Because today is Chinese New Year's Day, I recently challenged my physical limits and watched horror movies.
Hong Kong-made horror film with zombie theme
Fighting with Western Zombies
The Qing Dynasty official uniforms and jumping-and-running method of Hong Kong-made zombie films are clearly different in appearance from the tuxedos and fangs of Western vampire zombies. Peach wood sword, yellow talisman paper, glutinous rice, chicken blood, willow twigs and ink bucket thread are their own style of Maoshan Taoism and breath-holding concealment, and then integrated into the blessing of Hong Kong-style action films, which completely surpasses Western garlic, crosses and black dog blood.
And the zombie films of the golden age fell with the death of Lin Zhengying, and survived on the sporadic psychosis and haunted films. I asked a circle of friends, and the relatively high-quality zombie films can be traced back to 2013's "Zombie". This is Mak Junlong's first time directing a film. Before that, he wrote and starred in the horror film "The Death of the Avengers". The heroine is Sora Aoi~emmm, which is really a horror movie. Sora Aoi also proposed to invite him to cooperate.
"Zombie" can be said to be the most literary and terrifying masterpiece in the horror film. Mai Junlong's works in the past 10 years fully reflect the artistic pursuit of "rich and self-willed". From the Daohua costumes in the movie, the furnishings and lighting of each scene, all revealing the taste of money piled up, continuing the elements of traditional zombies, cooperating with a group of old actors, the scene of the Hong Kong housing estate, I feel that I haven't seen it for a long time. Such a cool zombie movie.
The market has always had a demand for horror films, but Zong Ju has been banned. Even this "Zombie", which everyone calls it, has been cut to pieces. Although only 3 minutes were deleted in the mainland version, what was deleted was the essence, such as the naked woman with the sheep's head being the representative of Western Satan; such as some well-made bloody scenes...
The film is highly completed, but the ending is open to suspicion. Does the zombie really exist, or is the male protagonist reminiscing about his glorious past when he was young? In the housing estate where the male protagonist lives, all the characters are beautified. Is it a nostalgia for the humaneness of Hong Kong in the past?
Personally, what I miss is the output and excellent production of Hong Kong films in the golden age. Although there is a commercial demand for horror films today, if I want to see a good horror film, do I have to wait for Zong Ju to lift the ban? Or give up the mainland city
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