was named "Taiwan Horror Movie Ceiling", and was shortlisted for the 13 Golden Horse Awards in the 2022 Golden Horse Awards. It was inspired by the real events that took place in Kaohsiung in 2005 (Zhang Zhewei and Ke Mengrong were shortlisted for the 59th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay).
"The Curse" (nominated for the Best Drama at the 59th Golden Horse Awards) tells the story of the heroine Li Ruonan (played by Cai Gengyan, shortlisted for the Best Actress at the 59th Golden Horse Awards) because she accidentally touched religious taboos six years ago. In addition to those who came into contact with and knew about this, she was also mentally ill. After giving birth to her boyfriend Adong (played by Lin Jinglun), Duoduo (played by Huang Xinting, shortlisted for the Best New Actor at the 59th Golden Horse Awards), she was sentenced to lose custody and was taken care of by Xie Qiming (played by Gao Yingxuan, shortlisted for the Best Supporting Actor at the 59th Golden Horse Awards.
The story of "The Curse" starts from six years later, if the man returns to normal mental state, he takes Duoduo back to him but starts a series of strange things, and then leads the audience back to the origin of the taboo.
At the beginning of the movie, Ruoman asked the viewer in the first person shooting: "Do you believe in blessings?"
Do you believe in it?
I believe it, so even if I am not familiar with social friends, I will still send text blessings on the other party’s birthday.
"Human consciousness can control everything in the world." If a man uses the direction of Ferris wheel and train to tell the audience about this.
This visually retains because you act involuntarily following her statements, and the mantra that contains the eight characters is also silently read in your heart.
This is why when the plot after "The Curse" was flipped, many viewers gave negative comments. It turned out that the "blessings and thoughts" at the beginning of the plot were actually "curse and thoughts". The blessings people originally wanted to give from the heart eventually became a curse of themselves. How can they not curse at the moment? A kind heart suddenly turns into a bad scolding, which is nothing more than human nature.
We often say that " Law of Attraction " can bring wealth, health, love, etc. and other beautiful people and things. This is related to thoughts, but often ignoring bad thoughts can also bring attraction, just like the eight-character mantra that the audience recites.
Although "The Curse" is displayed in the form of a "pseudo-documentary", there will inevitably be a large number of selfies, but whenever you don't forget to shoot at any time of crisis, this illogical action will inevitably make people lose their drama.
When I entered the end of the credits, I saw that "The Curse" was director Ke Mengrong (nominated for the Best Director at the 59th Golden Horse Awards). I recall that this movie was indeed stated from the perspective of family affection. Unfortunately, the heart of creating a horror atmosphere and trying to become "the strongest horror film in Taiwan's film history" overshadowed the part of family affection that could have been very touching. The only thing that made me feel family affection in the gaps of fear was Xie Qiming because of infertility, but he felt the joy of being a father in Duoduo's father.
