First of all, the biggest difference between this movie and other horror movies is that the picture is too dark! And this kind of darkness is pure darkness, and its purpose is not to scare people. Maybe it’s because the director just wants to tell a horror story “in the dark” or the film’s funding is tight, but the excessive darkness in the movie will cause the lack of picture information (I don’t know if it will be better on the big screen) and weaken the horror. Some visual impact the film should have.
Darkness in real life can indeed bring fear to the unknown, but for people like me who pay much attention to images and don’t like brain supplements in the process of watching movies, the blackness of the movie picture means that I have to stare and search for information, or Fast forward to watch the subtitles, which made me very tired of this movie.
The few climax parts of the film were not played well: the chase in the tall grass, the reappearance of the scarecrow at the end is surprising (I always thought it would jump out of the grass or kill it directly), but it was horrified. Suddenly, the degree was greatly reduced, and such a good environment was lost in vain. Originally, the sense of oppression had already come out, but when I saw the scarecrow reappear in front of me, he immediately relaxed. I personally feel that if I can make a fuss about the uncertainty brought about by the grass, it should have a more exciting effect.
The hide-and-seek in the bedroom, the sudden appearance of the monster on the soles of the feet really made me unexpected (I originally felt that there would be a shot of the monster peeking down), but there is no logic in it. If the monster can teleport, it will open the door. Well? So here is just to serve the second man behind being dragged away. Instead of this kind of anti-routine accident, I would rather have a jump scream face-to-face kill.
In the scene of RED, the monster's design was gentle and joyful, and the atmosphere of pressing step by step did not come out. There was no sense of oppression in the whole scene.
As for the final ending, it has become a cliché of using love to generate electricity. But if you consider it from the perspective that Sarah hopes to be rehabilitated, it still makes sense. After all, storytelling is not the main task of horror movies?
So in summary, it seems that this movie neither tells a good story nor scares people. However, it can be seen that the director has made great efforts to get rid of some of the shackles of horror films, but it is a pity that things have gone against his wishes, and the final effect is not as good as following the old rules.
Based on the director's efforts and the intentions of making monster models, this film is worth 2+1=3 stars. If you are usually less courageous but like to watch horror movies, this is indeed a good choice.
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