"People divide good people and bad people, corpses divide zombie corpses" "People are most afraid of three long and two short, incense is most afraid of two short and one long" "Open the door, I am your captain Ah Wei"...
Mention of these lines I believe that the audience after the eighties and nineties must be very familiar, and even many people can memorize them well, and sometimes say a few words to tease others.
In 1985, directed by Liu Guanwei and starring Lin Zhengying, Xu Guanying, Qian Xiaohao, etc., "Mr. Zombie" was released, which not only achieved word-of-mouth and box office results, but also set off a boom in zombie films, and "Mr. Zombie" is also known as the originator of zombie films.
To this day, "Mr. Zombie" is still an insurmountable peak in the fantasy zombie film. Many viewers have watched it many times, although they are familiar with the plot and lines, but once they play it again, they will definitely stop and watch it for a while, the so-called classic, probably so.
"Mr. Zombie" has made Lin Zhengying, Qian Xiaohao, Xu Guanying and others famous, and Mr. Lin Zhengying has been working in the field of "zombie films" for many years and has become the leader of "spiritual zombie films". Unfortunately, in 1997, Mr. Lin Zhengying died, and the ghost zombie film officially ended.
Over the years, it has been difficult for psychic zombie films to rise, and although the genre movies have found a way out in the network movies, most of them are crude and rotten works. Qian Xiaohao, who has played Lin Zhengying's apprentice many times, has also begun to carry the banner of zombie films in online movies, but many films starring in him, such as "Mr. Yin yang" and "New Mr. Zombie 2", are inferior works, fortunately, "Qiu Sheng" has repeatedly lost battles and constantly launched new works.
In 2018, it was revealed that Qian Xiaohao and Liu Guanwei cooperated again to launch the spirit zombie movie "Tianxu Xiaomengbao". This movie is quite exciting, because the film will invite Chen You, who has not appeared for a long time, to join.
Chen You is also one of the representatives of the golden age of zombie films, he not only played Lin Zhengying's disciple in "Mr. Zombie", but also starred in "Mr. Zombie's Uncle Zombie", and has since starred in a number of psychic films, but in recent years, he has almost "disappeared" on the screen, and in 2013's "Zombie", he reunited with Qian Xiaohao, which has aroused the memories of countless audiences. In "Tianxu Xiaomengbao", Liu Guanwei, Chen You and Qian Xiaohao cooperated again, which was full of gimmicks and looked forward to. In particular, the plot of the film has not been exposed for a long time, which adds a bit of mystery.
In July 2019, the film was finally released online, and its mystery was also unveiled. I thought that the film would be the Western Shi who fell into the country, which was stunning, but unexpectedly it was the East Shi Gong, which made people stunned.
The film was renamed "Mr. Four Eyes", the opening few minutes have the taste of the zombie film of that year, although there is a suspicion of imitating "Mr. Spirit": Uncle You, played by Chen You, was invited by Ren Laoye to descend the demon, Uncle You found Dabao, Xiaobao pretended to be a zombie to cheat money, and then was debunked by Uncle Hao, played by Qian Xiaohao... This plot is obviously adapted from the beginning of "Mr. Spirit Illusion" Wu Yaohan.
Since the ancient Ren family out of the zombies, the next film into the theme, Ren Lao Ye spent a lot of money to buy a piece of land to prepare to build a building, Uncle Yu watched feng shui for him. Originally, it was a treasure land, but unfortunately, many patients were buried here after the plague of the neighboring villages, and even some people who had not yet died were buried alive (becoming demons), so the treasure land became a mass burial post.
Sure enough, the workers dug out a small demon in this field, the little demon named Jiang Xiaosi, he was like a zombie, but he could walk, jump, talk and discharge. Jiang Xiaosi and Uncle Hao's dry daughter became friends, but they were arrested by Dr. Bad to study, and then Uncle Hao and Uncle You rescued him together, and the film ended...
After watching "Mr. Four Eyes", people feel that the film is like Chen You's beginning of cheating money, and the film is a work of cheating money. Is this a child in the house? The film first had the beginning of "Mr. Spirit Illusion", and then the uncle taught, which led to the plot of "bear children teasing the teacher" in youth school films such as "Happy Ghost", and then Jiang Xiaosi appeared, and the plot of "Zombie Young Master" (or "Zombie Family") reappeared... Among them, the film has a lot of children's scenes, and if you are not careful, people will misunderstand that it is a children's film... As for whether there is a dazzling Daoist technique of Maoshan Daochang in the whole film? Sorry, really not, Qian Xiaohao actually had a few seconds to take two yellow charms, but unfortunately he turned to other shots before he put them on. Chen You's uncle has a lot of scenes in the film, and the sacrifice is very large, but it is "the hero is useless" and has become a clown who has been teased; Qian Xiaohao's uncle, who is righteous and carries a large knife, is indeed majestic, but there is only one fight like a family, it should be said that there is only this one fight in the whole film!
In addition, in the film, Chen You sacrificed his hue to create a comedic effect, which is painful, but it can only make the audience laugh. Qian Xiaohao is no longer the "Qiu Sheng" in Wang Xiaofeng's grumbling voice in "Mr. Zombie", he has an old state, why should he sell Meng?
"Mr. Four Eyes" is obviously difficult to continue the glory of zombie films, which makes people feel very emotional. The main creator is still the main creator of the "Mr. Zombie" series, but the film is even difficult to achieve the level of "poor and unsatisfactory".
I still remember the director Liu Guanwei's heroic style, his "Mr. Zombie" series not only had wonderful fights, but also had golden sentences, and the endless Maoshan Daoist techniques were even more unpredictable and eye-catching. In recent years, Liu Guanwei has gone north, but he has made such an inferior work as "Three Laughing Talents and Beautiful People", and he has to fry cold rice and make some zombie movie network movies. However, the sword is finally old, the majestic wind is no longer the same, even his most adept spiritual zombie film tastes the same as chewing wax, if it is not pregnant with the zombie film complex, I believe that no audience is willing to treat such rotten films as chicken ribs (tasteless food, it is a pity to abandon it).
Qian Xiaohao also jumped from the "Autumn Sheng" of that year to become a master, although he was full of ambition, he was unable to do it, and he had a look when fighting, and he was slightly insufficient in funny. I still remember the style of "Uncle Nine" in those days, and it was the style of the Taoist leader when he raised his hands and feet. He gives people a sense of ethereal and realistic, wearing the Daoist robe, he is the unattainable zombie Daoist; taking off the Daoist robe, he is also a greedy and cheap, a little self-interested but amiable ordinary person. In addition, Lin Zhengying's Daoist leader never sells cute treasures to make people laugh, but in a serious way, people can't help but be funny.
Chen You's reappearance after many years is indeed surprising, but the script is not good, and even if he and Qian Xiaohao do their best, they will eventually be in vain.
As the pioneer of the zombie film, why is it difficult for even Liu Guanwei, Qian Xiaohao and others to revive the zombie film?
Thinking about it, in fact, there is less innovation and no mentality.
Throughout the zombie films starring Lin Zhengying in that year, each film has an innovative plot, so that the audience is not easy to aesthetic fatigue.
Lin Zhengying and Liu Guanwei have cooperated in many movies, "Mr. Zombie" has developed a zombie theme template; the life of the little zombie in "Zombie Family" is interesting; "Mr. Lingxiang" "Fried Ghost" is frightening; "Ghost Bites Ghost" Maoshan Technique Battle Head Down technique amazes everyone... The former director Liu Guanwei also constantly injected new blood into the film, which is naturally full of points of view; now he is obviously holding the mentality of gathering old actors to fry cold rice together, and even the essence of the genre film Maoshan Daoist is unwilling to inject more, unnecessarily adding some embarrassing funny elements, putting the cart before the horse, how can he raise the audience's interest?
I still remember Mr. Lin Zhengying's "stubbornness" and "stubbornness" in the field of zombie films, hero films are on fire, he shoots zombie films, and when he has no money, he shoots some hero films to earn; martial arts films are on fire, he still shoots zombie films, and when he has no money, he will shoot some martial arts films to earn... Mr. Lin Zhengying has always struggled in the spirit zombie film, in order to shoot "Exorcism Police", he can travel thousands of miles to invite people to the mainland to invite real Maoshan Daoists to learn spells and the history and development of the Maoshan Sect; he can pour out his savings for the filming of "One Eyebrow Daoist", even if he is teased as "Scattered Wealth Daoist" without regret...
Maybe this is the mentality, Mr. Lin Zhengying's shooting of zombie films is his love, Mr. Lin Zhengying believes in Buddhism, but he can play the Dao Commander to the fullest, which shows his intentions for the film; even Mr. Mai Junlong, who has never made a zombie film, once he has the determination to make a good zombie film, he has also made such a superior work as "Zombie"... It can be seen that most of today's zombie film creators have not made a good zombie movie mentality, but they just want to use this IP circle to make some money...
As a unique genre of film in China, zombie films have declined, which is a pity. Liu Guanwei, Qian Xiaohao, Chen You and other predecessors can't carry the banner of zombie films, and who can catch up later? Since then, I have to sigh again: the red fu glutinous rice is still there, and I don't see Lin Zhengying at that time...