Sir also did not expect to be frightened by a "kidnapping" propaganda film.
It is said that a kidnapping gang committed crimes in the county seat, and many families were victimized, and the whereabouts of the children have not been found so far.
Nothing special sounds like it.
But when the portrait of the "suspect" is released, you may not be able to calm down
There is not a single moving shot, nor the rotten screams and jump scares used in domestic horror films, only words, narration and pictures are used to create a crazy atmosphere.
How?
Aside from the bgm that got more and more wrong the more I listened, a few weird old photos.
The most important thing is that this video uses a virtual technique to present a kind of reality.
There is a genre in horror films, "pseudo-documentaries".
There are many examples abroad, but the most representative in China is "Middle Evil".
The filming conditions are primitive.
The environment is very grounded: red lanterns, iron fences, folk rituals...
Reality itself is not terrifying.
The horror is that you, under the guidance of reality, approach this terrifying element step by step, and can't help but start to believe that it exists in your daily life.
If a film like "Middle Evil" is a "pseudo-documentary", it is necessary to touch the truth by imitating the documentary.
Then "Homecoming" can be described as a "pseudo-feature film".
As soon as a few elements come up, you feel the inner flavor.
At the beginning, it is a narration with a strong broadcast cavity.
Font, a little older.
Both the picture and the sound have a noisy noise.
Let people suddenly fall into a whirlpool of memories, the eighties and nineties came to the fore.
Coupled with some pictures, these horror stories seem to really come from a lost family photo album:
Furniture decoration in the last century, the aisles of the tube building...
And horror doesn't just come from element restoration.
A short film that is clearly fictional, why would you want to believe what it says?
Because even if it is fictional, it is logical.
Let's look first at the so-called "abduction gangs".
Their goals are:
1. Children in the family are often alone and lack communication.
2. There is an elderly person in the family who died not long ago.
3. Photos and portraits of the elderly are placed in the house, and can be accessed by children.
4. The residential area is remote, the population density is small, and the environment is complex.
Combined with the title of the film "Return", it is self-evident who it refers to.
Although the whole film is not specified, when it is about to be revealed, the picture immediately blurs and jumps.
The biggest disadvantage of domestic terror is that it is "unspeakable".
But sometimes, this disadvantage can subtly become a feature.
For example, "Homecoming" is always trying to talk and stop, but you feel more and more terrifying.
Why?
Look at this sentence in the film
"Unspeakable" is the sense of reality.
Because of the propaganda tone, of course, it is impossible to admit that the strange force is chaotic.
And this in turn adds to the oppressiveness of things.
Obviously, he did not want to admit that he was confused and wanted to make a propaganda film for public broadcast, which could only mean that the situation was so serious that he had to say it.
You can imagine the atmosphere in the county at that time:
The children of the family disappeared one after another, without any clues, and rumors spread for a time and people were panicked...
At this time, it is necessary to come forward to appease people's hearts and stabilize social emotions.
Feature films.
A name that is already a little unfamiliar to today's audience.
In the 1980s and 1990s, it often appeared on television, or was organized and watched by schools and units for official public opinion guidance.
Generally, after major public opinion events, crime, safety precautions, drugs, and "spiritual pollution" are committed.
△ Jia Zhangke's movie "Ren Yao"
So a horror story told through the shell of a feature film.
That's it.
And it's not just scary.
For example, Mai Junlong's "Zombie" is in the face of departing relatives, and we can't let go of what to do
Horror is not just the acceleration of a heartbeat in an instant.
It is also a place that has been lost for a long time, touching places that we dare not visit inside.
The end result doesn't have to be fright.
It can be said that we cannot tell the confusion.
It can be a private memory of a certain day in childhood.
It can also be said that warmth and longing.
Does something unknowable really exist?
At least, you find a certain part of yourself emotional, often unable to see, but it does always exist.
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