famous Korean director Park Chan-wook is a veritable large-scale director who is good at challenging moral boundaries.
However, while his works are full of lust, the reputation is not generally good.
The movie I want to talk about today is a star-studded Hollywood masterpiece directed by him.
In the form of violent aesthetics, he presents to everyone an evil nobleman in the western world——
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The title "Stoke" is the last name of a family, and there does not seem to be a normal person in this family.
this setting,It also laid the groundwork for the film’s ruined three-view plot.
The movie begins with a funeral.
The head of the Stoke family Richard suddenly died in a car accident, his wife Asia strong3 strong3 span strong3 span_strong1 span_strong1 span_strong1 Span strong and everyone are attending the funeral.
Everyone is immersed in grief, except Evelyn.
She kept fanning the fan in her hand, looking straight ahead, thoughtful.
Not far from here, a "stranger" is watching them.
I only found out afterwards,This person is Richard's younger brother Charlie , he is back to pick up his brother's class.
But in terms of dress and expression, Charlie did not feel sad for his brother's death.
On the contrary, he talked and laughed and showed a cynical appearance.
Charlie is strange to Evelyn and India, because they have never seen each other.
And the arrival of Charlie will also reveal the unknown secrets of this family.
After returning to the house, India turned out a bunch of shoes.
This is a birthday gift given to her by her father Richard every year.
and today,It happens to be India’s 18th birthday again.
Only this time, she only received her father's birthday gift box. Before she had time to eat the cake together, she got the sad news of her father's death.
This year's gift box does not contain shoes, but a key.
This makes India confused. What does his father want to tell himself?
India has learned hunting from his father since he was a child, and has strong observation and judgment.
instinctively told her that the stranger in front of her was not kind.
India’s guess was correct. It didn’t take long before she saw Charlie quarrel with the housekeeper.
As the old steward of the Stoke family,She has witnessed the growth and history of the family, but she has shown great disgust towards Charlie's arrival.
After this quarrel, she never came to work again.
The housekeeper left suddenly, and there was no one at home.
Charlie expressed his willingness to cook and asked India to put the ice cream in the freezer in the basement.
The gloomy basement was covered with dust. She opened the freezer and there was a dead body lying inside.
Yes, the old housekeeper is not missing, but killed.
Panicked India quickly recovered her peace, she walked out of the basement and went to dinner with her mother and Charlie.
It’s just that Charlie’s dinner is also very special-bloody meat.
Charlie did not eat a bite, but India ate it all.
The next day, India walked into the house under the rain, but saw an unacceptable scene.
Mother and Charlie are sitting side by side on the small piano chair, and their demeanor is close.
Not long after his father passed away, his mother was so ambiguous with his uncle, and this relationship has surpassed the normal ethical relationship.
This afternoon, India’s aunt suddenly visited.
It can be seen that when facing Charlie, his aunt is obviously disturbed and try to avoid his eyes.
Especially her willingness to speak and stop also proves that there must be hidden secrets.
My aunt proposed to chat with her mother alone.
But the mother thought that her aunt was fighting for her inheritance and sent her to the hotel.
At this time, my aunt found that her mobile phone was missing. She ran to the phone booth and seemed to have something important to tell Evelyn.
The call failed, but Charlie appeared behind him with his aunt's mobile phone in his hand.
While returning the phone to his aunt, he took off the belt and strangled her.
The steward and aunt died under Charlie's hand one after another and they all seemed to know some of Charlie's secrets.
And India has long discovered the butler’s body in the freezer,Why would she live peacefully with Charlie under the same roof?
Will Charlie’s next target be India?
In fact, I was the one who was worried about it.
Charlie not only cared for this niece, but also showed extraordinary interest in her.
He will drive every day to wait for India to finish class, and it will remind India to bring an umbrella when it rains.
However, India does not appreciate it.
Although the hot face puts a cold ass on, Charlie still persists.
even if he gets India’s "glare" every time,But the eyes of the two were full of teasing and temptation.
Gradually, India has changed.
One day, she found Charlie sitting next to her, playing the piano together.
At the end of the song, India panted heavily and was immersed in it.
suddenly turned around, but there was no one around him.
Only then did India realized that this was her own illusion.
And this illusion also tells her that she is in love with Charlie.
At night, Charlie and Evelyn were ambiguous and were seen by India outside the door.
She turned her head and ran,In order to vent, she found a male classmate to do the same thing.
However, India did not want to continue midway, and the male classmates kept pressing on.
At this point, Charlie appeared. He strangled the male student with a belt and buried the body in the pit.
India realized that something was wrong and quickly dialed her aunt's number.
As a result, the phone ringing came from the pit.
Faced with the murderer, India is not afraid.
On the contrary, she has an inexplicable pleasure.
It turned out that people from the Stoke family,Born with a unique killing gene.
India came to his father's room and opened the door with the key his father gave her.
She discovered the secret.
It turned out that since childhood, the gifts signed by "Richard" were given by uncle Charlie, and the address indicated a mental hospital.
That year, young Charlie was sent to a mental hospital.
When he grew up, Charlie wanted to go home. Richard was killed when he went to pick him up.
India took over Charlie's gift box, which contained a pair of high heels. This is a sign of India's adulthood and heralds the rise of India's killing gene.
India did not refuse,She put on her high heels and planned to go away with Charlie.
But all this happened to be seen by her mother Evelyn.
In the evening, Charlie took out his belt to strangle Evelyn, he excitedly called India's name.
But India picked up the shotgun and asked Charlie to get the lunch.
The awakened family genes make India unable to live as before.
Wearing his mother's shirt, wearing his father's belt, and wearing shoes from his uncle, India left alone.
She started her own life of killing...
And this weirdness also makes the film a carnival feast for curious hunters.
Park Chan-wook took the story into a puzzle, every detail is like a card.
When all the cards are collected, you will find that this is a real family ghost story that makes people think about it.
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