Hong Kong is the largest producer of zombie films in China, and Lin Ching-ying is the best representative of Hong Kong zombie films. In the past when zombie films were particularly glorious, most of the zombie films starring Lin Ching-ying have become classics.

When mentioning zombie movies, many people will think of Hong Kong, and when mentioning Hong Kong, they will naturally think of Lin Ching-ying.

Hong Kong is the largest producer of zombie films in China, and Lin Ching-ying is the best representative of Hong Kong zombie films. In the past era when zombie films were particularly glorious, most of the zombie films starring Lin Ching-ying have become classics.

However, since the death of Lin Zhengying in 1997, Chinese zombie movies have lost their most representative characters. Coupled with changes in film aesthetics and public tastes, Chinese zombie movies have begun to go downhill, especially in recent years, film and television There are more and more types of dramas and special effects are becoming more and more mature. It is difficult for zombie movies to occupy a place in the film and television drama market.

What we are going to talk about today is a 2013 zombie movie called "Zombie: Seven Days of Rebirth". The protagonist of the

movie is Qian Xiaohao, who has collaborated with Lin Zhengying in many zombie movies and is also considered one of the representative figures of Hong Kong zombie movie actors.

This is not a traditional zombie movie, but a slightly literary and modern way of telling the story. What the story wants to express is not just a simple struggle between zombies and Taoist priests, but an impact on the entire zombie movie industry. The cry and helplessness of .

The Last Ending of the Zombie Movie

Ahao was once a professional zombie movie actor. With the decline of the industry and the departure of his wife and children, he was completely disappointed with life and wanted to find a place to understand his life.

He came to an apartment, and the administrator, Uncle Yan, helped him open room 2442, which had been sealed.

Ahao took out his costume and watched it for a long time in the room, shed tears of regret, and then hanged himself. And the moment he kicked away the stool, a ghost appeared and entered his body.

Ahao kept struggling, and soon a master appeared and rescued Ahao, and beat away the ghost in his body.

During the chat, Ahao learned that this master is called Ayou. His ancestors were Taoist priests for three generations. In his generation, the world is peaceful and there are no zombies to fight. He can only be a chef who stir-fries glutinous rice.

Later, Ah Hao discovered that there was always a crazy woman at the door of his house looking into the house with a peephole. She also had a son, Xiaobai. Uncle Yan told him that the mother and son were originally residents of 2442 and were once a happy family. However, her husband was a beast and had some intentions while tutoring a pair of twin sisters. The twins resisted and killed him. The two sisters were also there. Her family committed suicide. When Ah Feng returned home, she went crazy when she saw this scene.

One time, Ah Feng was stealing tributes again. Ah Hao stood in the corridor watching their mother and son. Suddenly he noticed that there were Yin soldiers crossing the border. Ah Hao imitated Ah Feng and her son and hid against the wall. He finally knew that this place was more complicated than he imagined.

Another important character in the story is Aunt Mei, who lives with her husband, Uncle Dong. She is a particularly kind-hearted person in the apartment. In her free time, she helps everyone mend clothes and so on.

But then Uncle Dong suddenly fell to his death in the corridor. Aunt Mei was very sad and did not want Uncle Dong to die, so she asked another person in the apartment who knew Taoism and law, Ah Jiu, to help to see if Uncle Dong could be reborn.

Ah Jiu put a character on Uncle Dong’s head and asked Aunt Mei to bury the body in soil in the toilet bathtub and apply preservatives every day to cover up the smell.

Afterwards, he put on a copper coin mask for Uncle Dong and told Aunt Mei to feed Uncle Dong crow blood every day and wait for seven days before Uncle Dong could be reborn.

Ahao returned home that day. Ahjiu suddenly appeared and put a character on his head. It turned out that he wanted to use his to lure the ghosts of the twin sisters out, but he found that he could not defeat Ahao who was possessed by the ghost. Fortunately, Ahao Friends arrived in time and helped seal the ghost into the closet.

Ayou asked Ajiu to burn the wardrobe as soon as possible, because the ghosts could not be sealed for a long time. Ajiu agreed, but poured the corpse oil obtained from Uncle Dong on the wardrobe to suppress the ghosts of the twin sisters.

On the other side, Uncle Yan heard Afeng say that she saw Uncle Dong being killed by someone, and that person was followed by a child. Uncle Yan told Ayou about this, and Ayou said that Afeng was crazy and couldn't believe it, so Uncle Yan decided to investigate on his own.

He came to Ajiu's room and saw Aunt Mei was there. He took the opportunity to throw a few candies at the door of the compartment. Sure enough, he heard the sound of someone pulling the candies, so he asked Ajiu where Uncle Dong was, but was Aunt Mei died from a sneak attack from behind.

The reason why Aunt Mei appeared at Ah Jiu's place was that there was no movement on Uncle Dong's body except for the long hair and nails. She wanted to know if there was any other way to make money. Ah Jiu told her that there is another way, which is to use boy's blood instead of crow's blood.

After Ah Jiu heard what Uncle Yan said about Uncle Dong, although on the surface she said Ah Feng was not trustworthy, she still wanted to check it out in her heart. He used Xiaobai as an excuse to let Xiaobai go to Aunt Mei's house to help him find out about Uncle Dong.

But at this time, Aunt Mei was no longer the kind person. Xiao Bai's arrival just solved the problem of the boy's blood for her. She locked Xiao Bai in the toilet and offered him as a sacrifice to Uncle Dong.

After a while, the Qiankun Bagua disk in Ayou's house suddenly rotated on its own, which was a sign of great evil. He immediately rushed to Aunt Mei's house, only to find that the house was in a mess. Ah Jiu, who was seriously injured in the corner, grabbed him and covered his mouth and nose, because behind him was Uncle Dong who had turned into a zombie. , if he hadn't covered him up in time, he would have been attacked by this zombie.

After the zombies left, Ah Jiu revealed the truth: It turned out that his lifespan had long come to an end, so there were often evil soldiers here. He didn't want to die, so he wanted to use Uncle Dong to refine his corpse, then possess the ghosts of the twin sisters into Uncle Dong's corpse, and then borrow his life. Using the blood of a child is the last way to refine a corpse. The child next to him also used it for this purpose, but he didn't want to use this method unless he had to. But he didn't expect that Aunt Mei could get the blood of a child, and the one who ate it Zombies are so powerful. After saying this, he died.

At this time, A Feng was looking for Xiao Bai. She came to the shaking wardrobe, thinking that Xiao Bai was locked in the wardrobe, but unexpectedly the ghosts of the twin sisters were released. Then she saw Xiaobai turned into a ghost in the corridor, and then she realized that Xiaobai had been eaten by Uncle Dong. So she went to Uncle Dong to take revenge, but he was easily killed by him.

Ahao, who came one step later, temporarily restrained Uncle Dong with oil bottles and glutinous rice. The released twin ghosts directly possessed Uncle Dong's body and turned into a more powerful monster.

Ahao couldn't beat him and was impaled by him with an iron rod. Ahao, who was wearing the equipment, rushed over and breathed his last breath for Ahao. Then he used corpse oil to draw a barrier that attracted zombies, and told Ah Hao that he must defeat him within the time of a cigarette. Once the time passed, Ah Hao could no longer come out of the barrier.

At the same time, Uncle Dong inserted his hand into the compass , and the compass rotated to control the shape of the barrier. The first is the water barrier. As long as the zombie can be pressed into the water, it will be successful. However, Ahao and the zombie were bounced into the air first, and the water had disappeared when they fell.

Then the barrier turned into a wooden form. Ahao pressed the zombie into the branches and almost won the fight, but the zombie successfully resisted.

The barrier continued to change, turning into an earth form, but Ayou's arm had turned so fast that it was about to break, and the smoke had burned to the root. Ah Hao pulled Uncle Dong into the dirt and struggled. Ah You threw the wooden sword at Ah Hao, but it was broken by the zombie.

Ayou's arm was broken and the compass could no longer be controlled. He turned to the golden barrier and the sun rose outside the house.

Ah You made a quick decision, grabbed the rope tied to Ah Hao with his remaining hand, jumped out of the window, and fell to the ground with Ah Hao and Uncle Dong.

The three fell to the ground, the compass turned to the fire barrier, and Uncle Dong spontaneously ignited and died under the sunlight. At the last moment of his life, Ayou lit a cigarette and snowflakes fell from the sky.

But the story did not end here. After the snow fell in the sky, the camera turned and came to the beginning of the scene when Ahao walked into the apartment. He saw Ahao who was working as a rice fryer, Uncle Yan who was sleeping, and The happy mother and son Afeng also saw Aunt Mei, who was still living an optimistic life alone after the death of her husband... In the end, there was the scene where he hanged himself.

It turns out that what happened before was not true, it was just a fantasy when he was dying. He was still just the zombie actor who had no role to play and was alone. His life still ended in this small apartment.

The 80 Years of Chinese Zombie Movies

Ma Xuweibang's "The Walking Dead in an Ancient House" in 1939 can be regarded as China's first zombie film in the traditional sense. It tells the story of zombies in an ancient house. A year later, in Wu Cun's "Li Amao and the Zombies", the traditional zombie image of a Chinese zombie film appeared for the first time - wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty.

Eighty years have passed since then.

The glory of Chinese zombie movies was in Hong Kong, and its glory period was in the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1980, "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts " directed by Sammo Hung was born. Different from previous zombie movies, "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" has a wonderful plot and is highly entertaining. The zombies in it are not only powerful, but also know Chinese kung fu. The story The "showdown with gods" segment at the end is also particularly interesting.

This drama earned a box office of 5.67 million, ranking third on the movie box office list that year, and directly helped open up a new world for zombie movies.

The movie that helped Lin Zhengying establish his classic image was " Mr. Zombie " in 1985. In the play, Lin Zhengying's image of a Taoist priest with "unibrow, dry humor, and good character" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making him a famous figure in China. Actor representation of zombie movies.

Since then, Hong Kong zombie movies have occupied a place in the Chinese film market, leaving behind many classics and turning the scary thing "zombie" into a well-known image.

However, because Lin Zhengying worked too hard and loved to drink, he unfortunately contracted liver cancer and eventually died in 1997 at the age of 45.

Hong Kong zombie movies that have lost their representative characters are like losing their souls. Although there are still good works coming out, they are not as good as each year, and they are going downhill.

Entering the new millennium, due to various factors such as the rapid development of the film and television industry, the increase in film and television types, and the changes in the aesthetics of popular films, zombie films have less and less room to display their skills, and the production quality is getting worse year by year.

In recent years, it has been difficult for zombie movies to appear on the big screen, and they can only find a place in online dramas. However, the common problem of shoddy production of online dramas has aggravated the loss of zombie movies. In the end, zombie movies It can only become the elegy of the times.

It is very rare for the drama "Zombie: Rebirth in Seven Days" to receive a score of 7.8 on Douban. It can be said that both the director and the actors have worked hard.

Although its overall atmosphere is sad and gloomy, the ideological connotation expressed is moving. It's like the autobiography of a zombie movie that, after decades of glory, has finally reached its decline. Ah Hao in the film

is the epitome of all zombie movie actors. In this era, they have lost their competitiveness and spent half their lives in ups and downs. The only thing left behind is the clothes they wear when they play zombies. How can people not be sad?

Every turn of Ayou's compass is like the change of eras in Chinese zombie movies, one stage after another. In the end, there is no choice but to "jump out of the window" and die together with the "zombie".

Perhaps the entire zombie movie industry is like Ahao. It struggled and imagined before its decline, but in the end it had to accept the fate of failure.

But what is gratifying is that "Zombie: Seven Days of Rebirth" gave the audience an explanation and allowed the audience to recall the excitement and glory of zombie movies. No matter what, we will remember that in the past few decades, zombie movies have brought us Lots of joy.