In the 1980s, with the complete relaxation of some bans, many classic horror films were born.
The stories of these horror films are not made up of mysteries or tricks, but are all based on real events.
For example, this horror film released in 1989 was adapted from a true story and once became a childhood shadow that many people could not erase. The classic feature of
" robbers from the tomb of Zhenfei Zhenfei " is that its story is not fabricated out of thin air, but based on history.
In 1938, there was indeed a tomb robbery case.
Prisoner Li Jiguang easily entered the tomb with his skilled tomb robbing skills and stole a lot of treasures.
However, just one day later, Li Jiguang was arrested by the police.
Later, after the expert's on-the-spot investigation of the mausoleum, it was found that Li Jiguang entered not the tomb of Concubine Zhen, but the tomb of Concubine Jin, which is very similar.
But that didn't stop the blockbuster grave robbery case from being turned into a movie.
The story of the movie takes place in 1900 AD, when the Empress Dowager Cixi was forced to flee west, but she did not want to take away Emperor Guangxu's favorite concubine Zhenfei .
However, Concubine Zhen was beautiful, and she was afraid that staying behind would damage the face of the royal family.
So Cixi ordered this most hated daughter-in-law, Concubine Zhen, to be drowned in a well in the palace.
Later, in order to appease Emperor Guangxu, Cixi ordered Concubine Zhen to be fished out of the well, and she was posthumously named as a royal concubine, and ordered to be buried with honor.
secretly buried Concubine Zhen in the palace maid's cemetery.
It was not until after Cixi's death that Concubine Zhen's sister, Concubine Jin, ordered that Concubine Zhen be buried in the imperial cemetery.
Because a lot of gold and silver jewelry was buried in the tomb of Concubine Zhen, many years later, many people who were greedy for money were eyeing her.
11 years later, in a tavern, Hu Xiucai was telling the guests about the interesting stories of Cixi's escape to the west.
It is rumored that when Cixi was fleeing, she often dreamed of Concubine Zhen.
So when she returned to the palace, she ordered Concubine Zhen to be fished out and buried with a lot of treasures for peace.
As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
After listening to Hu Xiucai's story, many people present had bad thoughts about the treasure in Zhenfei's tomb.
During the day, they all started daydreaming about making a fortune one day.
The first force, headed by Commander Gao, sent his subordinates to directly arrest Hu Xiucai and tortured him, trying to find out the whereabouts of Concubine Zhen's tomb.
The second force is E Shichen and Guan Youyun, as well as veteran tomb robber Li Yiguang, bandit Lao Zhang, Xiao Zhang, and stonemason Jin Laowu. Lots of news.
The third force is the Mausoleum Protection Team, who have long planned to steal the treasures in the tomb of Concubine Zhen.
Soon, E Shichen, Guan Youyun, Li Yiguang and a group of people first descended to the tomb of Concubine Zhen.
looked at the treasures all over the floor in front of him, but Li Yiguang had a crooked mind and deliberately left some of them in the tomb, and he would come to fetch it alone after a while.
In the end, after the six people succeeded, they parted ways because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.
A few days later, Li Yiguang returned to the tomb again.
However, this time, he was not as lucky as before, and suddenly had hallucinations, feeling that Concubine Zhen had come back to life, so that he would not be allowed to steal the gold and silver from the tomb.
As a result, after coming out of the tomb, Li Yiguang gave birth to aThe field is seriously ill, and the person becomes unconscious.
Later, Li Yiguang was completely mad, and the whole street said that he stole the tomb of Concubine Zhen, which was accidentally found out by the people of the Mausoleum Protection Team.
To get the treasure, the Huling team found Li Yiguang and a group of people and forced them to hand over the stolen treasure.
Who knows that E Shichen is a person who is not afraid of things, so the two sides fought like this for a breath.
In the end, the treasure went round and round and was sent back to the tomb by Fu Hai, the guardian of the mausoleum, and all those who wanted to rob the tomb killed each other and died. This is the end of the
story!
In fact, after reading the whole story, it is not difficult to find that although the title of the film is "Robbers of Zhenfei's Tomb", the focus of the story is not on the process of robbing their tombs. Instead,
uses tomb robbing as an introduction, focusing on group portraits in troubled times and the excavation of human nature.
not only reveals the various characters and the ugly human nature under the temptation of material things, but also sets off the beauty of the hearts of those kind and honest people.
Take the six-member group of tomb robbers as an example. They worked together to win the treasure.
However, in the face of material temptation, the ugly side of human nature is completely exposed.
Li Yiguang who is greedy for money and afraid of death, the bandits Lao Zhang and Xiao Zhang who are selfish, Jin Laowu who is greedy for enjoyment...
In order to order something outside themselves, they suspect each other and are eventually defeated by each of them.
As a horror film, the real horror of the film is not just the "real event adaptation" gimmick, but the "immersive" horror atmosphere created in the film.
Especially when Li Yiguang was robbing the tomb, the camera was aimed at Concubine Zhen, who had not been corrupt for many years. The close-up of her pale face seemed to be always on guard that she would suddenly open her eyes and sit up.
There is also the plot of Li Yiguang's hallucinations, and Concubine Zhen's smile when looking back is even more chilling.
What's interesting is that it seems that "The Tomb of the Concubine Zhenfei" is a low-cost "bad movie", but the cast can be described as a big-name gathering.
Juanzi, who has " Lingfei Niangniang ", plays a woman who only recognizes money but not people.
also has Lei Kesheng , an old artist who has appeared in classic film and television works such as " Mansion Gate ", "Qiao's Courtyard", " Qiu Ju's Lawsuit ", who plays E Shichen's "accomplice" Li Yiguang in the film.
However, the most impressive role is undoubtedly the actor E Shichen played by Chen Baoguo and .
It is worth mentioning that after the release of "Robber of Zhenfei's Tomb", many adult-oriented pictures and plots appeared in the film.
In order to be broadcast on CCTV, a total of 29 minutes were deleted from the film, which is still a large scale rarely seen in domestic films.
In general, the plot arrangement of "The Tomb of Zhenfei Zhenfei" is twists and turns, exciting, and the story behind it is thought-provoking. In that era,
was definitely a first-class domestic horror film.
It's a pity that the horror films after decades have already changed beyond recognition and become synonymous with "bad films".
