The suspense elements in suspense movies are like mathematics for science, often combined with other themes such as horror, crime, reasoning, supernaturality, etc., as if as long as some suspense can be called suspense films, that itchy feeling and subtle fear of the unknown, is the reason for the audience's eternal curiosity about suspense films.
Maybe it's the horror ancestor of "The Shining", maybe it's the small-cost jump scare pioneer of "Chainsaw Horror", maybe it's the spiritual system of "The Grudge" that is unique in a number of American B-grade films, maybe it is the Qing Dynasty Hong Kong style mix and match of the zombie Dao Chang Lin Zhengying, or maybe it is the domestic cheap horror such as "Beijing 81" and the pen immortal disk xian chopsticks fairy... In any case, the experience of being trembling and afraid to open your eyes to look at the screen seems to be inexplicably included in the childhood memories in the end. In short, in the aspect of domestic suspense movies, the combination of supernatural themes is impossible to count on, to be honest, in recent years, even if the protagonist's mental problems are no longer fresh, and not as mature and exquisite operations as "Butterfly Effect" in narrative techniques or film structure, naturally only find ways to get some local characteristics, in recent years, like "Detective Chinatown", "The Legend of the Demon Cat", "Burning Heart", "Labyrinth of Hearts" and other suspense movies are very good, and sure enough, Chinese know what Chinese are afraid of, To be afraid of what you like is what you want to see. For Chinese audiences, American and Japanese suspense films may be able to experience a brain-burning pleasure or sensory stimulation, at most only staying on the feeling of "good shock", but for localized excellent suspense films, there will be a coolness rising from the bottom of the heart, as if such things will happen around at any time; or there is a sad aesthetic that Chinese the mode of cultural thinking.
After all, suspense is always difficult to associate with the happy events of a good full moon at home, just in response to that description, Chinese than horror... Even more afraid is the "evil door."
"Blood Guanyin" is a surprising Taiwanese suspense film, which has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Drama Film, starring Hui Yinghong, Wu Kexi, Wen Qi and other powerful actors. The film mainly tells the story of three generations of women in the antique dealer Tang Mansion who were involved in a series of storms caused by the extermination of a close official, and at first glance, I did not know that this introduction thought it was a house fight drama. This movie has no deranged protagonist, no strange power, and no bloody and violent gimmicks, but it is uncomfortable to watch everywhere. The poster's half-head shaped like a Luocha and a cluster of flowers on the other side occupy half of the layout, and the other half are three eerie big-eyed figures, like aliens, who lack human emotional expression, and each looks in different directions.
Poster of the international edition of "Blood Guanyin"
The storyline is also simple to say, Hui Yinghong starring Tang She Yueying is the widow of the great general, engaged in the antique business, and is also the mistress of Secretary Feng of the Legislative Yuan. In order to help Feng defeat her rival Dean Wang in the political struggle, she made a big game with the land development plan, sacrificing countless cannon fodder, officials, domestic servants and even her daughter Tang Ning in the middle. Tang Ning is rebellious by nature, eager to get his mother's love and at the same time hating her, hating Lady Tang for using himself as a pawn. Out of the consideration of family appearance, Lady Tang declared Tang Ning's unmarried daughter Tang Zhen as Tang Ning's sister, and Tang Zhen was meek and obedient on the surface, and was the next object that Lady Tang liked to cultivate. Tang Zhen also loves and hates Tang Ning, and gradually reveals his true nature in this turmoil...
Tiger poison is still not eating children, no matter which audience will definitely be impressed by Madame Tang's viciousness, Tang Zhen's indifference, Tang Ning's indulgence, the filth and evil from the source of human nature...
To say that "Blood Guanyin" and ordinary crime suspense are separated, it is not exactly the intricate political struggle and people's heart entanglement, but also its unique expression method.
At the beginning of the story, two people with sunglasses sing songs in a strange place like a yin cao mansion, and they always sing songs when the story reaches a certain stage. It is a deliberate setting, these two singers are not the characters in the story, and the song interlude that seems to separate the viewing experience is actually a big deal. The song is deliberately to make the audience not too immersed in the story, from time to time to jump out to regain the sense of distance between the "stage" and the "audience", the audience is actually the same as the singers in the underworld, is to use the perspective of God to look down on the sins and ups and downs of the world, but also to remind the audience: you are watching the movie, as if looking at this evil mirror ... There is also another person who is constantly scrutinizing your deeds and waiting for the judgment after death.
Isn't it very much like the illusory realm in "Dream of the Red Chamber"? Over the present world, the fate of everyone has long been recorded.
Is this mirror also very similar to the Wind moon treasure book in "Dream of the Red Chamber"? The scenery on the surface of Tang Mansion is harmonious, and behind it is only a red face and dry bones.
Next to it is a mirror that reflects the world and sin
There are also the ubiquitous broken hand Guanyin and the flower decoration on the other side of the play, and the Buddha statue that originally symbolized the holiness and kindness of Buddhism exuded an evil atmosphere that could not be said... There is also the ghostly face of each character. The broken hand Guanyin in the play has tossed around several times, and whoever has it in his hand is unlucky. Guanyin Bodhisattva always gives people a sense of holiness and kindness, but the statue of Guanyin in the movie is stained with invisible blood and human life, and the strong contrast creates a satire. Blood Guanyin also alludes to Lady Tang and Tang Zhen abandoning their nostalgia for the beautiful side of human nature, and Lady Tang killed Tang Ning, who was not willing to be manipulated; Tang Zhen originally thought that killing her girlfriend could grab her love, who knew that love was also fake, and broke a leg. The mother could not be relied on, the grandmother was cold and ruthless, and finally picked up the forbidden fruit and lived like Lady Tang. She cursed Lady Tang, who wanted to die in her later years and could not, "live a long life and be rich for ten thousand years."
I think that if what is more terrible than terror is "evil", and what is farther away than "evil" is "evil", then at the end of "evil"... Probably the sadness of fate.