Here, let’s make an assumption:
You haven’t watched this movie, so when you first saw the title, how would you brainstorm the plot?
I am afraid that the most associated story is a horror ghost film similar to "Painted Skin".
Judging from the movie poster, it is indeed a bit gloomy.
Ghost film, this word to me actually means "there is a ghost in movie ".
This division is very general, but it is the most accurate.
The "ghosts" that appear in Hong Kong's ghost movies are actually mostly supporting roles.
They are not the main point, but they are the main selling points of filmmakers.
And this important supporting role in most of the scenes in the film can not escape the concept of "previous life revenge".
The cause and effect are not important. Anyway, it is a chaos between the pros and the negative.
Later, the Hong Kong film became more and more biased, so that the orthodox ghost film has gradually disappeared.
is replaced by a fake ghost film called "ghost" as a gimmick.
This kind of movie is popular with other themes as the main axis-martial arts or funny elements.
The importance of "ghost" in the whole film has been weakened a lot, and there are even ghost films where "ghost" does not appear from beginning to end.
It has lost its original meaning.
At this moment, someone from went the other way and changed the ghost film again .
He uses a very confusing plot to pack all the elements of the ghost film.
More importantly, the "ghost" in it serves as a very important turning point.
Who is that person—— Wang Jing .
Even with the title of "King of Bad Films", this time, I really want to praise him.
In this film, he really tells every story carefully.
For a low-cost movie, the story of "Span61span Newman Leather Lantern " is relatively unreliable and bizarre.
Maybe the audience who really want to watch the Hong Kong ghost film may be disappointed. This film is not scary at all.
Whether it's the cute female ghost played by , Qiu Shuzhen, , or
or Hongyihui's spooky ghost dress, they will definitely not scare you.
"New Skin Lantern" crosses two eras to achieve the intersection between destiny .
tells this heart-stirring love story between humans and ghosts.
Although there is no "ghost" in power, but the plot of the movie is fascinating, I promise you you want to keep watching.
"Span61span Human Leather Lantern " is an early and elegant style taken by Liu Weiqiang in 1993.
That's right, he is the great director who filmed the "Infernal Affairs" and "Young and Dangerous" series.
Wang Jing is the executive screenwriter of this film.
As a comedy-born, he added a lot of funny lines to this movie.
It may be because of his innovation that this film is unique in style.
In order to distinguish the Shaw Brothers film "Human Skin Lantern" in 1982, this film is also called "New Man Skin Lantern".
The stories, plots, and market directions of the two movies are different, so there is nothing to compare.
As for actors, they are all familiar faces.
Except for the actor and actress , Leung Ka Fai , and the "Jing Girl" Qiu Shuzhen.
The director also invited Le Yun, Crow Brother Zhang Yaoyang , Huang Guangliang and even Yuan Qiongdan, Yuan Hua, Li Zhaoji, Liu Xun and others to do guest appearances.
From these lineup configurations, it can be seen that Liu Weiqiang's ambition is not small.
He wants to open up a new horror film market.
Wang Jing's talent is fully integrated into commercial films and meets most entertainment needs.
That era was the era when gangster movies were in power.
"Young and Dangerous", "Prison Storm", "Span61span Lame " and other "hot street" movie legends we have witnessed together.
Surprisingly, these elements are also included in "New Skin Lantern".
Dangerous boys flooded into the streets to hunt for knives, sprinkle blood for the sake of love, and vigorously confront the police station...
Although the plot is not many,But it's pretty enjoyable.
Hong Kong directors wanted to do a good job in the film industry at that time. This is obvious to all.
In the end, "New Skin Lantern" ended with a high box office score of 38.62 million.
The movie is Cult film style from the beginning.
The young boss buried an unrecognizable corpse in a small hole just dug deep in the mountains.
cut off the skin of a young woman and hung it on the lantern stand.
......
To be honest, this plot is really scary.
"Human Skin Lanterns" began to appear here.
It’s just that no one can think of it. This lantern is not a legend, but is actually made of "human skin"!
And from then on, I have been deeply attracted by the creepy atmosphere of this film.
Wang Jing also throws out puzzles to the audience at the beginning of the film.
Why did Su Xiong do this?
Who are those two men and women, and why are they treated like this?
"Men will reincarnate from generation to generation, and women will be sealed by me, and their souls will never exceed life."
This sentence from the crow's mouth can be described as the main point of the film. .
The actor, A Fai, played by Leung Ka Fai, was born with bad luck and everything went wrong.
His left hand was disabled when he was born, and his family was killed by him.
Being a gangster and often being bullied by others.
The storyline of "New Skin Lantern" is very unique.
It uses the interstitial method to shoot the events of the two generations.
The film crosses two time and space, with reality and illusion intertwined.
This method is very rare in horror movies.
Two generations of enmity, love between humans and ghosts, eventually kill the bad guys, good and evil are rewarded.
This plot seems very ordinary, but the very skilled Liu Weiqiang has played a new trick for this.
After the guidance of the senior four wives, it turns out that Ahui's previous life was a lawyer surnamed Tang who served the underworld boss Su Xiong played by Zhang Yaoyang.
He and Xiao Rong, the actor played by Qiu Shuzhen, are in love with each other.
But Su Xiong fell in love with Xiao Rong. In order to get rid of Su Xiong and make herself happy with Xiao Rong, Lawyer Tang decided to betray Su Xiong.
However, Xiao Rong's senior sister Hui Sister had a crush on Lawyer Tang and tried to separate them.
Coupled with the fact that the two accidentally killed Sister Hui by mistake, the two had to plan to collect his criminal information and submit it to the police as soon as possible.
But Sister Hui’s lover Su Xiong arrived in time after receiving the information, hacked Lawyer Tang to death, and wanted to rape Xiao Rong.
Xiao Rong couldn't follow her, so she committed suicide.
The vicious-hearted Su Xiong is a descendant of Maoshan and is very good at Feng Shui.
He hated their betrayal and vowed to make them never get together.
So there is the scene at the beginning of the film.
He buried Ahui's ashes in the "three failures and seven failures", making him unlucky for ten consecutive lives after reincarnation;
he skinned Xiao Rong who committed suicide, made it into a human skin lantern, and lighted it on an everlasting light.
The oil of the ever-bright lamp can't be burned out, and Xiao Rong cannot be reborn forever.
So 30 years later, Xiao Rong turned into a female ghost,Come to Ahui in this world to appeal .
She was nostalgic by A Hui's side, and even rescued him in time when A Hui was injured by Su Xiong's men.
The plot setting of the movie is the poignant love song of ghosts from the past.
Therefore, the appearance of the "ghost" is still taking the dark and gloomy old route of Hong Kong.
The focus is not on the lantern made of human skin, but on Sister Hui.
She is definitely the best character in this film.
Don't touch the copper coins, be careful that ghosts will run out.
An explosive red dry hair lining and a red dress, heavy makeup and violent fangs exclusive to the show.
Paired with the image of a shrew who was jealous and hateful during her lifetime, her fierceness becomes even more fearsome.
Compared with the ghosts that are common in recent horror movies, they are really empty.
Sister Hui made very few appearances, but she returned unexpectedly.
and the scary index broke the table.
No matter the sudden turning of the face, the hand of a corpse sticking out of the washbasin, or the appearance of copper coins, it adds a lot of shock.
But looking at Su Xiong's frenzy, you will feel that the people in this play are much scarier than ghosts.
is then under the watch sponsor’s aggressive advertising marketing tactics.
The only point of supernatural fright that originally had become a romantic and reluctant aftertaste.
There are "ghosts", naturally there are ghosts.
"New Skin Lantern" is different from the traditional ghost film, which must be the Taoist priest.
is played by old play bone Xia Ping 's fourth wife, the "Ask Mi Po" who came to town ghosts, makes people feel very fresh.
As expected, she gave her a frown and helpless expression for her gratuitous help.
interprets the image of small folks well.
The causal view of "repaying debts in previous lives" adds to her convincing power as a spiritual industry.
Its introverted method of evocative spirits and demons, which is more exciting than some methods of using swords and guns to collect ghosts.
Such as burning ghost hands with incense and spells to drive away ghosts.
Liu Weiqiang found Liang Jiahui. This is what I think is the most "like" thing besides hiring Wang Jing as a screenwriter.
At best, other actors have different styles for different movies.
However, Liang Jiahui has a way to make different characters in the same movie have different personalities.
Steady, fierce, humble, mature... He has a way to carefully interpret the subtle emotional changes that each character should have.
This accuracy is staggering.
More importantly, he has a way to attract the attention of the audience.
Even if he is on the same stage with other movie stars, he still has a way to beat the crowd.
I have to say that this is the result of his years of strength and experience.
No matter how bad a movie is, no matter how insensible drama is here, he can also add points. He stands there, that's a story.
The same Leung Ka Fai, but played two extremely different roles in "The New Man Leather Lantern".
A lawyer who is willing to resist desperately for freedom, even if he loses his life, he will get what he wants.
The other is to dodge desperately to survive, even if there are only a few seconds, he will not let it go, as long as he can escape, he will run away.
The previous life was handsome and unrestrained, but this life is wretched and unruly.
movie fully displays his strength perfectly.
Just the two performances with a watch and a food stall, I think it is enough to explain everything.
Qiu Shuzhen naturally needless to say.
From being pitiful to being secretly singing.
When I was with Liang Jiahui at the night stall, I played a pitiful, innocent and cute Xiao Rong very well.
Finally seeing the hopeless resistance to Su Xiong and showing the last Zhenlie is also really touching.
I have to say that Brother Crow has once again appeared in his true colors, which is so vivid.
Of course, you can't forget the wonderful performance of "Big Eyes" played by Huang Guangliang .
He plays Qiu Shuzhen's upper body, and the aggressive man twists the little girl's movements, which is very contrasting and hilarious.
In his previous life, Ahui helped him bury his dead father.
Finally, with the help of Big Eyes, he rescued Ahui and also used "Guan Erye" to kill Su Xiong.
He played the justice of a rogue police officer who has a strong sense of justice but is impulsive and irritable.
At the same time, this character loves to brag and is very happy.
for this, contributed three-quarters of the film’s jokes.
First, Ahui destroyed the dating atmosphere, and then was frightened by his mother.
In the end, he had to go to the pit to dig bones and was splashed with stool, and was scared to pee by the ghost.
All I can say is that Wang Jing loves the "shit, piss" stalk.
I have to say that Hong Kong actors in the 90s are very good.
They act hard, regardless of their protagonist or supporting role.
Their acting skills do not lie in how much they can play, but in how much stage space the script can give them.
The story is here and all the mysteries have been solved.
Including Ahui's grievances in his previous life and Su Xiong's intention to ask him to die, as well as the reason why the female ghost entangled him, all because of a woman.
Continue to borrow Xiao Rong's account to uncover the causes and consequences of the two deaths and the mystery of the manslaughter of Sister Hui.
The onion-style uncovering the truth moves smoothly and well.
The successful narrative of the film makes the character description quite full.
Lawyer Tang's mature love, Xiao Rong's innocence, Su Xiong's brutality, and Hui's arrogance and jealousy are all vividly interpreted.
I like the first half of the video very much.
The heartfelt love between Lawyer Tang and Xiao Rong on the street, and the uncontrollable dance with her.
The two are dancing in the street, as if there is me in you and you in me.
Xiaobin helped Ahui get the lantern, but he died.
Su Xiong finds someone to besiege on the dangerous rooftop, but he encounters a female ghost and kills him.
Fortunately, the sun shining into the room made the female ghost disappear, and the Dutchman brought a group of men and horses to kill him, but Su Xiong escaped.
With a big vision, he changed the position of the bones, making Su Xiong unlucky.As a last resort, he had to hide in the police station.
On the other hand, the transporter Ah Hui committed suicide and entered the police station alone. Su Xiong, Ah Hui, and Big Eyes were confronted in the police station.
But Su Xiong's magical fight made the two of them unable to get close, and finally relied on Guan Erye's blessing to finally solve Su Xiong, but Xiao Rong was also gone.
After the transfer, Ahui became the big boss, but every day he went to the small street to look for Xiao Rong.
This is the end of the movie.
There are actually two versions of the ending of the movie.
The first version is that Xiao Rong’s soul is scattered and will never be born again. The camera is locked on A Hui's back and is full of desolation;
The other version is that A Hui saw Xiao Rong's shadow on the street one day.
The next shot is Ahui holding the air, with a big eye saying, "He has everything he transferred, but he is crazy".
Maybe he is crazy, but maybe Xiao Rong has never left Ahui's side.
On the whole, wild imagination and rewriting have injected fresh blood into "New Skin Lantern".
Although it is advertised as a horror film, I prefer to see it as a romance film.
just added a little supernatural element in it.
But this looks more enjoyable and makes the plot look fuller.
So I really miss that 1993, which was full of good movies.
.