movie "The Curse" was finally released in March this year and was rated by many netizens as the best folkloric domestic horror film in the past two years.
Both in terms of the plot and the terrifying atmosphere created throughout the film, it is quite creepy. So what kind of story does it tell? Here’s a brief summary. There are spoilers, so don’t read if you don’t like it!
The story revolves around the heroine Li Ruonan, and the mantra "Fire Buddha Cultivates One Mind Sa咒哞" runs through the entire film.
roughly tells the story that Li Ruonan and his friends organized a photography team to take pictures of supernatural events six years ago. By chance, they learned that her boyfriend's family had special beliefs, so the three of them broke into a forbidden area where a ceremony was held to worship the Buddha Mother . As a result, her boyfriend and friend died unexpectedly.
Ruonan, who was pregnant, gave birth to her daughter alone after she returned. However, the Social Welfare Department felt that she was unable to raise her and sent Duoduo to foster care. It was not until Ruonan took her back to her five years later.
As a result, I discovered something unusual about my daughter. She could always see the faceless villain following her, and her health was getting worse and worse, but she could not find out what was wrong.
Ruonan knew that this was the cause of the curse, and with the help of kind-hearted people, he asked a master to help resolve it. The master decided to do it for seven days and asked Duoduo not to eat. He persisted until the sixth day. Ruonan felt sorry for his daughter but still broke the vow. As a result, Duoduo The failure to save him ended up killing the master, and even a kind-hearted person who tried to help Ruonan find out the truth got into a car accident. She wanted to break the curse and save her daughter, but in the end she had to go to the forbidden place alone.
So what is the truth?
The Buddha Mother believed in by her boyfriend’s family is actually the legendary God of Curses, the Big Black Buddha Mother. They rely on the power of the curse to make a living, but naturally they have to pay a price and need to be supported by the body. This small family alone is not enough to bear it, so they want to share the curse, so they claim that "Fire Buddha Cultivating One Mind Sa 咒哞" is a blessing, and try every means to induce others to say it, but in fact, if they read it, The person who says this curse is tainted with the curse.
And Ruonan knew all of this. She recited a spell in the forbidden place back then, so she and her unborn daughter were both infected with the curse. She anticipated that accidents would happen in her future life, so she kept filming her life with the camera, but her purpose was not just to record life. She kept repeating that sentence in the video, and emphasized that it was a blessing. She wanted more people to see the video to recite it together, so as to share the curse and save her daughter's life.
There are no bloody scenes in the whole film, but the pseudo-documentary shooting technique gives people an immersive feeling, and the creativity of the camera angles will cause some visual confusion. There are interludes and flashbacks, and I feel that blessing and curse can also be two sides of the same coin.
So "Do you believe in blessings?"
In front of the screen, do you dare to read this sentence "Fire Buddha Cultivating One Mind Sa 咒哞 "?
I will share the content of this issue here first. I am Wang Dachui, a Buddhist horror film lover. I look forward to your attention. See you in the next issue!
