In horror movies, the two types of settings such as escape rooms and death slaughter are enduring. From "Horror Cruise", which is known as a classic, to "Chainsaw Horror", which must be hotly searched every time it is released, to "Escape Room" with small cost production but still won a super high reputation. Each work receives a great deal of attention and discussion.
This is because both the Chamber of Secrets and the Massacre are "unknown elements" . People trapped in the Chamber of Secrets are not sure when they will find the key to help escape, and the prey they are eyeing never knows when the murderous maniac will come. The fear of the unknown and the eerie and terrifying atmosphere around them together make the audience feel afraid during the viewing process, and the atmosphere does not dare to make a sound.
The "Haunted House" that I want to recommend to you today is also such a thriller masterpiece. Although the Douban score is only 6.2 points, whether it is the creation of a horror atmosphere or the completion of the story, it is enough to make this story ranked among the "Top Ten Horror Films of the Year".
The story begins with a group of students led by the heroine Ani. They were celebrating Halloween and decided to go to the haunted house to play. During the search, they were drawn to the haunted house that emitted a miserable scream.
This haunted house, unusually eerie. Enter the door to hand over the mobile phone, the name of which enhances the sense of experience. But in reality, it is depriving students of "the chance to survive in times of distress." There are 5 staff members in the haunted house, the costumes and makeup are very scary, from the inside, showing a bloodthirsty feeling.
As soon as she entered the house, Ani witnessed the horrific scene of the blonde girl in the glass room being burned in the face with a "hot iron block" by a ghost. The girl's screams were terrible, but Ani was thought to be a game effect. It wasn't until they returned to the glass room again because they had taken the wrong path, and saw their companions in the glass room who were supposed to be in the procession, that they suddenly realized that things were not as simple as they seemed...
Haunted House is a low-budget production film. In order to ensure the final effect of the film, the director invested most of the money in the scene layout and post-production. Although the main actors are not well-known, the screenwriter of this film has written the phenomenon horror film "A Quiet Place". As a result, it has won a lot of attention.
The best thing about the film is the presentation of various thriller elements. For example, rooms full of spiders, corridors with a bloody smell that makes people sick to the stomach, and pipes with terrible "ghosts" at the end of the dark do not know whether there will be. None of the elements are duplicated.
In the beginning, Ani's people were adventurous in the haunted house with a playful mentality. But with the appearance of various dangerous people such as chainsaw killers, terrible boys in red, and clown-like freaks, they quickly become vigilant. The attitude towards the human skin mask and the wall of knives is no longer screaming, but forbearing fear and finding ways to fight and survive.
Many horror movies make the mistake of being vulnerable in the face of fear. But that's not the case with Haunted House. In this story, all the characters are thinking, looking for ways to escape dangerous adversity. Considering the coolness of the story, the screenwriter focused her pen and ink on Ani alone, depicting her anti-killing state of upgrading monster fighting and killing "ghosts" in a desperate situation, which looks very emotional.
In the process, Ani leads the crowd around the deadly traps in the haunted house, dodging the slaughter of the "ghosts" while finding a room to end the game. The anti-killing mask man camera flashes back to the scene of eating you when you were young "witnessing domestic violence", so as to tell the audience why she suddenly burst out with so much power to make the story logic more complete.
In addition to the coolness of the story and the shaping of the character image, there are many clips in "Haunted House" that pay tribute to classic movies. In the atmosphere of horror, the students crawled out of the dark passage with their hair messy, and the picture was very "Sadako". When the Chainsaw Killer appears, it is chilling, and in a trance, it feels the fear of being dominated by Chainsaw Horror. The linkage of this type of film and television works has surprised horror movie fans.
Finally, I would like to talk to you about the shortcomings of this story. That is: the logic does not make sense, and the end is scrawled. After being forced into a desperate situation, the "ghost" with the gun is directly hit by the protagonist K.O with a baseball bat, the process is so fast that the audience suspects that he accidentally pressed the fast-forward button. In addition, the reason for the existence of the haunted house is not explained in detail. The time of the maimed slaughter in the Ming Entertainment Experience Venue, but there is no supervision by the relevant departments, is really unreasonable.
But after all, this story is a thriller horror film that pursues the coolness of the story. As long as the picture is scary enough, the counterattack is fierce enough, and the blood plasma is bursting enough, it can make countless horror fans follow in the footsteps. If there is a thrilling, refreshing 100 plot, it doesn't matter if the logic is not so smooth!