A recent film has reached new heights in the field of horror
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Let's say that I used to know that the night was scary and scary, but I never thought that "boat drama" could be described as "horror".
There are two boat scenes in this film, which are extremely eerie and make people who watch it seriously uncomfortable.
One of the passages is —
In the darkness of the night, in the dim bedroom, there was a young girl of a wonderful age lying on the bed, only to see her in her sleep, naked, revealing delicate skin.
Just then, the camera pans and an old woman comes to the bedroom.
She was as thin as wood and her skin was as dry as the bark of a tree, in stark contrast to the maiden.
The old woman's eyes, staring straight at the girl on the bed, exuded longing, like a longing beast that had been hungry for a long time.
The old woman gradually approached the girl, and she went to bed and lay side by side with the girl.
Then she scanned with her eyes and ran her fingers over every inch of the girl's skin, and the trembling fingertips exposed her heart like a wave.
Good guys, this plot... It's not quite right.
Is this a horror movie? Or a color sheet?
The doubts had not yet been solved, and only a piercing scream was heard, and the girl woke up with a frightened expression.
What happens next, and what the fate of the girl is.
Before the text begins, the director of the factory reminds you:
This film is half se, half torture, and adults have to be shocked when they see it.
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I believe that from the gloomy poster, it can be seen that the factory director is not alarmist.
What's more, the company that produced the film is A24.
For the audience, A24 is not as famous as HBO, but no one in the industry knows that it is one of the five major film and television giants in Hollywood.
Its films have always been the darlings of awards ceremonies, and they have different styles.
There is "Disaster Artist" that makes a bad film a miracle and impacts the Oscars;
There is the hit horror film of the year, The Witch;
There is a children's thriller "Florida Paradise" that has been lost to the end;
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Without exception, these films have created the greatest miracles at the smallest cost.
Moreover, no matter what the subject matter is, it is inseparable from the three magic weapons of A24: strange animals, exploded heads, and aging flesh.
This is even more vividly reflected in this film.
The story takes place in 1979, Texas, USA.
A group of young people plan to make a love film in order to make a splash in the entertainment industry.
So, a director and cameraman, a producer, a recording, two girlfriends, a male actor, they drove a car, and they hit the road.
The destination was a farm rented by the producer in a remote suburb.
The owner of the farm is a couple over eighty years old.
There is no one else here except the two of them, and the surrounding scenery is beautiful and quiet, which is a feng shui treasure place for shooting indescribable scenes.
The first half of the film is simply a documentary recording of a large adult movie set.
The director enthusiastically explained to the actors, the details of the shooting; the actors listened, took off their clothes, and dedicated themselves to the arts.
What is admirable is that the film's American retro tones, the "juggling pipa half-covered" style of art composition, with a melodious soundtrack.
The picture that was originally inappropriate for children not only did not make people feel vulgar and explicit, but also revealed the seductive hook of a young girl.
Not only is the audience tickled, but the old couple in the film is also aroused by desire.
At the same time, the plot begins to reverse, beginning with the two snooping on the crew, and a bloody and heavy killing begins...
The director also made sufficient efforts in the rendering of the early atmosphere.
There are many hints in the film, such as the dim house, creaking; the crocodile in the lake following the actress swimming in the lake;
In such shots, the actors are not frightened, but the audience always hangs a heart and is uneasy.
In addition, there is the portrayal of an old couple, which can't help but make people's backs chill.
Every time they appeared, they were silent, hiding in the shadows to peep.
Including the old woman mentioned at the beginning of the article, the old woman quietly entered the actress's room.
For her various strange behaviors, the film does not explain the causes and consequences, but allows the audience to look for clues on their own in the process of watching.
When the quiet atmosphere is pulled to the extreme, the painting style changes immediately, and the blood comes more violently.
It turned out that from the first day the group came to the farm, they had fallen into the trap of the old couple, and their fate had long been predestined, and no one wanted to leave.
Whoever wants to go, there is only one death.
Moreover, the death method is tragic —
But screaming to scream, honestly, if this film only has these, the director will not recommend.
After all, there are too many mouths, bloody, and terrifying than it.
The reason why it is pushed is also because it is not an Abrasive R-rated film.
Behind the old woman's abuse and killing is the helplessness and sadness of an age group.
Careful people can find that the old woman staring at the actress is actually a nostalgia for the young flesh.
In the film, there is a sharp contrast.
In order to shoot, the actress painted exquisite makeup, put on revealing clothes, and starred in a small movie that made men salivate, which was charming to the extreme.
When the old woman saw it, she couldn't contain her inner desires.
She fantasized about the actress as herself, in the room, changing into a long dress that did not know how long it would take.
Then, sitting down at the dresser, I opened the rusty makeup case, took the brush, and rubbed and rubbed on the damp and lumpy eyeshadow.
Painted the same makeup as the actress.
However, when the old woman dressed up and looked shy in front of her wife, she saw that the other party was not only unmoved, but also complained, saying that she was older.
Due to the long-term self-esteem setback, the old woman gradually became sick in her heart, and she began to vent her anger to the young people in the crew.
(ps: Can you see that the old woman and actress in the film are the same person?
Yes, this film is actually a realistic theme cloaked in horror.
The group involved is the elderly group that has received more and more attention in recent years.
In the past, this group was in a state of transparency, and the outside world was concerned about their health, food and clothing, but no one ever cared about their needs.
As the old woman lamented, when she was young, her husband was willing to do anything for her, which was the charm of beauty.
From youth to old age, this great change produces no less uneasiness than adolescence.
At the same time, physical changes bring about a sense of shame about sex.
Young people fall in love, called romance;
Old people talk about love, called disgusting.
A lot of normal physiological needs, naturally things that happen, are left at different ages, and the consequences are not the same.
For example, in the second boat scene of the whole film, the old couple is in bed and the clouds are raining.
There were no ghosts, no strange things happening, everything was going on normally.
However, this was dubbed "thriller" and became the most terrifying place in the whole movie in the audience's mouth.
This unfriendliness to the elderly is amplified in many movies.
In the movie "Happy With a Thousand Gold", when the male protagonist was planning to propose to his girlfriend after visiting his mother-in-law, he unexpectedly found that his mother, who was more than half a hundred years old, was pregnant.
This news is like a nuclear bomb falling to the bottom of the sea, stirring up huge waves.
The man's marriage contract was urgent, because the mother-in-law said that she could not marry her daughter to such a shameless family.
Including the male protagonist himself, in the process of making love to his girlfriend, when he thinks that his parents will make the same action, he is diaphragm in his heart and cannot continue.
The film shines into reality, in fact, for a long time, the elderly group has been tacitly "asexual".
In 2018, a media launched a survey called "Do Your Parents Still Have Sex", in which 85% of young people believe that their parents do not have sex, but most of their parents are still middle-aged.
To tell the truth, this perception is sad and irresponsible.
Freud once said —
Humans and animals have x-needs, which biology calls X-instinct.
It's like foraging when you're hungry, and this desire doesn't wane with age.
Although the body is aging, the desire is still there.
Society should respect the desires of all people, which is related to the dignity of a person and the happiness of being alive.
You know, in fact, the shameful thing is not sex, but prejudice and colored vision of sex.