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On March 22, when Fang Jianhui's MV with the theme of Western zombies had just been filmed and had not yet been released, "Mr. Zombie" he made in the East debuted in Xiangjiang.

Two years later, Fang Jianhui re-made a local film in Hong Kong, which was a major news topic in itself, and the film was a hot topic in the media from the very beginning.

Although everyone is very confident in Fang Jianhui, the theme of horror zombies still makes people who care about him pinch a cold sweat.

No matter what the media commented, Fang Jianhui's popularity is undoubted, and there is no need for advertising and promotion, on the first day of release, all the theaters under Angel Cinema were full.

At the beginning of the film, there are four miserable green characters of "Mr. Zombie", each word seems to be dripping something, in the dark theater, it suddenly brings the audience a depressing, terrifying feeling.

At the beginning of the movie, the scene is a righteous village, full of coffins and tablets for worship, in the gloomy atmosphere, Wen Cai, played by Xu Guanying, pushed the door and walked in, he lit a large handful of incense, and muttered matter-of-factly: "Uncles and brothers and sisters, it's time to eat." ”

He opened a curtain, and a stall of zombies dressed in Qing Dynasty official uniforms appeared neatly in front of him, startling the audience. However, these zombies just stood there quietly, seemingly harmless to humans and animals, and made the audience gradually put their hearts down.

After lighting incense for the zombies, Wen Cai continued to incense the ghosts in the coffin. In one of the coffins, an anomaly was found, and after the incense was inserted, it was immediately pumped in, and Wen Cai inserted it again, this time directly 'whooshing' and bounced away. In this situation, the audience's hearts were hanging.

Wen Cai opened the coffin to inspect it, and suddenly was bitten by a skull, and he screamed and broke free. He tried to push the lid of the coffin open, but was grabbed by the hand in the coffin and pulled it into the coffin. This is the first fright point of the film, and unsurprisingly, it scared the audience out in unison.

Wen Cai even crawled to break free, only to see something escaped from the coffin, he picked up the gossip mirror on the wall, and went to check the place where there was a row of zombies just now. As he counted the zombies one by one, a zombie with fangs suddenly appeared behind him, waving its claws and grabbing him. This scene scared the audience out again.

After some fighting, Wencai was caught by a zombie, and when he was about to be bitten, the zombie's big teeth suddenly fell off, and it turned out that the zombie was played by Wencai's younger brother Qiusheng, who was playing with him.

However, because of the fight just now, they overturned the ever-bright lantern and blew off the rune paper attached to the foreheads of the row of zombies, and the zombies lost control and gradually surrounded the two...

The two hurriedly fled for their lives, and ran into the ninth uncle played by Lin Zhenying and the four-eyed Taoist played by Chen You.

In the process of fighting, Lin Zhenying had a masterful demeanor and awe-inspiring righteousness, which made the audience feel respect.

After the scene returned to calm, the four-eyed Taoist shook the bell and led a group of zombies to jump on the road.

At this point, the first scene ends, and the five- or six-minute plot contains various elements such as tension, excitement, funny, fighting, and novelty, which makes the audience dizzy.

Next, Uncle Nine took Wencai to the teahouse to find the local tyrant Master Ren, and Uncle Jiu, who was still serious and uninhibited before, also showed the essence of black here.

In the teahouse, Master Ren asked Uncle Nine to help break the coffin, and Ren Tingting played by Li Saifeng also made her debut, because she was unhappy with Wencai, so she teased Uncle Nine and Wencai, who couldn't drink coffee.

After that, Ren Tingting went to buy rouge and met Qiusheng who helped watch the store, Qiusheng thought Tingting was a prostitute, Tingting thought Qiusheng was talking about makeup, and the two talked about chickens and ducks, and had a funny conversation:

Qiusheng: "When did you start doing this?"

Tingting smeared rouge gouache on her hands and asked, "You said you learned this?"

"Learning means the same thing as doing. ”

"My mom has been teaching me since I was twelve. ”

"What? Your mother taught you?"

"Yes, it's a pity that she died too early, so I had to go to the provincial capital to study. ”

"By the way, how old are you?"

"Eighteen years old. ”

"Haven't you been doing it for six years?

"No, if I were eighty years old, I would have done it again. ”

"Didn't you force you?"

"This kind of thing has to be interesting, how can it be forced? And it's something that girls like. ”

"Have you ever wondered when you won't do it?"

"Nope. I'm going to pass on what I've learned in the provincial capital to the girls here, and they'll be happy. ”

"Just be happy with yourself, and don't teach others badly. ”

"Your mind is too far behind. ”

This is not called ideological backwardness, it is a matter of morality. That's it for today, I won't do your business, please go back to the Yihong Courtyard opposite. ”

The two have different brain circuits, and they can't talk anymore, but they burst the audience's belly with laughter.

After that, Uncle Nine helped Master Ren break ground and bring Old Lady Ren's coffin back to Yizhuang. This section is very ceremonial, incense, coffin, and coffin opening are all troublesome.

Jiushu Lin Zhenying, who presided over the whole process, is also a professional, full of professional vocabulary, what snowflakes cover the top, dragonflies point to water, what flat burial, legal burial, plum blossom array, and what taboos, 'All those who are thirty-six, twenty-two, thirty-five and forty-eight, who belong to the rooster and the ox, will turn around and avoid. Wait, bluffing the audience.

The later plot is full of laughs, and the only one that can be called terrifying is the appearance of the female ghost Xiaoyu played by Lan Jieying, in the song of "Ghost Bride", she flew to the back seat of Qiusheng's bicycle in the air, which still scared some audiences.

But this can only be regarded as an interlude, the film is still mainly comedy, and basically every few minutes, the movie theater will burst into laughter. Especially the scene where a few people hold their breath to hide from zombies, which makes the audience laugh even more.

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After the movie was released, it immediately set off a wave of zombies, and major media also rushed to comment.

"The main line of the film is single, but the layers are rich and distinct. The big apprentice Qian Xiaohao is agile and is the master's right-hand man in fighting zombies, but he was accidentally tempted by the female ghost in red, nostalgic for the deserted house, and lingering with compassion. The second apprentice, Xu Guanying, was timid and lustful, but he still had justice and courage in his bones, but he was bitten by a zombie, and the corpse was poisonous, and he was on the verge of change, which brought a lot of trouble to the master. ”

"Mr. Zombie is a film that does not reject any audience, and it strikes a delicate balance in a variety of elements such as horror, comedy, and action. The proper use of comedic elements does a good job of dispelling the sense of fear, and the movie can always maintain a tense but not fearful relaxed atmosphere, in which even the scary zombies look less scary. ”

Lin Zhengying, who plays the ninth uncle in the film, has clean and neat movements, full of tone and tension in every move. The degree of professionalism makes people involuntarily believe that he is really a profound Maoshan Taoist priest. ”

"Fang Gongzi's previous two Xiangjiang films are both universal themes such as romance films, which once made me doubt his understanding of Xiangjiang's local culture, but the appearance of this "Mr. Zombie", Fang Gongzi's deep understanding of traditional customs and national culture really makes me ashamed. ”

"The various props and moves of catching ghosts and fighting zombies in the film are very down-to-earth and very useful to watch. The movie's plot, actors, action, and soundtrack are all first-class, and it can be described as a special meal with all colors, flavors, and flavors. ”

"Ming Pao" researched the film: "Use glutinous rice, ink thread, peach wood swords, yellow paper charms, etc. to subdue zombies, these methods come from folk legends." The plot of the female ghost played by Lan Jieying seducing the man obviously comes from the legend of Liaozhai. Zombies have fangs and claws, and people will become zombies when they are bitten and suck blood, which should be inspired by Western vampires and zombie movies. The most laughing fruit in the film is holding his breath to avoid zombies, I don't know the source, I think it was Fang Gongzi's personal inspiration. ”

Four weeks after the film's release, the box office was as high as 27 million, second only to Angel Pictures' Spring Festival file "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret Order", temporarily ranking second in the year.

This is just the beginning, the film is not only soaring in Hong Kong, but also caused a sensation after its release on Taiwan Island (Taiwan name: temporarily stop breathing), with a box office of more than NT$50 million in Taiwan, and a considerable box office in Southeast Asia (about 30 million Hong Kong dollars) and Japan (about 800 million yen at the box office).

In addition to the box office, a zombie culture has been formed, and many businesses make the image of zombies into bookmarks, toys, and even games, which children think are very cute, and often imitate zombies to jump over zebra crossings with their shoulders.

The success of the film has also attracted a large number of followers, and in these follow-up films, "zombie jumping", using glutinous rice, ink lines, and breath-holding to deal with zombies, have all been completely inherited and become the standard configuration of zombie films.

The only thing that surprised Fang Jianhui was that in addition to praising Lin Zhengying and making him the spokesperson of Maoshan Taoist, the film also made Lan Jieying's fame rise greatly, and for a while, it became synonymous with female ghosts.

And Li Saifeng, who he originally praised, although his delicate image has also attracted a lot of attention, but compared with Lan Jieying, it has fallen behind, which made Fang Jianhui sigh, the world is unpredictable!