Mid-Autumn Festival
Happy Holidays to all aquarists!
Reunion, moon viewing, eating mooncakes, is the annual reserved program.
Today Uncle Fish came again to recommend a more exciting one-
Brush horror films.
2021 can be called the "big year of horror films".
There is Wen Ziren's new work "Fatal Induction" before.
Simultaneous online at home and abroad, film fans reveled.
Later, there was the Thai-Korean co-production film "Psychic Medium".
With the degree of scariness out of the circle, it is the first hot search.
Psychic Medium
These two new films, Uncle Fish just talked about not long ago.
In addition, there are many unreleased topical works.
Today Uncle Fish will take stock, the ten most anticipated horror films this year.
According to the style and theme, it is divided into three groups: atmosphere, vision, and brain hole.
Let's start with the atmosphere group.
This is probably the scariest group.
Because they all invariably adopt the "pseudo-documentary" approach, the sense of substitution is full.
There are no particularly violent and bloody shots, and the emphasis is on creating a hades atmosphere.
The storyline is not complicated.
In short: a group of people looking for death meet a "real ghost."
NO.1《咒》
Director: Ke Mengrong
Starring: Choi Kwong Yan / Gao Yingxuan / Lin Jinglun / Ah Q
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan
Not released
Chinese ghost films, the most hardcore.
The poster alone is already chilling.
Director Ke Mengrong, the dark horse of the Chinese ghost film industry.
In 2004, "Ghost Seal" sensationalized the whole network, breaking the curse of Not making horror movies in Taiwan.
As soon as this year's "Spell" trailer was released, it was named "the best Chinese language in the past decade".
"Spell" tells the story of a film crew led by a young couple who trespass into the forbidden land of a cult.
The subsequent direction, everyone should have guessed -
They provoked the evil spirits, and one after another they died.
The plot is not new, but the form is very interesting.
It gathers the most classic Chinese horror elements.
Feng Shui, Taoism, Folklore.
A panicked woman, a ghostly child.
And countless restriction-level pictures that make patients with secret phobia autistic on the spot (there should be no picture here).
Even more frightening is that the film is based on true events.
The shooting method adopted by the director further increases the audience's sense of substitution.
Especially the handling of the last scene, the cowards watch carefully.
The grimace that almost broke through the screen, it was difficult for those who had seen it to maintain their composure.
Although it is still a set of jump scares, it is really a hundred trials.
Decades ago, the Chinese market was full of gods.
Unfortunately, today, the decline of Chinese ghost films is an indisputable fact.
Over the years, one can get a hand, a "zombie", a "middle evil".
In addition to the many restrictions on the mainland, Hong Kong films are also declining.
Now we can only count on the treasure island and keep the last row of noodles.
NO.2 "Psychic Medium"
Director: Ban Trang Bisindar Nagan
Starring: Narella Kurmont Colpett / Sani Utomah
Country/Region of Production: Thailand
Douban score: 7.0
Thailand is an absolute "big ghost movie".
Although the production budget is not high, the use of sound effects and editing has been pure.
Thais mostly believe in Buddhism, and the story is about a karmic retribution.
"Psychic Medium" is also a film full of religious elements.
Director Ban Zhuang Bisindar Nagang, producer Luo Hongyi.
Both are leading figures in Asian suspense horror films.
Together, the two push the gloomy atmosphere to the extreme.
Although the reputation of this film is seriously polarized.
The Douban score also plummeted from 7.6 to 7.0 overnight.
Some people think that the atmosphere is enough to be horrifying and full of staying power.
The other part feels that the style is too fragmented and difficult to enter the play.
But if you're bold enough, this new film is still worth watching.
NO.3 "Deep House"
Directed by: Alexander Bustiro / Julian Morley
Starring: James Jagger / Camille Rowe
Country/Region of Production: France
Douban score: not opened
The protagonist is an Internet celebrity couple.
In order to find a new topic, they actually targeted an underwater haunted house.
I also bought a bunch of professional diving equipment and plunged headlong into the bottom of the lake.
It can be called the labor model of the UP main term.
Compared with other European and American horror films, this one is considered to be "small fresh".
No use of the old plasma-filled routine.
The setting of the underwater haunted house is novel and unique, and there are no small technological breakthroughs.
The claustrophobic, dim environment makes people feel the feeling of suffocation of 10,000 percent.
If you say that the survival rate of humans in the haunted house on the ground is 50%.
So here, just wait for the calves to finish.
Although some people criticize the haunted house as too small and the visibility is too low.
But I can still feel the sincerity of the director.
Efforts were made to create a strange, gloomy, desolate atmosphere.
And the attempt was very successful.
There are several fragments, which have the feeling of the Zhangjia Ancient Building in "Notes on the Tomb Robber".
If the atmosphere group focuses on psychological horror.
Then the visual group pursues sensory stimulation.
Simple and rude, just do it.
All kinds of 18 forbidden pictures, the impact is unmatched.
Dissuade people with weak psychological endurance in advance.
NO.4《钛》
Director: Giulia Di Kuno
Starring: Agatha Roselle / Vincent Linton / Garance Marilylle
Country/Region of Production: France / Belgium
Douban score: 7.7
Directed by Giulia Di Kuno, it is really a "purple micro star from heaven".
Five years ago, "Raw Eating", which talked about "cannibal girls", was shortlisted for Cannes.
This year's "Titanium" directly won the Palme d'Or.
It can be said that the highlight moment of the horror film in Cannes.
Previously, polanski, Lynch, Zulaski and other masters of horror films have been shortlisted, but failed to pick up gold.
What is the charm of "Titanium"?
The most frequently appearing in the comments are "wonders" and "imagination".
This is an image experiment that takes audio-visual perfection.
The director created an extremely raw, sexy and eerie heroine.
Show it frankly, with a sense of oppressive carnal beauty.
After setting fire to her home, she was completely alienated.
After hiding all the traditional feminine characteristics, the killing began.
The director wants to express that women can also be fierce and face up to their desires.
In order to create the most shocking and cool visual effects.
She has a long training for actors.
After the official start of shooting, we tried to combine the lighting and shooting angle.
Interpret the queerism of the heart in a surreal way.
And the social issues such as individual emotions, physical domination, gender politics, and moral bottom lines are deeply deconstructed.
Top 10 bookings of the year.
NO.5 "Crying Sorrow"
Director: Jia Youting
Starring: Zhu Xuanyang / Lei Jiana / Wang Ziqiang / Qiu Yanxiang
Douban score: 6.9
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This time it's a zombie theme that can't be tired of watching.
A new type of virus spreads across the globe.
It is not fatal, but it can completely stimulate the dark side of human nature.
Infected people cry and drool before they mutate.
But then, there's an eerie smile on your face.
Then he will do a series of the most extreme and perverted things, completely breaking through the bottom line of being a human being.
The film shows a picture of hell on earth:
The owner of the breakfast shop was torn to death by decades of regular customers;
Neighbors who have always gotten along well and have a friendly personality, yelling and slashing in the street;
Scientists do not hesitate to experiment on children, but they do not know that they have become the puppet of the virus...
The background of the story is close to current events, and there are many innuendos to reality.
Rao is such a bloody trailer clip above, which can only be regarded as an appetizer.
There are too many shocking and horrifying killing sections in the main film, reminiscent of "Human Meat Char Siu Bao" and "Ebola Virus".
Films of this scale will surely set off a climax for Cult film lovers.
NO.6 Moonlight Panic: Killing
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Judy Greer / Jamie Lee Curtis / Anthony Michael Hauer
Country of Production: United Kingdom / United States
"Moonlight Panic", a big IP of European and American horror films.
The director incorporates his early work experience in a psychiatric hospital.
Created the "Wild Killing Film Grandmaster", masked man Michael.
This classic horror image, from the 70s fire to the present.
Michael's nanny is a member of a cult.
From an early age, he was brainwashed and asked him to kill his blood relatives to complete the sacrifice ceremony.
So when he was 6 years old, he calmly stabbed his 17-year-old sister to death.
Because of his young age, he was forcibly sent to a mental hospital.
He escaped after 15 years.
Again, he targeted his own sister.
This chase has been a full 43 years.
Stunned is to turn the cat and mouse game into a strong duel.
Elderly Walking Killer X Stormy Grandma, full of points to watch.
Since the first part, Michael has become more and more evil.
Not only is the knife and gun invincible, but it is also immortal.
Putting on a mask is tantamount to cutting off human nature and becoming pure evil.
His silence was also due to the fact that he had nothing to say to his prey.
But this time he was forced to take off his mask and accept the ultimate judgment of fate.
It is worth mentioning.
The director also wrote the theme song for the film.
It has now become a common BGM for short videos.
Halloween Theme
Blanket - Halloween Theme
NO.7 "Fatal Induction"
Director: Wen Ziren
Starring: Annabella Wallis / Maddie Hasson / Wu Yuwei
Country of Production: United States / Chinese mainland
Wen Ziren's new work was finally introduced.
The setting is very attractive:
After the heroine's brain patch is accidentally hit, she can see various sadistic illusions.
The next day, the same scene will be staged in reality.
The scene of torture and murder runs through almost the entire film.
Wen Ziren returned to his best aesthetic of violence, and the level is still online.
Unfortunately, the imported version was deleted by 4 minutes, which caused a lot of damage to this kernel.
Uncle Yu talked deeply about this problem.
The finale is the brain hole group.
This group focuses on supernatural horror and incorporates a lot of fantasy elements.
Emphasize high concepts and strong settings.
Fans with low psychological endurance can also watch with confidence.
NO.8 "Soho District Horror Night"
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Tomasin McKenzie / Anya Taylor-Joey / Matt Smith
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Uncle Fish is looking forward to this one!
The biggest reason, of course, is the British ghost director - Edgar Wright.
The representative works are "Hot Blood Detective", "Shaun of the Zombie", and "End of the World" trilogy.
In particular, he is good at all kinds of imaginative bridge sections and brain-opening editing techniques.
This return to his favorite horror genre is, of course, a big move.
The trailer of just over 2 minutes has left too much room for imagination.
The setting of the film is very interesting.
The star-chasing girl dreams back in the 1960s and meets her idol in the Soho district.
But to her surprise, they seemed to have exchanged their lives.
Girls experience the highlight moments that idols experience.
There were also red flags, which seemed to indicate that the idol was about to be murdered.
She returns to the modern era and tries to find a way to save her idol.
At the same time, the dark secrets of London's high society in the 60s were uncovered.
Wright has played "crossing" with a new meaning this time.
In the comment area, some people have begun to interpret frame by frame, and their brains are wide open.
It is worth mentioning that the idol in the film is played by Anya Taylor-Joy.
This very evil face also injects soul into horror movies.
NO.9 "Antlers"
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Kelly Russell / Jesse Plemont / Graham Green
Country/Region of Production: USA / Mexico / Canada
Douban score: not released
The deer in the general work are all good spirit images, but this time it is a contrast.
The monster prototype is Wendigo in American mythology.
It is a monster created by the cannibalism of humans.
Always full of hunger, symbolizing greed.
The film follows the perspective of a female teacher and discovers a taciturn boy in the class.
One day he drew a story in which there were three wolves, large and small.
Big wolves and little wolves like to run to the city and eat people.
In order to save people, the wolves blocked the door and hunted the animals alone to feed them.
The female teacher remembered that the boy was a single parent and had a father and brother in the family.
From this painting, it is speculated that he may have been abused for a long time.
So she made responsible home visits.
Unexpectedly, two bodies were found in the room.
That night, two monsters with antlers appeared in the town, tearing 6 people apart.
The trailer has satisfied the audience's appetite.
Where did the antler monster come from? And what is the connection with the little boy?
Let's wait and see.
NO.10 "Night Cabin"
Director: David Bruckner
Starring: Rebecca Hauer / Sarah Goodberg / Wardy Curtis Hall
Country of Production: United States /United Kingdom
Douban score: 7.2
Low-budget horror films.
Do not seek special effects, mainly look at the brain hole and sound effects.
The story begins in a lakeside cottage.
The heroine's husband suddenly convulsed one day and shot himself while rowing a boat.
But he never showed the slightest tendency to be depressed.
Before the heroine could grieve, there were frequent supernatural events in the home.
At first it was an inexplicable knock at the door, a very heavy footstep.
After that, the situation became more serious, with ghost hammer walls and even real damage.
Then she found the design drawings of the cottage in her husband's belongings.
And clay dolls with needles all over their bodies.
The use is estimated to be similar to the ancient Za Villain, who used curses to achieve revenge on someone.
Driven by curiosity, she boarded the boat where her husband committed suicide.
And across the lake, a mirrored cabin was found.
And in the hut, it was another self.
It seems that behind the suicide of the husband, there is a bigger conspiracy.....
Judging from the horror films of recent years.
Asia is increasingly inclined to dig up horror material from folklore.
The West has gradually abandoned the filming style of blindly pursuing violent scenes.
Put a lot of energy into supernatural settings and atmosphere shaping.
The audience is already aesthetically tired of simple and rough plasma and monsters.
The directors began to dig deeper into the horror elements of everyday life.
At the end of the day, watching horror movies is really painful and happy.
The more frightening the episode, the more it stimulates the brain to release dopamine.
So even after watching it, the audience's heart will beat wildly.
But the brain remembers only the pleasant feelings and wants to do it again.
In the era of the epidemic, the economy is down, and the atmosphere is heavy.
In this state, horror movies are not just exciting.
It also gives us an outlet to release pressure.
"Horror Movie Year" is well deserved.