When Omon brainstormed ways to die together in "The Grim Reaper is Coming", all he came up with was a bloody way to die.

Lin Xiao was particularly curious about where Nami found these two screenwriters with such characteristics.

"What do you think horror movies should have? Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"I'll do it first. Ou Meng reined in his thoughts and said.

"If you want to talk about horror films, first of all, I think we have to distinguish clearly, who are the audiences of horror films, in my opinion, older people are not interested in such films, or their ghosts and gods are deliberately avoided, or they have been numb after reading the vicissitudes of life, or their physical weakness is unbearable, in short, those who love this kind of film must be in the prime of their hearts, and they are born in a vigorous way! ”

"Horror films can be roughly divided into three categories, one is supernatural horror, this kind of horror films are usually through some supernatural, unknown supernatural monsters. One is psychological suggestion, some horror films, the whole film may not have a dead person, but it can make people feel fear, most of this kind of horror films are through psychological suggestion, environmental rendering and so on to achieve the effect of horror. The last category is my favorite, which is bloody horror, which is achieved in various ways, in fact, in general, it is bloodshed, but there are many ways to bleed, such as dismemberment, such as cutting, etc. ”

"Then we have to talk about terrifying things, in the film there will be ghosts or people or monsters or monsters or insects or beasts or invisible powers, in short, all ghosts, gods, monsters and mutated human nature can become terrifying things if they are endowed with some kind of power of harm and destruction, and they pose a huge threat to people's vital interests!

"Frightened thoughts. If something terrible is powerful, its counterpart will have the terrifying thoughts of the frightened! Its idea comes from the comprehensive effect of "story foreshadowing, environment creation, plot setting, sound effect coordination, character character" and so on, and the most direct carrier is the actor! The actors in this kind of film or their appearance is not out of the ordinary or their acting skills are superb or the gloomy side of their character is strengthened and stimulated, in short, it is combined with the overall background of the film, and the sense of horror, frightening words, and trembling thoughts are enough to make the audience synaesthesia!

"Unfortunate things, but there must be unfortunate things in such films, such as injury or death, misery, tragedy, loss or collapse, and unfortunate things are born of terrible things and then give rise to horrified thoughts, and they will happen again and again and escalate until the most terrible point comes!

Abused people. Horror (thriller) movies all take people as the main body, and these people will inevitably become the object of sorrow and abuse! People can be groups, dying one after another, such as "The Grim Reaper is Coming", and the next person to die may be you.

Suspense reigns. Seeking advantage and avoiding harm is what everyone will do, and how to stay away from the terrifying things and get rid of the frightened thoughts has become the inevitable choice of every frightened person! And his attempts again and again, frustration after frustration, escape by luck again and again, and threats come again and again, always the organs are exhausted but there are twists and turns, although they may know the end, they often do not know what will happen in the next moment!

Omon has apparently done research on this, and when he says it, one by one!

Lin Xiao nodded, noncommittal.

Instead, he looked at Sarina, who was a child-faced giant R.

Sarina adjusted her sitting posture and said, "I think horror movies are nothing more than physical or psychological torture. ”

In other words, pain. It doesn't matter whether the pain is as small as scraping a blackboard with a fingernail or as big as money sticking a steel needle into the flesh, what really creates fear is the process of waiting for the pain to come. Medieval European torture texts record that prison guards sometimes found that prisoners who heard others wailing and thought they were being tortured and felt terrified. Thus was born a method of torture that used imaginary fear to make people submit.

Then there is judging people by their appearance, which has continued since the birth of human beings. Although some people say that they can't look like each other, in fact, it just shows that this instinct deeply rooted in genes helps people quickly make a judgment about a person's likes and dislikes when they first come into contact, and although the probability of error is not low, it is very effective in horror stories. The earlier a civilization is, the more ugly things are repelled and at the same time hooked up with evil. This is why ghost witches are portrayed as hateful-looking, or ugly-looking people are always prone to criticism and slander, which in turn triggers their cruel revenge. In many horror movies, murderers often wear terrifying masks because it can deepen people's fears.

Then there is death, which is ultimately the most convenient element of fear. No matter what cultural systems around the world, they are sparing no effort to portray and interpret death. Most religions have their own interpretations and methods of death to help believers face the final moments calmly. Relative to the end of life, those sudden and unforeseen deaths can always break a person's sense of control and cause fear. In the movie "Death is Coming", the audience often guesses when the character dies and in what way when watching the movie.

Then there is loneliness, where the perception of terror alone is completely different from that of a group of people. When people have nothing else to rely on, the possibility of entering a state of destruction is actually very small, and most people will be paralyzed like mud. Because humans are social animals, thousands of years of social life have accustomed us to connecting with others. So you have to cut that connection now, not only to isolate the protagonist, but also to leave your villain alone, because this independence can make his actions more elusive.

Finally, we ourselves, because of the communicative nature of the news media, they are always happy to present the most sensational content to everyone. This also affects people's cognitive limitations, and they think that the world is chaotic, and murderers and violence fill the streets. People love blood and are attracted to violence that is unimaginable in normal times, because they all break through the moral code and stand on the opposite side of it—the side of bestiality. ”

"It's all good!" Lin Xiao nodded.

Of course, everyone can summarize, or rather, everyone knows what horror movies are about, but how to use stories to shape horror and arouse people's inner fears is a problem that all horror film makers need to think about.

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