The domestic horror film that can still attract praise in the impression is the small-budget film "Middle Evil" that came out in 2016, and it is also a rare horror film about the theme of folk "please immortals" in the form of pseudo-documentaries.
The actors' performances are really in place, the scenes change naturally, and the story line is clear.
Although there is still a certain gap compared with foreign counterparts, compared with other domestic counterparts who are keen to shoot such subjects, it is already considered to be "big".
But although the reputation is OK, the standard is still up to standard, but I always feel a little less flavor. The most lonely thing is that since then, there have been no more works of "bare standard". The "no" mentioned here does not mean that there is no "shooting", but that after "shooting", it can once again arouse the praise of word of mouth.
At the beginning of the year, some video sites suddenly sent a burst of clips, is a domestic network of large film flowers, called "Daxinganling Hunter Legend", is also a horror film, the atmosphere is very well rendered, and the starring acting skills are also online, but unfortunately it is a big network, but there is no meaning to look down, but I just think that like a few years ago, everyone bought tickets to see the theater to see the scene of "Beijing 81" for a long time.
Looking at the world outside the mainland, the outside counterparts are still thriving, although the Hong Kong version of horror films is still declining, but the horror film market in Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea and even Taiwan is still lively.
Therefore, for the exploration of the type of "horror film", domestic film and television workers are still in the stage of "love and hate".
"Love" is because there is indeed a part of the audience that loves to watch;
"Hate" is because people love to watch, we can't shoot.
In the past, I thought that it was because of some well-known reasons that tied the hands and feet of domestic counterparts, but recently I suddenly figured it out:
It may still be that thinking and creativity are bound by themselves.
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Dreaming pills send nerves fixed unchanged three-plate axe
After the reform and opening up, domestic horror films have still been supported.
In 1989, there was a sensation in "Lonely Soul in the Black Building", and now you can find the resources of this movie on many video websites, interested partners can take a look, in addition, "Tomb of the Night Thief", "The Mystery of St. Paul's Hospital", "Lover's Blood Is Particularly Red", "Midnight Song", "Silver Snake Murder" and so on have good audience feedback.
For the mainland audience whose eyes have just opened up, not to mention horror films, even seeing men and women kissing on the screen will be stunned for half a day, but with today's perspective to examine the subject matter and shooting angle of the film and television works at that time, I have to marvel, the peers at that time were really "wild", from criticizing social phenomena to imagining the future, from the praise of life to the embodiment of the cow, ghost and snake god, it must be shocking today, but instead of the environment at that time, The creativity of literary and artistic workers seems to burst out of endless inspiration after being imprisoned for a long time.
Of course, because of the limitations of the national conditions, the real cow, ghost and snake god can only be embodied in ancient times, and all kinds of strange things that happen in modern times will eventually have a scientific explanation, but no matter how it is explained, it is certainly reasonable, at least it will not be as embarrassing as "Approaching XX".
Only limited to the current situation of the film and television market at that time and the weak sense of copyright, in the era of video halls, people can still see the charms outside of their own lives, and they are all in a trance because they are arranged by directors and screenwriters in the modern city:
Could it be? Are there really those weird things?
In this regard, the author has a special right to speak:
One year back to my hometown for the New Year, when the guests gathered to chat, the author and a few friends were afraid and wanted to watch a Taiwanese movie, we all thought that the women floating around in the "ghost house" were not enemies or bad elements in the end, but unfortunately, we didn't find out until after the "end of the play":
People play really.
So for a long time, the author did not dare to turn off the lights and sleep at night.
This kind of world that is detached from the common sense of life and school education really gave the author and many viewers at the time the most intuitive shock -
Outside of Liuhe, it exists and does not care, but it can't stand that "thing" really "exists"!
Therefore, from the perspective of today's standard adult, when looking at the domestic horror films that were particularly popular in those years, and then rummaging through the latest horrors around the world on the Internet with a calm expression, the mentality has already changed:
The fears of the past have become the nostalgia of today, and the fears of that year have turned into childhood memories. Together with the "Four Heavenly Kings" and "Zhou Dong" who influenced the entire adolescence, they were collected into the computer D disk.
At this time, looking at the domestic horror films produced in the mainland in the past ten years, we still can't get rid of the routine of "dreaming of drugs and nerves". Exactly the same as it was thirty years ago. However, whether it is the creativity or the performance of the actors, as well as the rendering of the atmosphere, it seems to be more and more "cute".
There was a time when a famous "small broken station" had a UP master who specially explained the domestic "bad films" and was widely welcomed by netizens. More than half of the "bad films" explained by the UP master are domestic horror films, so that I really think that in the mainland, horror films are synonymous with "bad films". Although it is a bit humiliating to say this, it is difficult to secretly agree with the various BGMs on the screen for the sake of foiling, as well as the acting skills of some of the main actors who are embarrassed to pick their feet, and the storyline that can jump directly to the end of the play in the opening five minutes.
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It is better to talk about Japan, South Korea, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan than to play the creative card
Nowadays, when talking about the development process of "horror films" in the mainland, I am afraid that a special paper and work will be produced, and only a brief overview of the following core issues will be made:
How did mainland audiences' appetite for horror films gradually become "diao"?
I have seen an article about the psychology of the audience before, and I have also mentioned why some people like to watch horror movies? The article said that the audience who likes to watch horror movies, the ordinary life must be unchanged, so that there are no surprises. And horror movies bring them the same feeling as "eating spicy" - I know very well in my heart that "I" am safe, but I like the stimulation of "being in danger", so watching horror movies has become the best choice for "Ye Gong Hao Long".
In the undocumented history of watching movies, the first to spread into the mainland and capture and cultivate a group of horror film lovers must belong to Hong Kong and Taiwan, at that time, in the lively era, Lin Zhengying danced with peach wood swords and zombies, Huang Baiming wore Qing Dynasty official clothes to perform several happy ghosts and ghosts, the young "Five Lucky Stars" in addition to assisting the police to solve the case also mixed with the absurd scenes of female ghosts seeking pleasure, and even the "fat cat" Zheng Zeshi brought a generation of "ghost queen" Wang Xiaofeng wearing a Taoist robe to come to a series of ghost fights.
Not to mention the ghost playing people and people playing ghosts like American plasma without money, as well as chainsaw madmen who play with each other, Alice who stands on top of the corpses.
Until the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, when the predecessors of Hong Kong and Taiwan withered away, although the blood plasma in the United States was still cheap, the audience was gradually attracted by the dark Sadako in Japan, the mysterious murders in South Korea, and the tiger aunts in Taiwan.
At that time, mainland audiences seemed to emphasize the word "atmosphere" more physically and psychologically:
I know the results are the same, but I just like the way you look bad.
All of this is culminating in the advent of horror films in Thailand:
The mysterious jungles of Southeast Asia infiltrate the modern city, the dark skin can not hide the expression of horror, and the incomprehensible Sanskrit and the way of reincarnation emphasize retribution while reinforcing the touch of horror.
You can't say when there will be a "surprise", so like the mainland audience thirty years ago, you are afraid and thinking of hiding in the bed and watching the exotic mysterious shots flash by frame by frame, skip it and don't want to go, face it and don't have the courage.
On the other hand, Chinese film and television workers who have entered the era of smart phones at this time, even if they invite Korean directors to shoot three "Pen Immortals" in one breath, they will still be complained about:
"I finally saw the pen, and it's not bad."
In fact, the author feels that there is no need to deliberately accuse domestic counterparts of rigidity and plagiarism, because some words always want to stop talking.
Objectively speaking, the most painful thing is not that you can't learn things, but that you know that you can learn things but "learn uselessly", at least in the 1990s, when the concept of "horror films" gradually took shape, the strict restrictions on feudal superstitions, while guiding everyone not to believe in fiction, did limit the imagination and creativity of a generation of creators.
Even the "Beijing No. 81" mentioned above is difficult to say that it is not borrowed from wu Zhenyu, who was even more popular because of his participation in "Where Daddy Goes". Because the word of mouth after watching the movie does show that -
The gap between us and "them" is still obvious.
Because of bondage, it is exhausted, because it is exhausted, so it falls.
No matter how much the network university or the network drama is developed, only from the perspective of content and creativity, everyone seems to be somewhat uniform, and some are not enough.
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Conclusion
To say a very objective fact:
The vast majority of the above-mentioned horror films in all countries and regions compared with their counterparts in the mainland are still unable to go to theaters. Only some of the works can be paid on professional video stations.
For the sake of national conditions, this film is really embarrassing.
Although the author has seen that there are still several domestic horror films that have been approved this year, I still retain my views on the shooting level and story level after the filming.
But the third uncle of the Southern Sect once wrote a sentence in the "Notes on the Tomb Robber":
Even more terrifying than the ghosts and gods is the human heart.
The author believes that many creators are also well versed in their ways, otherwise there would be no classics that have ever appeared.
But in this current difficult creative environment, it is difficult to say that there is an excellent creative team willing to spend energy on product content, rather than leaving a classic, everyone seems to be more willing to focus on the harmless comedies and romances of people and animals.
Perhaps niche films are always left to boring people in the shadows, and the psychological destination of stimulation and safety has gradually been slowly replaced by many network universities and short videos.
Domestic horror films, the task is not heavy, the road is unknown.
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