If you only watch a horror movie once in a while and cry and howl almost all the time, there is a psychological explanation that cannot withstand scientific scrutiny. This kind of person is usually insecure, extremely sensitive to the environment, and has too much empathy. Ever since I was a child, I have been envious of those who can laugh while watching "The Grudge". They are not a species at all. So as a coward who rarely watches horror movies, I also watched "The Shining" after watching "Ready Player One".
After all, as "one of the most classic horror films", the classic shots of "The Shining" often appear on various networks, but in "Ready Player One" you can see the blood-spraying red room, ghost twin sisters, room 237, naked female zombies, green forest The maze, and the "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy" that the protagonist keeps repeating in his novels, still can't help but sigh the word "brilliant" in his heart.
Before watching it, thousands of people were afraid and timid. After watching it, the horror movie became a psychological revelation movie. The real horror is not a ghost. The most terrifying thing is that everyone can see their own shadow in this movie.
Jack used to be a teacher who quit his job as a full-time writer, but unfortunately, he was a failed writer, an alcoholic, and on one occasion he accidentally abused his son. The wife is virtuous and sensible, undertakes almost all the housework and takes care of the lovely son. In order to support his family and to find a quiet place to write, Jack takes his wife and children as caregivers in a remote hotel. Jack always said that he didn't have enough time. Even going out for a walk with his son said he needed time to concentrate on writing, and often accused his wife of disturbing him when he was writing. However, his writing is completely self-deception. He has already exhausted his literary ideas, but he is forced to support his family and the expectations of his wife and children. He constantly suppresses his inner pressure and despair, and begins to transform contradictions without knowing it. He thinks that he cannot write works because of His wife and children were a drag on him, because the fragmented housework left him uninspired. Jack constantly resisted family activities in his heart and resisted talking with his family.
It was this senseless enormous pressure that drove Jack crazy. The occluded and oppressive environment was intertwined with depression and despair, and finally, he was crazy. The bartender, the woman in the bathroom, and the dance floor are all the flashing illusions before he completely lost control, the twisted and split psychology, and the constant self-suggestion of the subconscious, so that he finally raised the axe to kill his wife and children. In the movie, the wife and son also appeared in Shining to a certain extent. The son has been hallucinating since he was raped by Jack, so the first Shining appeared was Jack's son. At the end of the movie, his wife also suffered from extreme fear hallucinations.
Of course, The Shining deserves much more than its storyline, including its perverted, symmetrical composition. The terrifying atmosphere and scene foreshadowing are also shocking like textbooks. The whole soundtrack is a mechanical, sharp and monotonous repetitive section. From the very beginning of the film, it constantly creates a tense and depressing atmosphere, letting the audience know what they are afraid of. Through the environment and the camera perspective, such as a little boy riding a tricycle, a narrow follow-up perspective, repeated The twin daughters appearing and the blood gushing concierge, and the wife suddenly discovers that all the words Jack has written over the months are the same line of words "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy".
The whole movie is about you and me, his dull life, and the suppressed emotions. It is easy to think of everyone's own actual life. Everyone has a certain mental illness deep in their hearts, but the severity is different. Crazy without knowing it, fallen without knowing it, when a person is completely crazy, he doesn't know it himself, this is the creepiest place.
Although I finished watching the movie gracefully, I still had a certain degree of insomnia and the aftereffects of cranky thinking that night. At the end, I repeatedly recited "prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, honesty and friendliness... prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, honesty, and integrity." Friendly..." Only then did he fall asleep.
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