To say that the most national style characteristics of domestic fantasy thrillers must be the various zombie movies in early Hong Kong, of which the representative character Lin Zhengying can be described as a classic of the times.
His representative works "Mr. Zombie", "One Eyebrow Man" and so on are rare thriller masterpieces, which have left a deep impression on the audience.
However, with the departure of Lin Zhengying and the decline of Hong Kong films, works of this genre basically did not appear in everyone's field of vision, which became a major regret.
Fortunately, Lin Zhengying's apprentice Qian Xiaohao has never given up the pursuit of this subject, and his 2013 starring "Zombie" pays tribute to traditional zombie films, which also makes many people shed tears of the times.
However, because of some problems in terms of cost, Qian Xiaohao's subsequent films are mainly played on the network video platform, and now he has a new film "Exorcist" that premiered and rushed to the first place in the platform soaring list, Qian Xiaohao made the audience successfully enter the pit, is the thriller another king fried?
Thriller with a sense of visual impact
"Exorcist" does not deliberately focus on zombies, but mainly on folk exorcism, although this layer of meaning has been changed, but the overall style is still the original taste.
The plot opens with soldiers returning from the battlefield, and everyone around him cheers for him to marry, originally a great piece, did not want to just cross the brazier, the beam on the top fell directly and smashed people to death.
What cuts the mirror is the soldier's unseen wife and his brother, doing some dirty things, and also plundering gold and silver treasures, greed and lust are really invisible murderous knives.
The next second, the brother, who was disheveled, saw the person in the coffin come alive and was carried to the beam of the room to rub it, but in fact, in the eyes of outsiders, he was the only one acting, which was the so-called illusion, which instantly caught the audience's attention.
Then the plot did not drag on in the slightest, the yellow-robed Heavenly Master came with his apprentice to eradicate the monster, and the younger brother was already possessed at this time, nibbling on the raw chicken and looking abominable, and there was no longer Xiao Shan at that time.
The Celestial Master's exorcism was even more eye-catching, strangling the possessed person with a red line, and then urging the incantation to subdue the other party through the medium of the scarecrow and the cross sword.
Although this weasel demon has average mana, it can create an environment and evoke the memories that people most desire in their hearts, the Heavenly Master has a daughter, and the apprentice has a sweetheart, which is also a good preparation.
Then the Celestial Master not only completed the exorcism task, but also knew everything, it turned out that the death of the soldier was caused by his brother and fiancée, and in the end they also got the punishment they deserved.
It is really rare that so much information can be displayed at the beginning, and in the next plot, the Heavenly Master and the apprentice are faced with fox demons with profound cultivation, who were suppressed for many years because of the greed of the Ding family lord.
And the lady of the Ding family just happened to have a marriage contract with the apprentice, the connection was established instantly, and then through the polishing of the plot and action scenes, the characters and plots were plumped up through various details, which was worth watching.
The two main actors delve into the meaning of human nature
The reason why thrillers can endure is not only because the film can give the audience a visual impact, as well as a variety of strange and bizarre strange talk, but also because of the in-depth exploration of human nature hidden in it.
Although the film is a small-cost network, it is not as superficial as works such as "Fengshen Shen: Daji" and "Yitian Slaughter dragon record of the Nine Yang Divine Gong", but it properly interprets the meaning of this human nature.
For example, in the weasel incident, the younger brother could also get the family property, but because of lack of greed, he directly killed his family and occupied his sister-in-law, which is the embodiment of greed and lust.
In the later fox demon incident, the fox demon had originally been suppressed, but it accidentally discovered the greed of the Ding family's old master, and since then it has been controlled, and even the Ding family has been destroyed for the sake of the human world.
Even the Heavenly Master had a psychological obstacle that could not be overcome, because in order to possess the fox demon on his daughter, the Heavenly Master had to kill her daughter, and since then it has become a knot in his heart.
It is undeniable that there are many tributes to Lin Zhengying in the film, but this just intensifies the traditional sense of the film and gives people the illusion of dreaming back to the times.
Of course, Lin Zhengying's apprentice Qian Xiaohao's performance is remarkable, his performance experience is very rich, he has starred in "Guan Yunchang" and "The Return of the Heavenly Master" are more popular, and Zhen Zidan, Wang Zhiwen, Andy Lau and other big coffee have cooperated.
And because he has starred in films with similar themes many times, Qian Xiaohao is particularly good at integrating himself into the role, giving each eye look specially in place and accurately controlling emotions.
After discovering that the fox demon had escaped, he unconsciously widened his eyes and maintained his vigilance, and his body tensed up, fully revealing the characteristics of a celestial master.
And Qian Xiaohao's action scenes are also very eye-catching, all kinds of hanging Weiya's actions are particularly flexible, and the fight scenes are also on their own, the response is rapid, and it is not at all like the 59-year-old look.
Another protagonist, Yu Xiaobin, is a bit green, but the performance in this film is still passable, especially after seeing the monster, the look of frowning is very natural, plus some northeastern-style speeches, which adds a comedic color to the film.
The supporting characters in the film also integrate themselves into the role, and the villain Fox Demon really performed that crazy feeling, seeing his enemies angry and his eyes were going to stare out, completely without baggage, setting off the atmosphere of the whole film.
The performances of other actors also have a stunning feeling, after all, they are not big coffee drama bones, but they also have to perform the character status in the usual days and the two faces after being possessed, and the free change of emotions also adds a lot of bright colors to the film.
All in all, the plot logic of "The Exorcist" is meticulous, and the design of the technique has its own ingenuity, coupled with a kind of rendering of feelings, portraying a unique horror effect, if the film is in place, it may be successful.