's newly launched "Water Monster 2: Black Wood Forest" burst. Don’t say “Chinese-style horror movies don’t exist anymore. There is no way out for horror movies in China!”
is the biggest misunderstanding of the film and television industry: domestic thrillers can also make the audience have an intracranial orgasm. There is one domestic thriller like .
story line
last century, the Republic of China period.
A reporter, with his camera, went to the notorious town of Sheung Shui to investigate the mystery of his sister's life experience. Sister
, was rescued from a coffin by the river by her adoptive father at the age of six. From that day on, her sister followed the adoptive father's surname: Du Jiajia.
became the daughter of Inspector Du in the Shanghai patrol house, and grew up with his younger brother Du Jiahao. When
grew up, my sister went to the patrol room to be a forensic doctor. An accident happened to the originally happy family:
adoptive father, detective Du, was murdered to death. Sister
, as a forensic doctor, personally dissected the adoptive father's body and solved the murder case. She is also famous in Shanghai.
Just two months ago, my sister received several blank letters and a pendant one after another, but the sender's name was blank. Brother
has a keen sense of smell,
dug up these envelopes from a place called Shangshui Town.
seems that these letters and pendants have other profound meanings. Sister
works as a court and is also busy on weekdays, so the younger brother decided to go there for her sister to go to Sheung Shui Town to investigate. The younger brother of
is a reporter. He came to Sheung Shui Town full of enthusiasm, and
found that there were taboos everywhere.
He drove a lone boat and broke into a pool of black wood forest in the forbidden area, but a human head appeared behind him, and he plunged into a deeper mist. The younger brother
lost contact, and the sister's only relative has also disappeared. She decided to put down her work and go to Shangshui Town to investigate and find her younger brother.
She had just arrived in Shangshui Town, but found that her brother’s reporter badge appeared on a dead body, but what is even more bizarre is that her sister was recognized by the mayor as soon as she arrived in Shangshui Town. The mayor of
explained that she had received an order from Shanghai to patrol the house, and the whole town would definitely cooperate with her sister Du Jiajia’s investigation.
But the mayor also reminded her sister: there is a " water monkey " animal in the town of . Religiousness can keep you safe, but if you break taboo, you will die. Sister
didn't think much or asked, she followed the mayor to the place where her brother lived before he disappeared. The
house is dilapidated and covered with dust. It is not like the place where the missing brother lived, but the mayor said that was it.
At night, after a tiring day, my sister went to bed early,
bizarre thing happened again: sister
actually woke up in a piece of green water, her brother was calling her, she got out of bed and stepped into the green water,
brother hid on the table Underneath, like a kid who has committed a crime and is afraid.
did not know whether it was a dream or the warning.
The next day, my elder sister went around asking for news, but as long as she had spoken to her, everyone who had revealed the news of her younger brother died.
During the day, my sister kept asking in the town, why did my brother’s reporter badge appear on the dead body?
But she didn't care about her at all, the town was extremely resistant to this strange woman from the big city. Sister
, tried to use the aggressive method, saying that the dead body was a thief, and that he had stolen the badge of his brother, but she still didn't, she went back empty-handed.
At night, boss Hu, who sells fish in the town, found his sister with a camera wrapped in black cloth in his hand.
He told her: My brother is not a thief, the camera was given to him by your brother, and the camera was recovered by my brother's life. My brother has been looking for him since he disappeared. This was lost. Before sister
could say thank you, Boss Hu left with her back, but died the next day, a terrible death.
He died in the fish tank he opened, and the stench and fishy smell rushed into his face, which brought deep fear to the residents of the town.
waited until her sister knew about it, she decided to do an autopsy for Boss Hu to restore the truth of Boss Hu's death.
can wait until she feels that the townspeople have already burned the fish tank along with Boss Hu, and there is no trace left. The mayor explained that this is the tradition of the town, and it is
who prays for the blessing of the gods. Is this true? Feudal superstition, or the real monster "water monkey" in the town, my sister didn't know at once, she asked everywhere, but the mayor said: whoever talks to her sister will die.
No one dared to talk to her, and her sister was helpless, so she spent her time in the town looking for clues from house to house. On the way, she also used her medical knowledge to help the family treat their dysentery daughter.
And this girl was previously sentenced to "death sentence", but her sister rescued her. The residents of the town had a better view of him. That night, on the way back from her sister, a dumb woman found her.
made a lot of sign language gestures with her, and also drew a circle on the ground. Sister
was clever, and soon remembered that this circle was the well in the courtyard of the house where my brother lived before he disappeared. What's the secret in the well.
She climbed down the rope and found a black and rancid corpse at the bottom of the well. She opened the covered reed and saw that it was her younger brother. Sister
was completely desperate. She didn't know what to do next, and what was even more suffocating was that the dumb girl who informed her sister was hanged at home. How to shoot a thriller
?
The rainstorm is bizarre, the green water surprises people, mysterious murders, accidents happen one after another. What is the truth about
?
I am not spoiler here, if you like, you can go to Youku or iQiyi to see.
This "Water Monster 2: Black Forest" is definitely a movie you can't miss, because in addition to these plots, more importantly, it has promoted the development of Chinese thrillers to a certain extent.
Let me explain first: the reason for the decline of thrillers, you know what is so good about "Water Monster 2: Black Forest".
Many people think that the biggest problem with Chinese thrillers is: the review system
filmmakers are shackled to create. This view is actually a bit biased. The real problem with domestic thrillers is that is not rooted in their own people. The connotation of the cultural soil of this region simply pursues the terrifying and terrifying superficial meaning.
To put it simply: domestic thrillers play all kinds of "technology" and "entertainment" lacking "ideological" and "philosophical".
You may be surprised, what does making a thriller have to do with ideology and culture? Big, very big.
The reason why film is art is because film, it does not simply record the world, but in the frame of the image and within a limited time, it creates an ideal world that is fictitious and has the nature of utopia .
What do you think of when you see American thrillers? Perverted murderers, schizophrenia, vampires, religious exorcism are all,
see Japanese thrillers, what do you think of? Introverted, calm, dynamic and quiet, showing a sense of terror and depression.
What do you think of when you see Thai thrillers? A spiritual culture dominated by religious taboos, gu spells, and witchcraft.
is an ideological thing, it is a bearing, the movie needs to goGoing out, it is not an art that stands still, and if you want to go out, you must have something of its own local culture.
A thriller needs Chinese stories, Chinese culture, and Chinese thoughts. You can say that this is a good thriller.
Our history of China has never lacked local cultural horror materials: strange stories , ghosts and gods culture, sacrificial traditions, Chinese-style life and death, Confucian and Taoist ideas, Buddhist ideas, Taoism thought...
Han and Wei "Sou Shen Ji" Southern and Northern Dynasties " You Ming Lu " "Su Yi Ji"
Tang and Song Dynasties " Xuanguailu " " Continue Xuanguailu " "Ghost Collection" "Jishinlu" In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, " Feng Shen Yanyi ", "Er Suiping Demon Biography", " Cut Lantern New Story ", " Liao Zhai Zhiyi "...
These are all Chinese thrillers that can learn from the experience and can be unearthed. Exhausted think tank, but the problem is that we didn’t have it in the past.
Since Lin Zhengying started the zombie jump series, almost every mainland filmmaker has imitated and copied, and even many so-called thrillers are just selling dog meat-
each of their posters They are all kinds of female protagonists who sell meat, all kinds of eroticism and nudity, and the content of the story is so bad.
originally had a small market for thrillers and it was so miserable that no one serious film company dared to invest. Only bad films can make money. I really didn't have much hope for domestic thrillers.
But the small-cost "Water Monster 2: Black Water Forest" broke my prejudice.
Looking forward to the future
is not how good it is, nor is it how exciting the narrative is, but because the core of "Water Monster 2: Black Water Forest" is Buddhism
borrowed from " Diamond Sutra ": " where there is All appearances are all false and unrealistic, and all appearances are incompatible, that is, seeing the Tathagata", runs through the movie.
When we come into contact with things in life, we are soberly aware that the nature of these things is illusory and impermanent. This is perception.
We are no longer obsessed with, bound, obstructed, and our minds are free from many delusions of inversion, pure and unobstructed.
It corresponds to the theme of the movie: confronts the cowardly and ignorant, bravely fights against the dark forces!
Of course, you can say that going back to love is still very clichéd, but the love in "Water Monster 2" is different. The director Xiang Brothers finally returned a horror film to the tradition of Buddhism. This is the progress of the theme of "Water Monster 2: Black Wood Forest". Although
is not perfect in its explanation, and even has many flaws and lack of expressiveness, it is already a good start to be able to begin to have this awareness.
remember that in the 1980s, China’s censorship standards were relatively loose, and the filmmakers’ desire for creation was also very strong. There were almost thrillers belonging to our own culture. It’s just a pity that
would be loose. With the wave of commercialization and entertainment brought about by the system, domestic thrillers have completely turned into a game of capital chasing. The lack of "reflection" also leads to "vulgarization" due to the folk stance.
It did not become the national image style of the Chinese thriller genre afterwards. The domestic horror films of the 1980s and 1990s eventually declined, which is a certain historical inevitability.
I dare not say that "Water Monster 2: Black Wood" has opened a new era, or what milestone film work it is. I feel my conscience and say that there are many more films that need to grow and progress.
However, it is not easy for a movie to create a script, to establish a project, to invest, to framing, to shoot, and to release after the final stage. Progress is a good thing.
This first step is taken, and I also look forward to the next level of "Water Monster 3". At least stop shooting in the studio, make more money, upgrade the equipment, go out, and make a good movie.
