exciting beginning.
In any case, this film is still worth watching. Stephen King’s original novel "Pet Cemetery" is said to be the most terrifying of all his novels. In fact, the horror does not lie in the returning souls, but in that all of this originated from Desires that you cannot fill, or love.
Therefore, when a child asks you about your death, you must consider it carefully. After all, people who are resurrected may not all be so happy.
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