On this night, Huaxia became the hardest hit area by panic, because United Cinemas and other theaters in Huaxia are more optimistic about the movie of "Xichu", and pay more attention to Cheng Xiaoyu's appeal, even if this movie does not do too much publicity, but where is Cheng Xiaoyu's popularity, the Guinness World Records with the most messages "Whispers" are his, and his appeal can be cleared. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Therefore, the vast majority of theaters chose to play the premiere of this horror movie, which made Cheng Xiaoyu's fans miserable, although they were psychologically prepared in advance, it would be very scary, and they all went in groups, but they really didn't expect it to be so terrifying.

After the movie ended, countless viewers who watched the premiere of "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" came to Cheng Xiaoyu's "whisper" for comfort, which was not as lively as the early morning of Sunday, as if everyone didn't go to work in the morning.

The message with the most likes is: "Code, I really couldn't help but give this movie a 'one star' on Douban just now, take my girlfriend to watch this movie, I thought that according to Mr. Cheng's strength, I would be able to scare her into sleeping, and then I could take the opportunity hey, hey, paralyzed, but I was scared to pee my pants......! I was dumped by my girlfriend!Mr. Cheng, do you think I should give you a 'one-star'?"

The following replies are all 66666, or they just like and send you hot, and I'll serve you if you grab the hot.

The second most liked is an English message, which reads: "In comparison, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4" is a piece of, and Peter Kopla has no way to compare with Cheng Xiaoyu's genius. (PS: Although Director Cheng didn't say it, this movie is definitely Director Cheng's work)"

The third praise is: "This is the pinnacle of a horror movie, and there are still many unsolved mysteries left in it, looking forward to the sequel." It would be fine if this sentence was written by ordinary people, but at this time, Hao Yifeng, a famous Chinese music and film critic, left a message.

This sentence is already extremely high praise.

In the early morning of February 24, a few hours after the premiere, various related searches for "Cecil Hotel", "Midnight Bell" and "Ghost Record" appeared on the search rankings of various search engines.

Charlize Theron, who didn't sleep well all night, first refreshed "IMDB" and "Rotten Tomatoes", with an IMDB score of 9.2 points, temporarily five points higher than the highest-rated American horror film "Psycho", but because it was the premiere, the number of moviegoers was not enough, and this score was definitely inaccurate and would gradually decline.

And the unsigned Cheng Xiaoyu's thriller movie has a freshness of 100% on "Rotten Tomatoes", and 18 film reviews on the first day of premiere are a lot of numbers, and what is surprising is that there is also a film review by the famous film critic Roger Albert, who gave "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Record" 8.5 points.

This is very difficult for a film critic as strict as Roger Albert, he said: "The idea of using DV to shoot a movie is not the first time, but I never thought it could be so good, and the director was not revealed at the end of the movie, but it doesn't matter, I guess it was made by Director Cheng, judging from the information revealed in his promotion, and this is still a film that was completed in seven days."

Whether it is director Cheng or not, the most important thing is that this director is a genius, the groundbreaking thing about "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" is that it uses DV lenses and surveillance cameras to build a thriller world, he doesn't rely on too much soundtrack and more technical embellishments, and relies on acting, dialogue, and occasionally shaky images to support all the frightening atmosphere.

When I watched "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow", I always paid attention to the seemingly inadvertent, but indeed deliberately set up "details" by the director, these small details deliberately set by the director are used to completely pull the audience into the psychological horror world he created, and at the end, the woman in white appears from the TV, pushing the horror atmosphere of the movie to a climax.

At this time, the sense of fear has slowly fermented in the hearts of the audience, until the scene of the male protagonist standing in the corner and following the heroine to escape appears, and the most primitive sense of fear finally erupted in the hearts of the audience.

The brain-opening story, and the extremely ingenious shooting techniques, have made this "pseudo-documentary" the pinnacle of horror movies, and it is a little regrettable that the reasons for the development of many stories have not been explained clearly, and they are all paving the way for the sequel.

However, this method of filming is ushering in an era of low-budget "pseudo-documentaries".

I seem to be able to see director Cheng Xiaoyu standing in a dark corner and laughing at Peter Kopla and those who used to sneer at him.

This slap in the face is so loud!"

The premiere is not such an important moment, but such a high evaluation still catches the critics and theaters who have not had time to watch the movie a little unprepared, this is Roger Albert, one of Hollywood's most influential film critics, he said yes, basically set the tone of the movie.

Of course, film reviews are not everything, but they are undeniably a very important indicator.

No one thought that this movie would conform to the aesthetics of the film critics, because Cheng Xiaoyu's films have always had too obvious commercial traces, and this movie is actually the same, but the groundbreaking shooting technique has to be affirmed.

Being able to create a genre is not an ordinary feat, not to mention that someone has already played this routine, so why can't others make such a wonderful movie?

This is the director's skill, Cheng Xiaoyu's ability to grasp people's hearts is too strong, movies that were not highly evaluated by film critics in the past can be sold well, and this movie, which even film critics have to applaud, can imagine how hot it can be.

But most people in the film industry are still waiting, after all, it is just a premiere.

But this movie has been swiped by many social software such as "Whisper" and "WeChat", and is known as the scariest horror movie in history.

The first day passed, and the box office came out on the second day, which shocked everyone.

After the early morning premiere of "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Movie", AMC temporarily adjusted its strategy to expand the film in AMC's North American theaters, but this did not affect the attendance, which reached an astonishing 100% on the first day.

The art theater was even full, and the audience waved money in order to watch the most terrifying horror film in history, but they couldn't find the theater, and the art theater had to be screened only in the early morning.

The highest box office of a single museum reached 330,000 US dollars, and the average box office was 240,000 US dollars.

Stanley Owey, a special commentator for The Hollywood Observer, also went to see the film on the first day, and wrote his review that night, praising it: "This film completely breaks the format of all horror movies, and the director has brought a horror feast like no other to everyone." The performances of the few actors are all remarkable..... After the movie, I found that I was scared into a cold sweat, and recalling those details and the last shot, I got goosebumps all over my body, I highly recommend the audience who likes to watch horror movies to enjoy it, as for those who have heart disease, they are not old, really don't join in this fun, please watch the movie carefully. ”

The "Daily Movie" column of the Los Angeles Times also reported on the craze of 10,000 people rushing to watch the movie, and saw this as a complete victory for Cheng Xiaoyu, "Although Cheng Xiaoyu did not come forward to admit that this is his work, there is no doubt that there are strong traces of Cheng Xiaoyu from the publicity style of his films and the shooting style of this film." It is said that Peter Kopla's life is not very good, he has lost the filming rights of "Jedi Knight 4", and he was directly slapped in the face by a movie shot by Cheng Xiaoyu in a short time (maybe seven days), and the position of the first person in Hollywood horror films may have to be given up. ”

The New York Times reported: "No matter what happens to Cheng Xiaoyu's $400 million blockbuster in the future, but the current Cheng Xiaoyu is very likely to become the king of low-budget horror films, the box office of this "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" will definitely not be bad, 200 million or 300 million? But I want to ask if the person who said that this Chinese fool came to Hollywood to give money is still there?"

It's just that the Chinese media did not spare no effort to promote Cheng Xiaoyu, the pride of China, you must know that Cheng Xiaoyu has disappeared from the official media reports for a long time because of the "Tokyo Murder Incident", and the Su family's influence in the traditional media is still very large, so they still remain silent.

However, many entertainment gossip magazines and online media did not have such big concerns, and still promoted Cheng Xiaoyu very much, but the wording was relatively restrained, and did not overpublicize Cheng Xiaoyu's invincible record in North America.

After a night of madness, the managers of the commercial cinema chain who heard the news had already blown up the phone number of "Xichu", and countless theaters begged "Xichu" to send the copy, as for the contract - everything is easy to say.

A week later, there was a rare miracle on the North American box office charts, and two Cheng Xiaoyu films appeared on the North American weekly box office charts.

Although Cheng Xiaoyu has not yet admitted that the film director is him, neither he nor "Xi Chu" has denied it.

The first place is still "Little Things in the Big City", which was released in 3,900 movie theaters, with a box office of 40 million, while "The Grim Reaper" ranked third, with a total of 3,200 theaters and a box office of 36 million, and "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" ranked fifth, played in 2,100 theaters, with a box office of 33 million US dollars in a single week.

Such a high number of single-theater box office means that the scale of screenings will be expanded next week, which means that it is only a matter of time before "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" wins the weekly championship......

As for "Universal's" new highly-anticipated movie "Road Heroes", it has not even been in the top 15, and "Sony"'s "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4" has fallen to 16, and the number of theaters is only more than 1,000.

The "Universal" executives and "Sony" executives who got this data all have green faces....

In the second week, "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Record" was expanded to 3,500 movie theaters, and the explosive word-of-mouth and social circle of Amway allowed students and white-collar workers to form a team to enjoy this "most terrifying horror movie in history".

Especially on weekends, AMC and many art theaters have even extended the screening schedule to 4 a.m. in order to meet the needs of the audience, and the 2:30 a.m. show is the highest ticket price, because the TV set in the movie starts playing automatically during this time period.

Even the "Cecil Hotel" has become a tourist attraction, and countless Americans who have seen this movie have come here to take pictures with Scott, an elderly man who once played the role of a greeting and wearing a black suit standing at the door, and asked if the movie was real.....

And the answer was, "It's a secret." ”

At the end of the second week, "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Record" as expected, topped the North American box office charts with a super high box office of $52 million.

Cheng Xiaoyu was also in the North Atlantic on this day, using a satellite computer to send out the filming highlights of "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow" in "Whispering", announcing the detailed shooting cost and filming cycle, and expressing gratitude one by one @ the cast and crew list, and finally left a message: "Thank you for your support, but this is just a joke I used to make for everyone in seven days.....

On the same day, Peter Kopla, who got the news, was taken to the hospital by ambulance because of a heart attack.

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