"There is a fish in the north of the earth, and its name is a carp. The size of the carp is unknown to thousands of miles. ”
- Zhuangzi, "The Getaway"
As the homeland of mankind, 70% of the surface of the earth is covered by a deep and vast ocean, and the dark deep sea has become a forbidden area for our human exploration. When people see the corpses of huge creatures that have surfaced from the sea and cannot be called by the existing human cognition, we will wake up to the fact that under the terrifying waves lurk many sea beasts that are unknown to mankind. Regarding the behemoths under the sea, not only do we Chinese make all kinds of conjectures, but the Frenchman Jules Verne's novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" once described the story of the giant octopus attacking the Parrot.
"ExtremeLy Cold", a horror film that can be called "childhood shadow" in the minds of post-80s friends, is inspired by this horror masterpiece, and the director of the film, Stephen Sommers, was inspired by an article on National Geographic about the behemoths of the deep sea. Mysterious and murderous underwater monsters, blurred corpse mountains and blood seas, and the bloody smell of the screen, the director has gathered these entertainment elements to provide a wonderful horror masterpiece for fans of monster genre films.
The story is set on a cruise ship in the South China Sea, where bloodthirsty deep-sea monsters, passengers who have no way to ask for help, and a bunch of heavily armed pirates who are looking for their own misfortune are staged. The film follows the principle that the monster film does not see the true face of Lushan until the last moment, and at first it only allows the audience to peek at the leopard. Monsters can move freely through the narrow pipes of cruise ships (the speed and momentum are absolutely amazing), hiding in the dark and waiting for their prey to be hooked, in which the monster drags a female tourist hiding in the toilet into the toilet, which is definitely too TMNB!
The footage in the movie is so bloody, I'll use the GIF of Bobbitt insects to show it
After several life-and-death tests, the protagonists finally saw the full picture of the monster in the banquet hall of the cruise ship. This is a monster with a head as large as a small hill and countless tentacles at the same time, and the director said in the relevant interview that the monster image is based on the combination of several creatures such as a crown jellyfish, a vampire squid, and a giant sea anemone.
Still don't put the film stills, just this design manuscript is already creepy
"ExtremeLy Cold" is a large-scale B-grade film, the humanistic appeal is obviously not its concern, as long as the stimulation, addiction will fully achieve the purpose, the constant appearance of exaggerated and bloody shots, for the audience who like to stimulate is definitely a good work. The director obviously knows what the audience of this type of film wants to see, and he simply spends more money on special effects and action scenes, and the giant sea monsters in the film seem to be alive, dexterous and cruel. The special effects shots in this film use a combination of computer production and traditional model technology, and the final effect is unimaginably outstanding, which can definitely shock every audience.
"ExtremeLy Deep Cold" uses realistic special effects to create an extremely eye-catching "deep devil" image, huge body shape, blood-eating behavior, and haunted figures everywhere, which is all of this film, not pursuing depth, not pursuing connotation, but it does bring us a huge shock, but I think this feeling is not only special effects, but also comes from our inner fear of unknowable things in the depths of the sea.
Fear Index
1. Creativity: There are too many similar monster films in the 1990s, and the prominence of this film lies in the integration of themes.
2. Plot: The rhythm is smooth and compact, absolutely gripping.
3, the picture: is the most brilliant place in this film, we see the nightmare.
4, sound effects: those monsters devouring humans and then regurgitating the sound effects, now think about it is still extremely sour.
Recommended Viewing Index: ★★★★
Special reminder: This film is only suitable for friends who like heavy taste
Lao Zhang wrote on June 18, 2020
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