When we talk about the fear of deep space, the first thing that comes to mind is the Alien series, the distant universe, the airtight cabin, the monsters who don’t know where, the chasing and the ones who can’t escape without closing their eyes for a moment. Powerlessness. These elements made this kind of "space monster horror movies" once popular. The "Europa Report" starred by Daniel Wu and the "Awakening of Alien Stars" that were also released in China a few years ago were all movies about the theme of deep space monsters.
However, in contrast to the deep universe, there is another type of "deep sea monster" horror movie, similar to the theme of deep space monsters. Deep water is also a restricted area for humans. The space capsule becomes the deep diving capsule, and the spacesuit becomes the diving After all, the vacuum becomes high pressure, and what’s even better is the low visibility underwater due to dust. Monsters can approach slowly and humans will not notice. The theme of cave diving is similar to "Magic Cave", "Shark 47", abyss or underwater oil well platform theme such as "Megatooth", "Abyss", "Deep Sea Doubt".
"Deep Sea Monster" is undoubtedly the kind of movie with the theme of "deep sea monsters", the lights flashing out of the seabed oil well, the huge water pressure outside a wall, the heavy diving suit, the invisible underwater world, and those The monsters that can only be seen lurking around give the movie a narrow and suffocating atmosphere. Although the script is not exquisite in general, and Xiao K’s acting skills are not good enough, the solid story line of escape from the sea is matched with the upper level. The progressive images of Cthulhu animals, and the fear that the deep sea brings to us can still show the tip of the iceberg in this movie.
1. The story of the sea quake started from a sea quake at the "Kepler Station", a drilling station in the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench is a smart choice for the story, because the Mariana Trench is the deepest on earth. The deepest part of the trench can reach more than 10 kilometers, and in such a deep sea and high pressure environment, there are many creatures that we have not discovered before. Because of the sea earthquake, Kepler Station was severely damaged and the escape capsule was exhausted. So under the leadership of Captain Lucian, the 6 people embarked on a submarine escape adventure and went through the tunnel at the midway station to Luo, which still had an escape capsule. Buck drilling station. It is worth mentioning that this drilling station seems to belong to a Chinese company. The company's name is "tian". The surface of the last escape capsule for Xiao K and the others is marked in Chinese. What's interesting is that the company named "Tian" is doing business under the sea, while Xiao K's company (she has pontus written on her back) is named after Poseidon. (Ps: The names of the three stations: Kepler, Shepard, and Roebuck, all astronauts or astronomers) During the adventure, the group encountered monsters in the deep sea and danger from the deep sea itself. In the end, there were only three people. Arriving in the escape cabin, the broken escape cabin chooses to detonate the core to destroy the beasts on the seabed to protect the evacuation of his companions. The story is roughly like this. The six members of the escape team don’t have much to say. The daughter of Captain Lucian who died at the age of 14 is a bit embarrassing, but the lack of a background story prevents us from really empathizing, played by Xiao K. Nora has a background story of the death of her fiance under the sea, Paul’s rabbit doll, the sacrifice of the black Rodrigo and Nora after swapping helmets (here the black is the first to die), Emily and Smith are inseparable Abandon, everyone has their own background story, but under the pressure of the deep sea, a tragic or comical past cannot let you escape. Fortunately, the audience watching this movie is probably not running. Comes with vivid characters.
2. Under the sea As I said at the beginning, the undersea world and the space world have many similarities, and even if the threat of monsters is removed, the word "deep sea" is already a nightmare. The first half of "Beasts of the Deep Sea" focuses on the sinisterness of the deep sea itself. Contrary to the vacuum environment in space, the undersea world has unimaginable high pressure. Although both vacuum and high pressure are extremely deadly, the deep water suit to resist high pressure is also heavier. The costume in the movie is still very cool. Yes, there is no overly high-tech bright texture, and it looks rough but solid (in fact, except for the helmet that is not of good quality, it is really hard to handle. Xiao K was thrown away. The deep-water armor is also undamaged).
This heavy suit itself is actually a source of fear. Unlike the more carefully constructed deep-water base, the deep-water suit separates you from the deadly seabed by a thin layer and provides the oxygen on which you live. Optionally, he can only entrust his life to a suit of clothing. Another layer of fear in the deep sea is the invisible world. If the universe is too empty to bring people to panic about the endless world, the deep sea is to lose the reliability of vision and drag the entire world visible to the naked eye into chaos. Because the sun cannot penetrate several kilometers of water, the deep sea is almost completely dark without independent light sources, but even with lights, the visibility is very low because of the numerous mayfly impurities on the sea floor and the seabed. The suspended dust will cause the light to decay rapidly on the bottom of the sea, not to mention the action on the bottom of the sea will stir up more dust, so that it is impossible to distinguish the direction. Of course, this is even more deadly in some movies about cave diving, because when cave diving encounters danger, it cannot directly escape the danger, and it is fatal to not see the direction. Although the film has never restricted the direct upward path, their diving suits still lack resistance to pressure changes caused by rapid rise. Therefore, if a stronger escape cabin cannot be found, the seabed is still an unbreakable dilemma.
3. Sea Beasts The sea monsters in "Deep Sea Beasts" are still interesting and worth mentioning. In all monster-themed movies, monsters have to go through a process from "still holding a pipa half-hidden" to revealing their true appearance. Of course, like in the "Alien" series, the alien is not only from the beginning to cover up to the final front. Fighting has also gone through a process of growth, and this growth has given the monster more uncertainty. "Awakening of the Alien" is a good example of this kind of growth. From the beginning, small creatures that seem harmless to humans and animals have slowly grown into monsters with high IQ that humans cannot fight. This gradual growth process just happens to make the plot oppressive. Upgrade layer by layer.
Fortunately, the submarine stage of "Deep Sea Monsters" naturally provides an environment for monsters to hide their appearance, and the growth of monsters (or different stages) is gradually escalating with the plot. The first is the small monster tens of centimeters long drilled by Smith and Paul during the investigation. It was easily solved with a gun, but they soon realized that it was just a juvenile body. Then Paul was torn away, we can only know that it is powerful, but can not see the appearance of the monster. We didn't get a glimpse of the true face of the deep-sea monster until the capture of Captain Lucian, but this is not the end. When Nora and Emily arrived at Roebuck Station, they saw an overwhelming adult monster that seemed to be dormant. Then, the monster rushed away, but behind it was another behemoth that didn't know how high or how big it was.
Progression layer by layer, from small monsters that can be killed casually, to adult monsters that require nine deaths to kill, to the end, the giant hill-like monster that is almost impossible to shake by humans, the progression of this kind of monster, or Evolution makes this film very good in terms of monsters. At the same time, the last giant beast really has the appearance of Cthulhu, whether it is the shape or the sense of oppression it brings us, it feels like an abyss.
4. Undersea Alice talks about some metaphors in the film. Paul mentioned the allusion of "Alice in Wonderland" many times in the film, first by quoting "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." in the story, and then directly mentioned that Alice almost Drowning in his own tears, at the same time, the "We are all mad here" written on the costume behind his back is also from a novel. Although the world Alice roams in is called "Wonderland", for little Alice, this world has a crazy and incomprehensible existence, and this is the situation where everyone is trapped in the bottom of the sea, falling into an almost unfamiliar world. There was no way out of the world, but he encountered a vicious existence. This time, little Alice would not be so lucky.
At the beginning of the film, Xiao K sent up a spider that could not escape in the pool. This may also be a metaphor for the Cthulhu-like "higher existence". Of course, there are only a few of the kind higher existences like Xiao K, and more. Malicious or indifferent, but the higher beings themselves are a threat to human beings. As long as they move their bodies, they may destroy an entire city.
I mentioned in the first part that the names of the three stations are all astronauts or astronomers, and the name of the Chinese company is also called "Tian". Why do you still have the name of the sky and the universe when you are clearly on the bottom of the sea? Perhaps it is really because the universe and the deep sea share similar properties, one is extremely high, the other is extremely deep, one seems to extend endlessly, and the other can't see the five fingers in front of you. Of course, perhaps because they are all places where humans have little access, so mysterious, thus unknown, and therefore fearful.
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