After the reform and opening up, in order to enrich people's entertainment life, many Hong Kong films have been introduced, such as "Qu Yuan", "Three Laughs", "Bus Adventure and Good Luck", "Life and Death Struggle", "Trial wife" and so on.
At the same time, some horror films have also been introduced, such as "Painted Skin", which was talked about earlier, which has frightened an entire generation.
Compared with the real horror pictures in "Painted Skin", another "Red Bat Apartment" makes us afraid from the bottom of our hearts.
When it comes to this movie, Presumably the audience who has seen it is afraid for a while, and everyone has more or less been frightened.
Of course, "Red Bat Apartment" is put to this day, and naturally there is no comparison with those horror films with exaggerated special effects.
But compared to the film industry, which was still relatively conservative in the sixties and seventies, the film's real and meticulous restoration of the process of homicide is already quite rare.
"Red Bat Apartment" is directed by Hu Xiaofeng and starring Chen Sisi and Gao Yuan, released in 1962.
Even though 59 years have passed, the story that happened in that apartment, every time I think about it, can always make people's hearts tremble.
01, a mysterious murder case
Things start with a pair of lovers who are about to enter the wedding hall, Liang Liqin (Chen Sisi) and Hu Minglin (Gao Yuan) have been in love for a long time, good things are approaching, and the two are planning to officially hold a wedding. However, Hu Minglin dodged this, somewhat evasively.
Liang Liqin found that her partner seemed to have an unspeakable secret, and learned under some interrogation that Hu Minglin hoped to solve a debt at hand before considering marriage, Liang Liqin naturally agreed, after all, this way can also have no worries.
However, there is an unexpected storm in the sky, and the change suddenly occurs, and a murder suddenly occurs in the red bat apartment where the two live.
The deceased was Mr. Jia, the owner of Hu Minglin's company, and all the company employees, including Hu Minglin, were listed as suspects for a while.
Liang Liqin firmly believes that the pillow person is not a murderer, and in order to prove Hu Minglin's innocence, she decides to investigate alone and find the real murderer.
She set her sights on Mr. Jia's wife, Mrs. Jia, and after some follow-up investigation, Liang Liqin discovered that Mrs. Jia had a close relationship with a man surnamed Deng, and the abnormal relationship between the two seemed suspicious.
In this way, it seems that the motive for the crime is also there, and Mrs. Jia conspired to murder people in order to live with her lover.
However, there is no evidence for empty words, and the key is to have evidence. Mr. Jia's autopsy report showed that he had died of poisoning, so Liang Liqin planned to go to Mrs. Jia's home to search for the whereabouts of the poison.
Who expected this action to be seen by people with hearts and told Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Jia and her lover together, decided to take advantage of Liang Liqin's action to kill people.
The lover was drugged in the water cup, and wanted to trick Liang Liqin into drinking it, but fortunately Liang Liqin found out in time, she pretended to drink the drug and fainted, but in fact secretly waited for the opportunity to fight back.
Mrs. Jia plans to inject the drug into the unconscious Liang Liqin and then pass on the crime to Hu Minglin. So she asked her lover to trick The key to Hu Minglin's room from the administrator.
After the lover left, Liang Liqin quickly woke up and fought with Mrs. Jia, knocking her unconscious and tied her to a sheet.
The lover went back and forth, looking at the person in front of him who was tightly wrapped in sheets, and without much thought, he strangled the other person alive with his hands.
When he carried the body to Hu Minglin's room, the sheets were opened, revealing Mrs. Jia's already white eyes, and the scene was once very terrifying, which caught her lover off guard.
Mrs. Jia's death is not the end of the case, and Liang Liqin, who believes in the innocence of her partner, slowly approaches the truth of the case in a step-by-step investigation, although the truth is so cruel.
The real murderer of Mr. Jia was her pillow man, Hu Minglin. At the end of the film, Liang Liqin went to question Hu Minglin with evidence, and Hu Minglin, who has always been polite and polite, finally took off his hypocritical appearance.
But the bad guy eventually had bad retribution, and when he tried to destroy the evidence, he fell down the building and died.
People must not be disguised, and the old saying is indeed correct. Until the last moment, you never know what the person lying next to you is, and the human heart is the most unpredictable.
02, Chen Sisi and Gao Yuan - husband and wife partner
In the film, Liang Liqin's actor Chen Sisi and Hu Minglin's actor Gao Yuan are not only lovers on the screen, but also a real couple in real life.
When "Red Bat Apartment" was released, the two were newly married, and it was the time of deep love and honey, playing lovers in the film, Chen Sisi and Gao Yuan were familiar with each other, and their eyes were full of friendship.
Speaking of the marriage between the two, it should have been a good story in the Hong Kong film industry, and The lang cai and the woman looked like a good match.
As one of the three princesses of the Great Wall, Chen Sisi is the white moonlight in the hearts of countless audiences, enjoying the title of Audrey Hepburn of China.
Liang Liqin, who is smart and wise and has a deep affection in "Red Bat Apartment", and Qiu Xiang, who is full of smiles and smiles in "Three Laughs", these classic characters all touch the hearts of the audience.
Gao Yuan, people send nicknamed Million Xiaosheng, the head of Phoenix Pictures, and the male god in the hearts of countless young girls.
Wang Richeng, who is calm and calm in "The Trial of Wife", and Hu Minglin, who is polite on the surface and cunning in "Red Bat Apartment". Regardless of the decent villain, Gao Yuan is at ease.
From this point of view, the combination of Chen Sisi and Gao Yuan should have been happy and happy, but who would have thought that after less than ten years of marriage, as Gao Yuan continued to cheat, the two of them flew apart.
After divorcing Gao Yuan, Chen Sisi was very lucky to meet his partner for the rest of his life, the famous photographer Jiang Shi.
Although Jiang Shi is Gao Yuan's uncle, this did not hinder the development between the two, and Chen Sisi, who was hurt by Gao Yuan, finally got a happy home.
The former goddess went around and met a good person, which is also thankful.
03, Hitchcock-style suspense
As a horror film, 1962's "Red Bat Apartment" was very important and avant-garde in the sixties.
In terms of content, it borrows from hitchcock-style suspense, but does not fully follow its pattern, jumping out of the frame and becoming its own.
The so-called Hitchcock suspense is simply to use the audience's imagination to achieve the purpose of horror, rather than relying on external horror pictures, focusing on creating a tense atmosphere.
However, one of the major drawbacks of Hitchcock-style suspense is that the plot advances in a roundabout way, and it takes a long time to prepare for the tension.
In "Red Bat Apartment", the production team overcame this very well, and the relationship between the characters and the case was clearly explained at the beginning of the film.
In terms of filming, the production team also paid tribute to Hitchcock's films through some details, such as the dense distribution of buildings in "Rear Window", which was applied to show the narrowness of Hong Kong in the film.
It is also worth mentioning that the whole movie of "Red Bat Apartment" is fast-paced, not procrastinating, and the just right thriller scenes create a tense and exciting atmosphere, and to achieve these effects, a good editor is indispensable.
Zhang Xinyan, the editor in charge of editing work, has already emerged at this time and showed his good directing skills. Later, the highly acclaimed martial arts film "Shaolin Temple" was written by him.
As a generational cinema nightmare, "Red Bat Apartment" undoubtedly left a deep impression on the audience.
Looking back at this classic, the beauty is not there, time flies, and there is a taste in the heart. (Written by: Miki)