As we all know, comedy has always been the hardest hit area of domestic films.
The director is perfunctory, the actors are embarrassed, the audience is not smiling, and the box office is usually quite high, but the reputation is definitely not good.
There is another big category that can press comedy, which is horror films.
When it comes to this classification, the audience is even more angry, dreaming, revenge, neuropathy, just a poster can make people angry with scolding women.
Both categories are prohibitive.
So if you combine comedy and horror films, and make a comedy horror film, does it make a head?
Is it unbelievable, or negative to positive?
In it, I see another possibility of domestic films
- Comedy thriller
"Great Night"
After watching "Great Night", Brother De's first impression was:
Don't look alone.
As an old movie fan who has watched movies for more than ten years, it is the first time I have experienced the feeling of being scared in the cinema.
I thought it was an ordinary comedy, but I booked a late-night ticket after work without thinking, and it happened that there was no one this time.
I sat alone in the middle of the huge theater, the reflection of the screen laser like moonlight on the seat, as mottled and mysterious as a late-night alley in my childhood.
When the light and shadow flow, those empty seats seem to be suddenly brought to life, echoing each other.
I enjoyed the late-night charter vibe, like the whole city night was for me, and the empty seats around me seemed to me like the tree elves from Princess Mononoke.
As the curtain opens, a lively part also blows the trumpet.
How happy.
However, as the second act of "The Great Night" begins, the two eunuchs creep into the Qing Palace in the early hours of midnight, and the mysterious and uneasy atmosphere spreads wantonly...
The big screen in front of me was suddenly covered with a female ghost's miserable white face.
I TM!
Suddenly I feel like there are all people around!
This special meow turned out to be a horror movie!
I run to the cinema alone at night to watch horror movies!
What a long life!
The cozy and quiet cinema immediately made me feel very lively.
I looked back uncontrollably, afraid of seeing something.
I quickly took out my mobile phone and found the brothers with the strongest yang energy to complain madly, praying for the comfort of my brothers so that I could persevere.
- "Cow X"
OK, so be it.
The above is my first impression of watching "Great Night".
I know it's a bit dense, but after watching movies for so many years, the first time I was scared in the cinema, this feeling is quite wonderful (scary pee).
I looked at the director, and sure enough.
The director's name is Ma Kai, and his name is not big, but he is the director of the 2016 domestic horror film "Zhong Evil".
At that time, the film used only 50,000 yuan, and the whole crew of 11 people in front of and behind the scenes entered Cannes screening, and it was also famous at the domestic FIRST Film Festival.
Although it was not released on the big screen due to the theme, it still allowed the audience to experience a "what is Chinese horror", which really comforted the horror fans who were waiting to feed.
"Zhong Evil" is known as the most frightening domestic horror film in recent years, and there is no one.
7 years later, Ma Kai made a comeback and delivered his first big-screen work in comedy + horror.
In other words, the horror scenes of "Great Night" have basic skills, and they are in the same vein as "Zhong Evil".
I said, this girl is a bloody horror movie!
Of course, because it is a theatrical film for the public, Ma Kai naturally cannot be full of firepower, and chose a way that is more in line with the current viewing environment.
The director is responsible for horror, and the comedy part is undertaken by Jiang Long, Jiang Yi, and Jiang Shimeng, who shine in "One Joy", all three are brain-opening comedy creators, whether it is performance or text.
In addition, Kong Lianshun joined, Yi Xiaoxing escorted, horror and comedy were guaranteed.
Let's start with a brief introduction to the story.
Is there a real ghost on the set of a ghost film?
(Anti-spoiler alert)
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The plot begins with the small-town youth "Brother Leopard" played by Fan Chengcheng.
He and his friends "dog" and "monkey" set up a self-media studio, usually mainly to shoot whole videos, which is the kind of short video that frightens passers-by.
Nowadays, the rapid development of self-media, this kind of old-fashioned script has long been unread, and Brother Leopard's studio is also facing closure.
What to do about it?
Brother Leopard privately contacted "Xiaoshan", a third-rate actor in Hengdian who was filming a costume horror film.
Xiaoshan is not famous, and his acting skills are even more crotch-pulling, but he has figured out the way to fame in the entertainment industry, and specially found Brother Leopard to infiltrate the crew, secretly record the material, and then publish it on the Internet after a series of processing.
Hype!
That's right, it's to let Brother Leopard specifically come to hype, no matter good things or bad things, just stir it up anyway.
Brother Leopard took the two younger brothers to infiltrate the crew, and the movie was filmed on the set there, and they also worked hard to arrange the scene here, and also specially let the "monkey" play the female ghost.
Immediately afterwards, Xiaoshan entered the scene with a leading actor, the monkey jumped out, and the two people were so scared that they were frightened and urinated-
The next day, the news of "A Ghost During the Filming of a Crew in Hengdian" can dominate the hot search list.
But, there are fake ghosts on the side of the hill, but there is a real accident on the crew's side.
Shooting action scenes requires hanging Weiya, and although the actors who played "Lifei Female Ghost" were reluctant, they were still put on Weiya by the director.
As a result, before turning a few heels, Weiya had an accident, and the actress strangled her neck in the air.
Terrible! The actor died unexpectedly in the middle of filming in the middle of the ghost film crew!
Xiaoshan was frightened, but Brother Leopard was proud because of the first-hand news he filmed.
However, before Xiaoshan and Brother Leopard's group reacted, something even more strange happened——
The heroine, who was still announcing her death in the hospital just now, quietly returned to the crew!
Terror! The actor died unexpectedly in the middle of filming in the middle of the ghost film crew!
Then Ya is back!
Is she dead or not? Is she a human or a ghost?
Not to mention the hill, even Brother Leopard's group was frightened.
With a head full of question marks and fear, they and the female ghost played peek-a-boo in the Qing Palace studio in Hengdian, like a group of modern people traveling to the ancient ghost cemetery.
A few fears, a few suspense, and a few inextricable sense of time and space confusion, which made people worry and fear, but they had to open their eyes and continue to look.
And as things intensified, an accident happened again -
Brother Leopard's colleague, the dog who plays the female ghost, was cut off his head.
This.... How exactly is it going to end.
Fear + Hi, there is a head!
After reading this introduction, I think readers will have a feeling of "mixed tastes", because "Great Night" involves too many themes.
Horror, funny, suspense, crime, and even social satire in the entertainment industry are all over the place.
Interestingly, all the elements seem to be incompatible, but the movie is very well integrated, and there is no sense of abruptness at all.
Use suspense to extravagant horror, dilution fear with comedy, and elevate values with irony.
"The Great Night" seems to be lighthearted, but in fact there is a mature set of script rhythm embedded in it, whenever the event progresses to a climax, it will always overturn it all in the form of a reversal, and then start over and light another incense burner.
And the audience's perception will also experience the thrill of the "emotional roller coaster" in a precise rhythm.
Is this a ghost? Oh yes!
Is she dead? Oh yes!
Did he lose his head? Oh yes!
In fact, the fusion of comedy + horror elements has always existed in film history, and the two emotions of happiness and fear have efficient assimilation, and the cost of these two themes is relatively lower.
Can use the least amount of money to mobilize the audience's maximum emotions.
For example, after watching this film, everyone will think of the Japanese movie "The Camera Don't Stop", as well as the classic American spoof "Screaming Laughter", and director Ma Kai's very favorite "Double Treasure Fighting Demon", are all classic works intertwined with comedy and horror.
In the Chinese-speaking circle, to go back to the last well-known horror thriller, I am afraid that only 6 years ago "Demon Bell".
"Scream"
"Demon Bells"
Of course, a large part of this is due to objective reasons, after all, our creative environment does not allow loose hands, but there is also a part of the reason, which is also due to the ability of creators.
Fear + joy, it is not an easy task to fuse these two opposite styles.
Fortunately, "Great Night" is not badly done, not the best, but it is worth walking into the cinema experience.
During the movie, I gradually entered the movie world from being afraid at the beginning to Xu Xu, and the most profound impression was the scene where I dressed up as a female ghost and went to the men's toilet.
I'll admit that my laughs are low, but when Monkey slowly comes out with classic scenes from horror movies, the wonderful feeling of comedies and horror movies combining is really unforgettable.
This scene is Ma Kai's personal experience in Hengdian.
During the running trick, there were really male actors who dressed up as female ghosts and broke into the men's toilet, flying in the air with trouser belts, toilet paper clamped in their butts... It's still vivid.
Crack someone up....
And this is also the original intention behind Ma Kai's filming of "Great Night".
The collision of new media and traditional crews, the collision of acting skills and hype, the collision of directors and producers, and even the collision of real ghosts and fake ghosts.
Ma Kai put everything he saw and heard in Hengdian in recent years into this movie, and behind the farce everywhere, it is actually the melancholy and sadness of a movie dreamer.
Through one night, Makai delivered decades of thoughts.
The play is fake, the person is real, the ghost is fake, and the love is real.
False is true when true and false, true is false and false is true.
When we raise the camera for the sake of fame and fortune, how can our original enthusiastic self not transform into a wisp of grievance, examining the skin in the mirror in countless solitary nights.
Admittedly, "Great Night" is not a perfect domestic comedy horror film, and the sensational drama forced to rise at the end makes people feel a little relieved.
However, from a direct point of view, it is still a suitable movie to watch in the cinema.
Laughed, scared, and right.
In it, I found new possibilities for domestic films.
I hope to have more domestic comedy horror films in the future!
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