When we scoff at censorship, it is easy to overlook the horror film opportunities of the 1980s. Ghosts and spirits appeared in the four films of "Jingbian" in 1983, "Ghosts" in 1985, "Clear Water Two Souls" and "Fox Love" in 1986, instead of compromises in the way of "unable to become perfect".
, known as the crown of the domestic horror film in the 1980s, "The Lonely Soul of the Black Chamber" is actually a castration of historical context. Until the end of the movie, the audience knows that there is a supernatural power called Xiaoju, who reverberates in the old-fashioned buildings with her laughter. But at the end, the director designed the film to be a mental patient telling a story to a patient in the same room. This kind of treatment of
kills two birds with one stone, not only escaped the scissor of official film censorship, but also made the ending somewhat ironic. But we can also think of this as a result of castration. Looking at the creation of horror films in the mainland today, in general:
is not as weird and fighting as Japan and South Korea; storytelling and superstition cannot keep up with Hong Kong and Taiwan; playing blood and fighting violence is far inferior to Europe and the United States; engaging in gu surgery and falling heads are harder than Southeast Asia . means that the proportion of drug use and mental illness ranks first in the world, which has seriously affected our image in the WHO.
missed "Zhongxie" so that the domestic horror film missed the "turning point". The cost of 70,000 yuan has attracted the favor of nine major investors including Tencent Pictures and Wanda Films. If it is released as scheduled, the confidence of the market may not be as fragile as it is today.
But it is precisely because of its withdrawal that further strengthened the conservative belief of the management: If "The Evil" is not possible, then what kind of horror film can rise?
When we look back at the "Death of Wang Po" in "The Evil", we will find that her method of death is very pioneering. When Wang Po snatched Liu Meng's camera, she ran to her husband. Then put the camera on the car, this camera recorded the process of her being stoned to death by her husband.
In other words, she recorded her own death herself. Similar to Wang Po, "The Evil" also recorded the "Death of Domestic Horror Movies".
As the "basement of the film industry", B-level films are the best destination for horror themes. However, in our film industry, there has never been a distinction between Class A and Class B. Horror films are in the middle of "big productions" like "Beijing No. 81" and "small weights" like "Far Cry". When the wind is good, try to smash the stars. In the days when the momentum was bad, let the young directors be the graduation project. The
craze has receded, but Guoxian’s creations have no way out in the IP matrix composed of "pen immortals, disc immortals, deserted villages, and ghost houses". Fundamentally, they only borrowed the "painted skin" of the legendary story, but they are not very attractive. The basic skills are not solid and the spear is not good.
What is even more regrettable is that the "aesthetic ghost film" in national terror has almost disappeared. In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the scene of Wang Zuxian "fluttering in white, nodding and smiling" has not been seen for many years. It's okay to just shoot "Liao Zhai", but today's director, I am afraid that even this ability is gone.
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