Perhaps influenced by the terrifying atmosphere at the premiere, as soon as the film was screened, there was an inexplicable tension in the theater, and the air seemed to freeze, as if a bomb would explode at any moment.

This kind of traditional American horror film, in the hands of Guillermo del Toro, a somewhat alternative Mexican director, still has all the changes, especially in the deformed part, which is more perverted and crazy.

In the early days, Guillermo del Toro was crazy when he made films.

Of course, the structure and plot of the whole film do not deviate from the model of traditional American plasma torture horror films.

Ronan, as a producer, will not let Guillermo del Toro shoot the production according to the director's ideas.

So, in a way, Fatal Bend is also traditional.

The film begins with a second-year American youth demonstrating how to die in an inaccessible place.

The whole story is simple and straightforward, so that people can understand it at a glance.

Chris received an urgent interview assignment and had to be in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, within 3 hours. What was supposed to be a smooth trip was disrupted by a traffic accident when a vehicle carrying chemicals overturned, causing a traffic jam on the highway.

In desperation, Chris chose a sparsely populated path to travel.

On the other hand, five friends, including Jesse, Carly, Scott, Evan and Frans, drove to camp in the mountains. Unexpectedly, the car had a bizarre flat tire halfway, and while waiting for rescue, the car was hit by Chris, who was suddenly in distress.

Everyone went to the neighborhood to ask for help, but they didn't expect to fall into the traps set by the perverted deformity......

So, the deformed people staged a play of ogres on the tip of the tongue.

The focus of this kind of horror film, that is, where the horror lies, is naturally the process of torture and killing, but if the plasma and the torture scenes are repeated, it is easy to bring aesthetic fatigue, so as early as when the script was created, a clear distinction was made in the way everyone died to increase the excitement.

The way of killing is different, and the way of eating is naturally different, some are eaten raw, some are fried, there are shabu slices and so on.

In this regard, director Guillermo del Toro has unleashed the imagination of an alternative director.

For example, a female character witnesses a deformed person killing several of her friends, one of whom is chopped alive, made into a human slice, rolled in a frying pan and eaten with it, while the person is still alive, watching the ogre shabu his own flesh......

The screams kept ringing out in the theater, and I don't know if these people were afraid in their minds or in their stomachs.

The United States is home to some of the most dramatic human beings in the world, and no other country has such a large number of potential food raw materials. In order to get this gift of nature, the ogres slashed, axed, tore their hands, and tore their teeth, sparing no delicacies.

This film will show the story of ogres and people behind the deliciousness......

The plot of this film is tight, the atmosphere is tense enough, and the heart and stomach are kept in a state of high tension from beginning to end.

People with a bad stomach are not suitable for watching this film, and the ogre on the tip of the tongue will make people vomit.

But this is the traditional American horror film, and it is also the most popular horror film genre in North America in the last two decades or so.

Mad demons, dismemberment, often seen in American horror movies.

Bloody dismemberment, violent fighting, perhaps this is a definition of horror by the old beauties.

Often in order to achieve a terrifying effect, the screen is full of blood red and rust, dirty and dilapidated trucks, torture cells far away from people, plus a few perverted murderers with ugly appearances and evil hearts, this is the horror of Lao Mei, which always brings the audience only visual stimulation and fear, rather than psychological fear after watching.

"Fatal Bend" doesn't break out of these traditional settings.

Or that Guillermo del Toro thought about jumping out, but was limited by Ronan as a producer.

Because this is not a pioneering film in the experimental genre, but a commercial horror film with a mature operating model.

Therefore, the routines in the film are very much in line with Lao Mei's consistent appreciation of horror films.

For example, a person who is externally deformed must be internally deformed.

For example, when dealing with murderers, it is better to kill them than to flee, and they must be killed by any means at any time.

Take a look at traditional American horror films, where the villains and protagonists look good enough to scare a cow to death.

In fact, if you analyze it carefully, almost all of the negative effects of appearance deformity have a mental distortion, and if you have nothing to do, you can still flash as far as you want.

In the face of these murderous demons, whenever they escape, the subsequent plots are basically broken one by one in the pursuit.

Like those who fight back, they can survive.

These are all routines.

Perhaps, the only thing missing in this film is the erotic elements, and there are fewer large-scale male and female scenes.

At the end of the film, the applause was very warm, and it seemed that the audience was quite satisfied with the film.

Ronan also shook hands with Guillermo del Toro: "Well done, a horror masterpiece." ”

Such a film, not to mention how profitable it can be, but with proper publicity, it can always bring a certain profit, and then let the sequel continue to be filmed.

The applause rang out for a full two minutes, which was far from the premiere of "Spy", but it was only a horror film after all.

Ronan did not attend the press conference and other events, leaving the Emirates Rock Theater and returning to Beverly Hills.

At the premiere, various statistics were underway, especially for the comments and ratings of the live audience.

Most horror movie lovers have a good evaluation of "Fatal Bend".

"Simple, intriguing, bloody, weird, sudden sounds and scene effects, these can all be vividly reflected in this film!"

"A good movie, it's worth watching!"

"A very wonderful genre film of highway deformed murderers, and the action scenes are excellent!"

"I love thriller, bloody films like this. ”

"Hardcore, I like it!"

This type of film, as long as it can please the horror movie fan group, is basically considered a success.

Passers-by rarely watch this type of horror film, after all, this is fundamentally different from horror films such as "The Sixth Sense".

This kind of film is killing and bloody, and the audience is actually just having a good time.

Only an hour after the premiere ended, a survey of audiences at the premiere from Cinema Score reached Ronan.

In a sample survey of 102 general viewers, "Fatal Bend" received an average "B" rating.

These are direct ratings from horror movie lovers.

Just after the wee hours of the morning, the word-of-mouth ban on Rotten Tomatoes for "Fatal Bend" was lifted, and film critics rated it as an unexpectedly mess, with Rotten Tomatoes labeled as rotten, with a freshness of 43 percent and an average rating of 4.2 from film critics.

At the same time, IMDB also lifted the ban on related ratings because the number of rating users reached the minimum limit, and the average audience score was 6.8 points.

For a plasma torture horror film, in general, the reputation is not bad.

This type of film has a naturally low reputation, even if it is a masterpiece such as "Chainsaw", the various ratings are actually not high.

The media and film critics basically look at these horror films through tinted glasses.

In any case, "Fatal Bend" is much better quality than "House of the Dead", which relies entirely on hype to attract people.

After all, Guillermo del Toro is not the famous king of bad movies like Uwe Ball.

After the premiere, this American horror film began to be fully released in North America, with 2,355 theaters, which is enough to ensure the coverage of "Fatal Bend" in the North American market.

The film's ingenious premiere also attracted a lot of attention, especially media reports, which effectively promoted the dissemination of the film.

"Fatal Bend" won $7.35 million on the first day of its release in North America, showing good momentum.

This also makes the theater feel that the screen resources invested are worth it.

By the second day of Saturday, "Fatal Bend" still maintained a good attendance, and the box office of $7.53 million also means that at least the first weekend can have a relatively stable box office trend.

Released three days in its opening weekend, the film earned $20.1 million in North America.

In terms of box office revenue alone, "Fatal Bend" has been a success.

The filming and production of the sequel was inevitable.

In addition, even after three days of screenings over the weekend, the audience reputation of "Fatal Bend" is not bad, and the IMDB rating has remained around 6.5 points.

According to Cinema Score, the film's North American box office will end up at around $50 million.

Although such box office results can only be considered modest compared to the published production cost of $20 million, for Ronan and Shahai Entertainment internally, "Fatal Bend" was a huge success.

The settlement of the investment with Abu Dhabi will wait for the film to be released overseas, and in terms of the speed of the overseas distribution of horror films, the full payment will not be until the end of this year or even the middle of next year at the earliest.

Ronan is not in a hurry to settle with investors in Abu Dhabi, if they are willing to continue to invest in Shahai Entertainment's film projects, he raised his hands to welcome, if he is ready to withdraw the investment, then according to the contract and Hollywood rules of settlement.

There is no shortage of new film projects at Shahai Entertainment, and Ronan welcomes every foreign investor, especially overseas investors.

Those sequel projects, of course, are not in the ranks of accepting foreign investment, such as "Human Eradication Plan 3" and "Death is Coming 2", which are basically completed by Relativity Entertainment's internal funds.

Sequel projects are less risky, more profitable, and have successful models to apply, making it relatively easier to shoot and produce.

Ronan is also gradually letting go of this part, such as the later "Human Eradication Plan 3", which will be completely handed over to George Clint to operate.

As long as the sequel project does not engage in any major innovations and changes, it will generally have a relatively long lifespan.

Innovation is the natural enemy of the sequel's usual successful model.

It's not that Ronan doesn't discourage innovation, but that innovation must be done in moderation.

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