The movie is called "Rose Flower·Red Lotus", also known as "Sister Charm." This horror film released in South Korea in October this year is said to have set the record for the most popular horror film. In my opinion, the panic in this film is far less than the sadness pervading every detail. Looking at the beautiful picture spread before my eyes, I can't associate it with the word "horror film" at all. I just want to believe that everything in the story was born for "love", and the existence of ghosts is only for an unfinished appeal.
Qianghua and Honglian are very close sisters. Soon after their father met their young and beautiful stepmother, their biological mother hanged herself in Honglian's wardrobe. In order to pull out the mother in the closet, Honglian tried too hard in a hurry, and was also pressed under the huge wooden closet. Before she died, the stepmother walked into her room after hearing a loud noise, letting Gulian's hand beat helplessly on the ground but did not help her and her biological mother; and she was in vengeance for being rude to her Qianghua's mentality did not tell the Qianghua who was passing by the corridor. She just said to the arrogant and tough Qianghua: "One day, you will regret your whole life for your attitude towards me today."
As a result, Guren, who would not have died, died. Before she closed her eyes, Zeng called her sister in vain. She hoped that her sister could beg her, but her sister could not hear her last call. Qianghua suddenly noticed something when she ran to the dock with anger, but it was too late.
Rose is crazy. And the resentful spirit couldn't calm down in that room.
Qianghua lives in a world created entirely by herself. In that world, her sister Honglian still lives by her side and is still suffering from the abuse of her stepmother. And she is the only guardian of Gulian, as long as she is there, her sister will not be harmed in any way. Did you know that in that world, the stepmother was also played by her alone...
Here, I don’t want to mention too many horror scenes often found in horror movies. It was nothing more than a sudden increase in volume, suddenly flashing lights, large swaths of blood, and dark and narrow spaces and suddenly appearing faces. These are basically essential elements in general horror movies, so I don't particularly care about them. What really touched me is the deep affection that makes this film stand out.
The father of the two sisters grabbed the shoulder of Qianghua who was crying about his stepmother's abuse of Guren, and said in a nearly collapsed tone: "Jianghua, Guren is dead. Guren is dead! Don't do that anymore. Okay?!" Qianghua was stunned, then turned her head and asked with tears to the fictitious Red Lotus, "No! Tell your father! Tell your father!!! You are not dead, are you? "Gulian freed Qianghua's hand, shook her head and walked back, crying and screaming in complete despair. The cry came into Qianghua's ears again and again, and hit my heart hard.
Seeing this, I suddenly wanted to cry. I understand how painful Qianghua's heart is, because everything is irretrievable. Honglian, her favorite sister, the sister she had to take care of for life is gone, is really gone, and Honglian doesn't want to leave.
Qianghua loved her sister and mother so much, but she could not save them. She hates her stepmother, but unconsciously plays her in the world she created, doing things that split her personality. Born to death, the entanglement of love and hate may be a nightmare that Qianghua can't escape for a lifetime. The stepmother who really carried two lives has died in the room of the dead red lotus. Rose, maybe she can only spend the rest of her life in the ward...
I close my eyes, and my mind flashed clear from the movie. The lake water, the lush bamboo forest, and the vast white reeds danced in the wind. The swing in the garden was gently swaying, the blue sky, the white and bright clouds, the sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, and the sisters on the pier were smiling.
The villa is covered with floral wallpaper, thick cotton curtains, and dresses decorated with ruffles and slender silk streamers flash across the narrow corridor. The wooden floor, the dim pavilion, the copper chandeliers and the wardrobe carved with delicate patterns, the clocks in the room that have been suspended for a long time have begun a new cycle. On a moonless night, the sisters hugged each other to sleep in an illusory world, and the real nightmare was quietly attacking them.
The sisters have a heart and a deep affection. In the last elegy, in the blood oozing, the long-lost rose in the distant ward suddenly laughed, and the resentful spirit lingering in the villa finally got what he wanted.
At the end of the film, it is sister Qianghua sitting alone on the pier, while her sister is no longer there. The wind blew over, ripples on the lake. My sister's bright black hair flutters gently in the wind. At this moment, I believe that Gulian should be by her side.
When the soul of resentment has burned everything out, the only thing that remains unchanged is the rose of the red lotus and the red lotus of the rose. With my clumsy elegy, I wish all the sisters in the world all be well, and wish the resentful spirit rest in peace.
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