One: The devil forced me to make the prototype and background of the case
In the early 1980s, the United States began to gradually emerge from the haze of the 70s, and the US economy began to develop steadily and was preparing for the explosion in the 1990s. In this context, conservative religious figures, led by Protestant Christians, began to worry about video games, music, and Movies will gradually devour children's physical and mental health and even their souls, and then Satan will return to the world through this method. With the help of the media, a wave of Satan panic that has lasted for more than 10 years will finally begin. Throughout the 1980s, there were endless reports of supernatural and Satanic incidents throughout the United States. The allegations concerning Satanic rituals from 1984 to 1986 became more complicated and large. Although there was no physical evidence for these allegations according to the investigation, at least 26 people were sent to prison for this reason. .
Even the Johnson incident, after several generations of media hype, has been difficult to verify the original appearance of the incident, but if only from the scale and influence, it can only be said that this case is only one of the hallmarks of the Satan panic wave in the 1980s.
The Johnson incident is also known as the "the devil made me do it" case. This is also the prototype of the Devil made me do it case. Of course, this case in history is far less thrilling than in the movie. The only possibility that is more evil than the movie is the exorcism at the beginning of Devil made me do it. Dramas have really existed in history, but there were six priests who performed exorcism rituals for David Glatzel several times in history.
In history, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his landlord Alan Bono by negligence. According to the testimony of Bono’s 11-year-old son, their house had been haunted before. , So they dare not live on their own and rent out the house. In addition, Johnson also defended that it was because the devil controlled his consciousness that he missed and killed the landlord, and since he moved into the house, the whole person began to experience symptoms of malaise, hallucinations and auditory hallucinations. Based on the particularity of the case, the court invited the Warrens to perform an exorcism ceremony for Johnson. In several exorcisms against Johnson, the Warrens found that he showed serious resistance, and therefore determined that Johnson was indeed suffering. When the demon was possessed and submitted evidence to the court, Johnson was eventually sentenced to first-degree murder and 10 years in prison, but was eventually released after 5 years.
Two: Try to escape the efforts of religious exorcism films
Soul Recruitment 3 is already trying to get out of the category of religious exorcism films, as can be seen from the occultist played by Eugenie Bond Durant. Occultists are derived from Western occultism, and their origins are generally believed to have originated in ancient Egypt, Hebrew, Greco-Roman and Christianity. Historically, The Illuminati belonged to one of the important genres.
Different from wizards, the definition of occultists is broader and their scope is more complex. These people tend to have an open mind to contact, tolerate, and absorb various schools of thought, and stay outside of religious thought. Studying mysterious matters, of course, the fallen occultists in the movie are no different from the traditional evil wizards. In essence, they are just a resurrection behavior. However, since the ancient concept of occultist and occult has been introduced, UFOs, aliens, and various strange "world unsolved mysteries" will appear in the follow-up call, don't directly call the director will play, because They are also part of occult research. Of course, you can also see this as a common practice after the director Jiang Lang has exhausted his talents.
Three: The efforts of the new director
Returning to this film, about the director Michael Chavez, he started to cooperate with Wen Ziren as a fan. Before that, he only had a few short YouTube videos, and his resume may not be as reliable as the other directors of the Hikari Universe derivative films. So being able to be excavated by Wen Ziren and supported as a director began in the filming period of the crying woman curse.
It can be said that part of the reason why the curse of the crying woman has not been officially certified as the soul-calling universe is that the reputation is too bad and may affect the follow-up of the universe.
However, Wen Ziren, who was in the studio supervision, still noticed the difference in the young man with a smile on his face. He found that Chavez, like himself, focuses on the emotions of the characters and knows how to tell a good story. , Was able to spread his horror idea, and finally gave him the soul-calling after weighing the pros and cons. However, with a responsible attitude, Wen Ziren still spent a lot of time on the set to personally guide Michael Chavez in shooting, and gave a lot of advice.
If Wen Ziren combines craftsmanship and aura, then it is obvious that Sandberg’s films are closer to Wen Ziren in aura and talent, and Chavez shows more of a neat craftsmanship in the two films. , I believe that anyone who has watched Sacred Souls 3 should recognize that Chavez has done his best to maintain and surpass the standards of the first two in some aspects in mirroring, picture style and editing. He is in creating a sense of horror and rhythm. Obviously it is impossible to surpass the talented players like Wen Ziren and Sandberg, so it is not a shame to be able to shoot a high-quality popcorn and relaxing horror movie, especially considering that Hollywood nowadays will be released in a year. There are not a few satisfying popcorn movies.
Four: New demons and clips cut by Warner
In addition, as usual, almost every soul-calling movie will introduce several new iconic demons to warm up the spin-offs: Annabelle at the beginning of Soul-calling 1, the nuns and twisters of Soul-calling 2, and the werewolves of Annabelle 3.
The soul-calling is actually no exception. Chavez admitted that Wen Ziren created a brand new demon image for the third part. He believes that all audiences will like this new demon, but it is a pity that Warner's people will be in the post-screening of the movie. Believing that the movie had become too complicated and lengthy, I had to reluctantly remove all the scenes of this new demon and made a make-up shot, only waiting for the right time to introduce it to the audience.
In addition, based on the comparison of several trailers, it can be determined that the film did undergo a big make-up in the second half of the film. The original plot context can only be guessed from these scenes.
Five: the tribute (chaoxi) easter eggs you may miss
1. Ed is bewildered by the occultist and picks up a hammer to chase Lauren. The clip obviously pays tribute to the classic clip of Jack chasing Wendy in the horror movie The Shining.
2. At the beginning of the film, the scene where the child David is lying in the waterbed and dragged into the water after entering the new home is also a clear tribute to the scene where Jason pulls a man into the water on Friday the 13th.
In addition, Chavez’s early experience was the same as that of many horror film directors. He liked to watch comics and horror movies since he was a child, and was especially influenced by the ghost street. The picture of David lying on the waterbed can be regarded as a childhood of Chavez. Realize the dream.
3. The fragment of David hiding in the bathroom after being possessed is almost the entire part of the tribute to Hitchcock's horror.
4. The soul-calling series is deeply influenced by the exorcists, so there are too many exorcist eggs in the entire soul-calling universe. The two most obvious ones are the dresses of Father Burke in the nun and the priest Gordon in the third part of the soul-calling universe. Standing, almost the priest Maureen who copied the exorcist 1:1.
5. A total of two actresses have played Judy, played by Sterling Jeris in the main story, and Judy in the spin-off movie Annabelle 3 is played by McKenna Grace.
6. Several major child stars who have starred in the American drama Ghost Invasion have joined the soul-calling universe: Marvel McKenna Grace has joined Annabelle 3; Lulu Wilson has joined Annabelle 2; Julian Hived Joined the Soul Recruitment 3
7. Wen Ziren's wife, Ingrid Bisu, died twice in the soul-calling universe, once as a nun in the nun, and once as a jessica falling off the cliff in the third. (Free labor, saving a lot of money)
8. Vera Farmiga looks for clues underground. There are a lot of rats in the scene. In the beginning, it was a group of venomous snakes, but during the filming, Chavez discovered that the actors and snakes were not very cooperative with him. Work, and he also realized that the poisonous snake is the exclusive object of the nun, so he eventually changed it into a bunch of mice.
9. Some people may think that the continuous shot of Lorraine from day to night after entering the woods is the effect of the green screen. In fact, this segment is really completed in the woods at night, but the daytime effect is lit by a set of powerful lights. , And then the staff imitated the trajectory of the setting sun and coordinated with the movement of the lens to finally complete this breathtaking shot.
10. Palmeri appeared in the soul-calling universe many times, the first time it appeared in Annabelle 1, that is, the place where the protagonist lived at the beginning was called Palmeri; the second time it appeared in Annabelle 3, it was the daughter of the Warrens Judy’s nanny’s crush is called Palmeri; the third time he appeared in Evocation 3, the morgue that the Warrens entered was called Palmeri.
11. In Johnson's house, there is a nun doll
12. The hint of the black Sabbath
The photo in the upper left corner is the first album released by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1970. The style of Black Sabbath at the beginning of its establishment was blues rock, but it soon merged with the theme of horror and thriller and the deep guitar sound, its first music The album cover has a weird and terrifying style, and there is a mysterious witch on the cover. Like many Warrens' cases, this album has been a big unsolved mystery in the music circle since its release in 1970. For decades, many fans have been trying to figure out who the woman on the cover is until the album is released in 2020. At the 50th anniversary, the model Louisa Livingston admitted that she was the witch on the cover. Another more interesting detail is that this album was also released by Warner.
Another photo is also a music album. Mack the Knife is a music album released by Ella Fitzgerald in 1960. Its lyrics state the crimes committed by the criminal Mathis: arson, robbery, rape, murder. This also hints at Johnson's case to some extent.
13. Mysterious Ram Disciple Cult
The cult of the Ram Disciple was mentioned again in Soul Recalling 3. Many people may not know that the Ram Disciple has appeared in the Soul Recruiting universe many times: In Annabel 1, the Ram Disciple appeared for the first time, and its member Annabelle was killing the Higgins couple. After committing suicide, before he died, he possessed his soul on the ceramic doll beside him. This is the origin of Annabelle doll, and in Annabelle 2, the origin of being possessed by Annabelle was pushed forward to 1943, in the movie The evil spirit was possessed by Janice and adopted by the Higgins. Janice, who was renamed Annabelle, grew up and began to worship the Ram Disciple cult. Eventually, the evil spirit in his body was awakened in 1967, causing the tragic death of his parents. In Calling the Souls 3, it is shown that Father Kestner was the first person to expose this cult.
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