If Hong Kong movies are ranked, " Mountain Village Old Corpse" must be famous on the list, the blue ghost in the water inexplicably, churenmei, the resentful Cantonese opera singing, this movie has so far It is still the childhood shadow of many viewers.
Affected by "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" and the economic sluggishness, the expression of Hong Kong horror films has completely transitioned from gagging to seriousism. It's hard to see horror movies like " scaring ghosts " and " prison not fortified " anymore with comedy elements.
From the subsequent releases of " charcoal burning curse ", "online ghost story" and "black blood", it is not difficult to see that modern fashion horror movies are gradually gaining favor, and costume ghost movies are gradually losing ground.
At the turn of the 21st century, a wave of movies adapted from urban legends has emerged in the film industry.
In 1999, a few young people in the United States used only one DV and filmed the famous horror classic "Blair the Witch" at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. The film mainly tells several young people who went to the mysterious forest to find the legendary "Blair Witch". ", but don't want to encounter stories of supernatural phenomena.
The unique shaking lens of the first viewing angle and the heavy breathing of several protagonists increase the realism of the film and make the audience feel like they are on the scene. Close-up shots of the characters' faces have become a classic picture in the history of horror movies.
What is even more surprising is that until the end of the film, Blair the Witch did not see the real face, which also made the audience very curious about Blair's true face.
In the 1960s, a sensational legend circulated in Hong Kong: a baby boy with a strange appearance was found during a delivery in a hospital. According to legend, the boy’s head was three or four times that of ordinary people. The big, unbelievable thing is that the baby boy does not cry like other children, but makes the sound of a pig.
At the same time that the boy was born, his mother died of breathlessness long ago. The doctor's examination found that the mother's internal organs had already been eaten.
When the nurse was taking a bath for the baby boy, she suddenly noticed that the baby boy’s forehead had several eyes growing. The nurse was so scared that he became insane. This mysterious baby boy has become the son of a demon.
This is not over yet. In a 1999 radio program called "Terror Hotline", the host received a call from an audience named Jeffery .
Jeffery said that in his childhood, when he played with a few friends, he saw a scary strange baby with a head like a basket. The baby was silver-gray. Since Jeffery and his friends have seen strange babies, their bodies have shown abilities that are different from ordinary people.
After the launch of this episode, many listeners brought calls to the "horror hotline", saying that they had also seen a big-headed baby, and the legend about this horrible baby spread like wildfire.
In 2001, director Zheng Baorui aimed at this horrible urban legend. He called Wu Zhenyu , who performed the wonderful performance in "The Mountain Village Old Corpse",Trying to create a horror classic that surpasses "The Mountain Village Old Corpse".
At the beginning of the film, it restored the real scene of the big-headed baby in the radio. The faceless woman in red instantly caught the audience's attention.
The second half of the DV shooting method imitating the "Blair the Witch" terrified many viewers. What is even more interesting is that the film has never appeared in the real body of a ghost, but Still making people stand tall. Until now, the film is still hailed as a model of Hong Kong horror film.
Let's talk less nonsense, let Cha Cha bring you this scary movie ": The Big Head Baby ", which is not inferior to "The Mountain Village Corpse" and has become the childhood shadow of countless audiences! ! !
The spooky show explores the legend of the "big-headed baby", and does not want to provoke the upper body
The supernatural show "Horror Hotline" has a high listening rate. The producer Ben is entrusted by the director to cooperate from the United States. The reporter Miss He came to collect folk tales.
Under the leadership of Aben, Ms. He interviewed the well-known psychic master Ying Aunt, but Ying Aunt warned Ms. He not to be nosy. If she investigates further, the people around her will suffer a bloody disaster.
At the listening site of the "Horror Hotline", a listener named Chris revealed to the host that he found one in the corner of the school when he and a few friends were playing football in 1963. The principal was even more stunned.
The story is not finished yet,Chris said the words "Big-Headed Baby" and hung up the phone. Chris' narration caused a great response, and many listeners said that they had seen a big-headed baby.
After investigation, Miss He found the principal who was dying in the hospital bed according to the school mentioned in Chris' phone call. They were told by their daughter that seven men had come to visit the principal.
During the live broadcast, Chris called, but Aben and others only heard weird babies crying. The air-conditioning in the studio suddenly broke down. The host and recording engineer seemed to be greatly stimulated. The program was terminated. The host told everyone that there seemed to be one more person in the crowd just now.
Miss He’s photographer disappeared. At the same time, theirs really found a strange man in the video of yesterday’s live broadcast.
Strangely, the principal's daughter once said that this morning, this mysterious man had visited the principal, and soon the principal died in agony in front of her daughter.
Several people came to the school to search for information, only to find that the principal's daughter mentioned that 6 of the 7 people committed suicide a few years ago, and their deaths were miserable. As they got closer and closer to the truth, an unknown fire broke out in the data, which hindered their investigation.
The missing cameraman called Miss He, who was in the abandoned factory where 6 people committed suicide. When Miss He followed the phone to guide her to the photographer, she found that he had been dead for a long time, and on the wall behind her was a picture of a strange baby painted with blood.
The police told Miss He that the photographer had been dead for at least 12 hours when he was found, and things became more and more confusing.
In order to pursue the truth of the matter,Miss He once again invited Yinggu out of the mountain. Unexpectedly, in the factory, Miss He saw the strange baby picture on the wall turned into a distorted face, and Aben saw the child who had been aborted. When the two recovered, Aunt Ying was furious and died. .
Miss He was deported by the police. The police also told Miss He that Chris had died three years ago .
Before leaving, Miss He received another call from a young man who claimed to have seen a big-headed baby and a faceless woman in red a few days ago.
Following the address left by the youth, everyone found the iron cage that used to fasten the strange baby, and the half bowl of leftover rice in the iron cage.
The roar of a strange baby suddenly appeared in the night sky. On the way to escape, Miss He spotted the woman in red. With her scream, the camera stopped abruptly.
Some doubts in the film, and some thoughts at the end of the film
It is not difficult to see that the big head baby has hallucinations, manipulating ghosts, controlling electronic devices, etc. superpower.
In the climax scene in which Ying Aunt invites a ghost to the upper body, Wei Ying took advantage of Miss He's weakness in pursuing the truth, so that she saw her tragic experience, and also told her that all of this was caused by human beings.
Because of his girlfriend's miscarriage, Aben has not walked out of the shadow of guilt. The strange baby asked Aben to see a swaddled middle-aged baby, so Yinggu broke the law and was eventually killed.
From the delivery nurse, we can learn that the big-headed baby was picked up by an official organization, perhaps locked in an iron cage for scientific research.
So it is not difficult for us to apply the background of Sadako in "Midnight Ring": that is, the strange baby is born with super powers,When he was imprisoned in an iron cage, he suffered inhuman torture. After Chris's six friends discovered the strange baby, they insulted and beat him.
After the angry weird baby casts a spell to kill 6 people, he begins to revenge step by step.
At the same time, the mother who died because it was difficult to produce a strange baby turned into a red-robed, faceless female ghost, helping her son to endanger humanity.
A horror masterpiece that does not lose the "Old Mountain Village Corpse"
Different from other horror films blindly pursuing visual stimulation, "Horror Hotline: The Big Head Baby" can be described as the culmination of rendering the atmosphere of horror.
Whether it is the long-dead Chris who suddenly appeared in the video, or the extreme fear of the victim facing the strange baby, it greatly urges the audience to follow the plot deeper and deeper.
There is no shot of the big head baby from the beginning to the end. As for what the big head baby looks like, we can only know the outline of the big head baby through the description of some victims.
The DV image of the last 4 minutes of the film renders the weird atmosphere to the climax.
The blank space at the end of the film gives the audience more room for association and aftertaste. The fate of the protagonists is worrying.
There are different opinions about the ending of the film. This is exactly what a good horror film should have.
One movie, one story, I am Cha Cha, see you next Monday in "Ghost Film Kan Kan Kan"! ! !
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