The film "Painted Skin" is based on an adaptation in the story of Pu Songling's "Liaozhai" in the Qing Dynasty.
The skin is from The Story of Chattai Zhiyi, the movie chapter
Hong Kong's Phoenix Pictures Company took the lead in this film, and in 1966 it had already made this thrilling and turbulent film, which was officially named a horror film.
Where is the horror? One is the theme of the movie, the second is the scene layout, the third is the film scene music, the fourth is to show the plot, and the fifth is that the audience knows in advance that there is a "ghost" in the play, saying, playing ghost stories, and there is already a kind of natural prevention of "vigilance" in the heart.
This movie really makes people feel suspenseful!
With so many factors added up, it's not scary to say.
The film is a horror film directed by Bao Fang and starring Zhu Hong, Gao Yuan, Chen Juanjuan and Weng Wu.
An antique legend
It tells the story of Wang Chongwen, a scholar who, because of his utilitarian desire, mistakenly took the female ghost in as the examiner's daughter, and was killed by him. The film was released in Hong Kong on 29 July 1966 and in domestic cinemas a decade later.
When watching this ghost movie, it was the first time I saw a horror movie about ghosts, and my heart was filled with nightmare-like shadows, what words were used to describe the feeling of watching the movie at that time? Creepy, frightened, chilling, cold hair upside down..., any word is suitable, and all are experienced.
This look disturbed me and made me dare not look at it a second time
When I saw the evil ghost come to the bedside and shoot at the heart, I was too frightened to look at it again, so I went directly under the stool, and for a long time I heard a sigh of exclamation in the theater audience finally stopped, and then I drilled up, and when I went home, I still felt the wind whizzing behind me, pulling cold, pulling cold...
Film protagonist:
Not a ghost when it's so pretty
Mei Niang
Actor Zhu Hong
Claiming to be the daughter of the township examiner, she was forced by her stepmother to marry and run away to find her father, but she was actually a cruel and vicious female ghost. The ultimate goal of approaching Wang Chongwen was to gouge out his heart and drain his blood. He was eventually destroyed by Master Wang Chongwu.
"Golden Eagle" is him, but also the elite, Xiaosheng is so handsome
Wang Chongwen
Actor Takato
Although he was a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he was a talent at the age of 14, but he never passed the township examination. The township test was approaching again, and he was afraid of the name of Sun Shan and began to ask God for advice. One day, he was instructed by the Taoist priests, and when he went out in the middle of the night and walked to the northwest, when he came to a ruined temple called Kuixing Pavilion, he saw a beautiful woman who was crying bitterly, claiming to be named Mei Niang, the daughter of the chief examiner of the township examination. Wang Chongwen was overjoyed after hearing this, and wanted to use her to go straight to Qingyun, but he didn't want Mei Niang to be a ghost wearing a painted skin.
Although his wife is simple and plain," in fact, her heart is very good, and Wang Sheng is still saved after she shaved her heart, is she moved?
Chen's
Actor Chen Juanjuan
Wang Chongwen's wife is a good wife and mother who takes good care of her husband's living. However, as Wang Chongwen's relationship with Mei Niang deepened, Wang Chongwen's eyes became more and more intolerant of the Chen family, and eventually he was driven out of the house. Chen Shi wanted to find a short-sightedness, but was fortunately saved by his uncle Wang Chongwu, who was studying martial arts outside.
The brave and upright brother is completely different from the older brother, but it is a pity that he cannot fight ghosts
Wang Chongwu
Actor Weng Wu
Wang Chongwen's younger brother has been studying martial arts in other places. When his sister-in-law Chen Shi was driven out of the house by his brother to find a short sight, Wang Chongwu, who had just returned home, saved him, and after listening to his sister-in-law's crying, he went home to see what was going on. Soon, he and his brother saw a terrifying scene and realized that Mei Niang was originally a ghost dressed in painted skin. Chongwu knew that he was invincible and immediately asked his master to come and help.
Evil does not suppress righteousness, and eventually surrenders
Master
White hair is long
Chongwu invited the master out of the mountain, the white-haired Dao Long Dao was better than the evil ghost, in line with the value theme of evil not oppressing the right, the evil ghost was killed by the Dao Chief after the battle, turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared, shaking off the painted human skin, ending his evil deeds.
It can be called the most famous chapter in "Liaozhai Zhiyi"
"Painted Skin" is from the first volume of the Qing Dynasty novelist Pu Songling's book "Liaozhai Zhiyi" 40 times. It tells a legendary story that happened between Wang Sheng of Taiyuan, his wife Chen Shi, and an unknown beauty. Wang Shenglu met the beautiful woman and took her in. Who knew that the beautiful woman was really a powerful ghost dressed in painting skin, and wang sheng was disemboweled and dissected. Chen Shi, the wife who was eager to save her husband, found a beggar under the guidance of a Taoist priest, endured the humiliation of eating phlegm, and finally coughed up her husband's heart, and Wang Sheng was saved. Pu Songling commented in his final statement: "Foolish people! Obviously, the demon also thinks it is beautiful. Confused fools! Ming Mingzhong also thought it was delusional. ”
Read the meaning, "ghost" is not "ghost"
"Painted Skin" is extremely educational, and the author's moral that warns the world is contained in the story.