There is a hot search that is more interesting: childhood is given to the surname Zhou. Zhou Shuren's recitation of the full text, Chou Xingchi's movie, Jay Chou's song, Chou Runfa's gun, Zhou Huajian's martial arts, etc.
In fact, Stephen Chow's films are not only childhood, even now, they are often taken out to look at. "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", "Kung Fu", "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", "Shaolin Football", "The King of Comedy", "Journey to the West" and so on are all familiar to everyone, compared to "Night of the Soul" is slightly unpopular.
"Night of the Soul" is a breakthrough work by Stephen Chow at his peak, perfectly mixing comedy and horror genres that are almost inherently incompatible, creating a classic.
"Night of the Soul" sold 16.28 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong that year, ranking 10th in the annual box office list, which is not ideal for Stephen Chow.
There are many reasons for the low box office, many people may feel that "plagiarism" "This killer is not too cold", after all, Zhou Xingchi and Leon's shape is similar, the same sunglasses and flowers, the same black trench coat and duck tongue hat, the same cold and brave, that is, the setting next to the class girl is the same.
There are also spoofs of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", "Texas Chainsaw Killer", "The Shining" and other classics,
Moreover, it was very different from the mainstream ghost films at that time, people were using Taoist charms, chanting spells, and sprinkling chicken blood to catch ghosts, and he used flower pots, chocolate, plastic wrap, etc. to challenge people's cognition, is it genius or idiot?
01, Liu Zhenwei is ashamed of his old friend Zhou Xingchi
Young students may not be familiar with the name Liu Zhenwei, but if you say that the screenwriter of the "Journey to the West" who has been enshrined, that is, the Bodhi Ancestor in the film, you will certainly not be unfamiliar. That's right, Ji An is Liu Zhenwei.
Liu Zhenwei, born in 1952 on Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong, directed his debut film "The Fierce Ghost Messenger" in 1987 and was widely acclaimed, and in 1990, he cooperated with Stephen Chow to become the first film in Hong Kong to break through 40 million at the box office, and in 1994, he directed "Moonlight Treasure Box" and "The Great Sage Marries". If Zhou Xingchi is a Maxima, Liu Zhenwei is definitely one of the Bole.
However, the big talk westward journey released in 1995 did not succeed as expected, as the "pioneering work" of Zhou Xingchi's new company, the upper and lower two films did not even sell for 50 million, and the mainland is said to have only 200,000 box office, which directly led to the bankruptcy of Zhou Xingchi's Xingcai company.
Liu Zhenwei felt discouraged, but felt even more sorry for Zhou Xingchi, in order to make up for his loss, decided to make another film for him, which is what we called "Night of the Soul" at the beginning.
Liu Zhenwei chose to make ghost films for a reason, first of all, his first directorial work was a ghost film, and then this subject matter was his hand, thinking that it was guaranteed. But people are not as good as heaven, and the box office of "Night of the Soul" has not achieved the expected effect.
In "Night of the Returning Soul", Zhou Xingchi appeared in a shocking scene, one person and one flower to clean up the ghosts that everyone was helpless, compared to the big talk that the journey to the west was just a downcast thief at the beginning, it was simply the opening direct transformation into Sun Wukong.
But no one believed him, and seeing his miraculous powers, they only thought he was a neurotic—a mental hospital was his destination.
One second he was still treated as a relief for Guan Shiyin, and the next second he no longer needed him and let him be dragged into a mental hospital.
Liu Zhenwei recalled his state of mind outside the play many years later: At that time, I wrote a big talk about Traveling to the West, thinking that I was very talented, but after the release, I was scolded very badly, everyone thought I was neurotic, how could Sun Wukong fall in love?
I was very sad to hear it, and decided to let Zhou Xingchi be very talented in "Night of the Soul" to catch ghosts, but I was still not accepted, thinking that I was neurotic.
However, after the failure, Zhou Xingchi still believed in him, he also believed in Zhou Xingchi, and later Zhou Xingchi invited him to come back to supervise the production of "Kung Fu", and the box office reputation flew together, and Liu Zhenwei also saved some face.
02, chainsaw killing
There are only three types of mainstream ghost films: one is Lin Zhengying's zombie films, large and small zombies are in line, jumping and running around;
One is a domestic ghost film, the terrifying music runs through the whole scene, and behind it is people pretending to be ghosts;
One is that veritable ghost films such as "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", "Midnight Bell", and "Curse" tell us that there are really ghosts.
However, Zhou Xingchi performed the ghost film with a laughing and thoughtful effect, and some people said that Xingye's movie was laughed at first and then cried three times and suddenly realized.
The night of the soul was originally a sensitive day, and one family had a grudge against the daughter-in-law because the mother-in-law had a grudge against the daughter-in-law before she died, so it was attached to the grandson that night and returned to the residential building to kill the ring, and the security team responsible for the safety of the residents was helpless.
Two were scared to death in the elevator, two robbed money at night but were eaten by ghosts, one mistakenly thought that the ghost was a dusty woman who was summoned by herself, and as a result, she was made by the ghost "as big as a durian", and the security captain also had to use a drug addict as a shield to escape from heaven and earth.
It was at this time of crisis that Zhou Xingchi fell from the sky like Sun Wukong in a golden armor and showed his might, but before he could introduce himself, he was dragged back to the mental hospital, and it was inevitable that he would be discouraged.
The film also uses crazy music at large lengths, but it always stops abruptly when the horror is about to reach its climax.
So the security captain heard the voice of a "drug addict" and told him about peeking at his sister next door in the shower when he was a child, but beat him up when he was face to face;
The security team member played by Li Lizhi is also the one who guards himself in front of the guard, usually he is not afraid of even the dares to eat, only he teaches people's share no one can teach him, in the ghost hunting training and Zhou Xingchi had a big quarrel and did not dry up to prepare to go home, the result of going out no two steps was blown back to the office by a gust of wind back to the office holding Zhou Xingchi's thigh called big brother;
Huang Yifei, known as "iron guts", can stand downstairs waiting for objects to fall from a high altitude, or he can use blood and water as tap water to wash his face leisurely, but he is incontinent by urinating under a pistol.
It was in this context full of doubts and various "pig teammates" that Zhou Xingchi decided to carry out ghost hunting to the end.
It is difficult to support alone, and finally the ghost found the opportunity to possess Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi used his mind to seal the ghost into his body, and could only use a chainsaw to split from his head to kill the ghost, for this ticket brother, Zhou Xingchi chose to let Mo Wenwei wave the chainsaw. I don't go to hell, who goes to hell!
But A Qun, played by Karen Mok, eventually kills Leo and is sent to a mental hospital himself. At the end of the film, Zhou Xingchi appears in front of Ah Qun, but we don't know whether this is Ah Qun's hallucination or the real Leo.
03. Are there any ghosts in the world?
Are there ghosts in the world? Is everything that happened up front a fantasy of Ah Qun?
If you are fantasy, the imagination is too rich, every scene is challenging our bottom line and humor line, catching ghosts is different, and paper hats can fly.
Moreover, is the protagonist a neurotic or a ghost master? Are we crazy, or does the world not understand us, or do they have eyes and no pearls?
In fact, whether there are ghosts or no ghosts is just our ideas, after all, it is idealistic, there is no scientific argument, there is or not, it depends on whether we believe in the cow, ghost and snake god in our hearts.
In the film, Ah Qun did not obediently think that Zhou Xingchi was mentally ill because of the strange eyes of the people around him, she remembered the bravery when he appeared that night, and she also remembered that he stepped forward to save everyone, and she thought that he was an extraordinary person living in a mental hospital.
The true brave only does what she thinks is right, and does not forget her original intention because of the worldly vision.
Time will pass, everyone will grow up, and they will be assimilated by all kinds of people or things around them, and gradually become what others want themselves to be. If we close our eyes for a moment and let our hearts go, can we find our true selves?
I remember that Zhou Xingchi was interviewed by a reporter, and after the end, he was asked to write a sentence on the autograph photo as a souvenir, according to the reporter's recollection, there was a moment when Zhou Xingchi showed a sad look, and then wrote down these words crookedly: Why insist, think about the beginning. (Author: Sanqiu)