Taking the opportunity to reflect on himself, Du Xinghe felt that when facing some uncontrollable and unpredictable things, he was always very frizzy, just like the last time he was scared by a white-haired drunk halfway up the mountain in Luoshan, he looked very "idiotic".

This time he was scared by the son of a bastard, and he almost got hit again.

This plane respects the culture of gods and ghosts, but it's not a thing to be so frightened all the time.

He's going to have to adjust his mentality.

More precisely, to increase one's guts.

Since he knew that his courage still needed to be tempered, he took the opportunity of being "imprisoned" in the dark elevator to do something to strengthen his courage.

Aren't you afraid of the dark and ghosts?

Then he is in this confined space, and he dares to put a horror movie in his mind to watch it!

Watching horror movies alone in a small dark room is the most courageous.

Not to mention whether Du Xinghe is playing directly in his head, or in an unknown safe elevator, this is by no means something that a timid person dares to do.

And Du Xinghe did it when he thought of it, and really broadcast a horror movie in his mind.

The image of Wang Jingyun's bastard with a copper coin mask on his face still lingers in his memory, so he put the last plane of "Zombie" directed by the rich second-generation director Mai Junlong.

The zombie played by Wu Yaohan in that film looks much more terrifying than Wang Jingyun's bastard.

Speaking of which, this "Zombie" is a very sincere nostalgic work, and the leading actors are the pillars of Hong Kong's golden age zombie films.

The whole film is different from the humorous and light-hearted style of traditional zombie films, and it is very depressing and sad.

An outdated ghost movie actor and a down-and-out last celestial master. The warlock of the wind and candle in his last years, the old man who is old and demented...... Even Nanguang, who has always been a disgusting living treasure building, had to hide in the market this time, with crumbling buildings, tattered costumes, and yellowed photos...... The film is full of vicissitudes and desolation. This heaviness is not so much to set off the atmosphere of horror as it is to mourn the decline of zombie culture.

The cast of this film is led by the outdated movie star Qian Xiaohao, and it brings together a bunch of veteran actors, and the effect is comparable to another nostalgic classic "Fighting the Ring" earlier.

Like Chen You and Lou Nanguang. Viewers who have watched the pioneering work of zombie films "Mr. Zombie" should still have an impression. and then to Zhong Fa, who is good at playing villains and is known for his play, plus the old familiar faces such as Bao Qijing and Hui Yinghong, Wu Yaohan and Lu Haipeng, "Zombie" is not only focused on horror effects, but light on the cast. Especially in Qian Xiaohao, Bao Qijing and Hui Yinghong. Everyone has an emotional past in place. Deepened the character itself. More three-dimensional.

"Zombie" opens with the children's chorus of "Ghost Bride" (from the classic episode of "Mr. Zombie"), which can be described as extremely warm and nostalgic. In addition to the common murderous mansion and evil spirit settings, "Zombie" has no shortage of plasma. The smell of killing is extremely heavy.

This movie arranges the highlight on refining zombies and seven days of rebirth, and the five elements gossip of slaying demons and subduing demons is also quite creative.

As for the appearance of the zombie that the audience was looking forward to, the movie was reluctant to appear for a long time, and the zombie jumped a few times and used it once with bated breath. For some viewers who are looking for an old-fashioned taste, the film's appearance may be a little disappointing.

The use of a large number of special effects scenes, and the infiltration of Japanese-style horror, have greatly weakened the humor and funniness of previous zombie films, and zombies have become less lively.

However, the past is a thing of the past, and zombie films cannot be brought back from the dead. If no one innovates, then zombie movies will remain in the ground forever.

From this point of view, Mak Junlong's innovation and attempts are definitely worthy of appreciation, no matter what, there must always be someone who is enthusiastic and willing to burn money to do something regardless of returns.

In addition to the horror scenes, the public housing buildings in the film are massive, old and eerie, and ghostly. "Zombie" makes a big fuss about this feeling, and it's full of tone.

Room 2442, with just a lamp and a cabinet, and mottled walls, is enough to come in handy.

The times are different, in the Republic of China era of zombie films in the past, a master and two apprentices, a rich man and a security captain, the setting is concise and the set is simple.

Back to the present, there is no room for zombies to survive and infest, and old bones are no longer beaten, so how to make zombies appear? Don't lose to the devil in momentum? That's exactly what Zombies is meant to solve.

The film is good at art prop framing, and as soon as that building comes out, you can't help but exclaim: There are ghosts.

As for a protagonist like Qian Xiaohao, he has been looking lost and depressed from the moment he appeared, so it's no wonder that he wants to recruit ghosts and provoke ghosts. However, the horror experience lingers, but the neighborhood is still warm.

A scene in a food stall, the taste is salty, the roots are known, and everyone is like a family, which is probably also an attempt by the director, rather than letting people and ghosts be entangled all the time and fight to the end.

The movie is not satisfied with a happy ending of hand in hand victory and the retreat of evil spirits, because in the course of the story, "Zombie" is already full of blood and countless dead, and it is difficult to turn back. Borrowing money from Xiaohao's eyes, "Zombie" left a semi-open-ended ending, like you don't know if a spinning top fell in the end.

In the era of the declining Hong Kong films, Mak Junlong's "Zombie" is undoubtedly a kind of remembrance of the rise and fall of Hong Kong films.

Looking at the last plane after the new millennium, Hong Kong horror movies are completely unable to compare with their heyday, and the number is getting smaller and smaller.

In the five years from 09 to 14 years before Du Xinghe's crossing, there were less than 10 horror films produced in Hong Kong, many of which included horror films like "Ghost Love Story", "Mysterious Night", "Fantasy Night", etc., which were patched together in the form of short films, and they all had one thing in common, which was the rescue of Hong Kong films due to the lack of horror films in the Hong Kong market.

The "Zombie" directed by Mak Junlong was filmed with a total investment of 15 million, which is already a coveted "big production" in the horror genre, but for Hollywood, it is undoubtedly a big deal, and this phenomenon is also a cold joke that reflects the dilemma of the Hong Kong film market investment market.

However, it is worth affirming that the novelty and transcendence of the filming techniques of "Zombie" are indispensable, and Mak Junlong has contributed to the superiority, which is also the understanding of Hong Kong directors.

Hong Kong films are produced in horror films, and the once amazing themes have made people now praise them as classics. But now there are very few movies that can represent this horror movie.

Most people always remember Nie Xiaoqian in "A Chinese Ghost Story", not because of Pu Songling, but because of Hong Kong movies, which is enough to prove that the influence of Hong Kong movies at that time was enough to influence several generations.

As the most unique traditional cultural and artistic film in Hong Kong films, zombie films have contributed a lot to Lin Zhengying. But after that, how many people will be able to replace or surpass him on this road?

"Zombie" is more than just a horror film, and his success lies in the self-deprecation of the contemporary film industry that reflects this passing feeling.

As a representative figure in the 80s of the twentieth century, Qian Xiaohao, Chen You, and Hui Yinghong ...... and so on, they are all participants in Hong Kong zombie films, and using them to interpret this movie again, what they want to express more or less is not difficult to understand for audiences who have understood this period of history. "Zombie" is remembered by the old version of Hong Kong zombie films in the Lin Zhengying period, this unique zombie culture has many different things from those "zombies" in the Lin Zhengying era, including posture and shape, and these things in the hands of Mak Junlong can be regarded as opening up a trendy variety. After all, if you take the things of your ancestors and gnaw at the old book, the meaning of this film will be gone.

Therefore, when we see the merger of China and Japan, and with a strong cult style of scenes, we have to say that the changes here almost subvert the image in the original forest-style zombie film, and it is not difficult to understand here, which can be explained by the sentence Chen You said in the play: Because in our generation, there are no Taoist priests, let alone zombies. -- This sentence also pushes the story forward like a boat, combining traditional Chinese demon subjugation methods such as training corpses, raising ghost boys, and the five elements of mutual restraint to localize the story of a zombie.

As a horror film, "Zombie" is actually a romance film dressed as a horror film. In the design and dialogue communication of many episodes in "Zombie", Mak Junlong actually hides a lot of information that is not painful.

Let's just say why Zhong Fa had to refine the last zombie before he died, the diffraction of this plot is more about the reluctance and helplessness of zombie films.

And the dream in the ending also has a lot worth scrutinizing. Therefore, the people who can really understand "Zombie" are people who have experienced the rise and fall of Hong Kong movies and have feelings.

As a new generation of directors, Mak Junlong made a splash with his self-written and directed debut film "Zombie", which is indeed outstanding, and there is no need to doubt too much in this regard.

Just from the plot arrangement and directing ability, it is enough to prove that he is not the simple "rich second generation" as rumored by outsiders, let alone the rotten man who was hyped by Gillian when the Yan-Zhaomen first broke out in the early years.

Of course, the surprises of "Zombie" are far more than these, just say that in the scenes where Aunt Mei was handled, the handling of those feelings, as well as the four-minute 360° long shot, you can see the director's actions and the strength of the actors.

A good script often allows some actors to bring their acting skills to the extreme, and Bao Qijing and Wu Yaohan are the second amazing place here. Their performances in "Zombies" can subvert their previous masterpieces and deserve to be redefined.

Back to the story of the film, in fact, from the beginning to the end, it runs through the entire main line with a pessimistic color, coupled with familiar old actors, it is easy to shape the nostalgia of fans.

Aunt Mei's reluctance and persistence to her husband, and the dead Qian Xiaohao, are undoubtedly not helpless about the rise and fall of Hong Kong movies. The times have created the glory of Hong Kong films, and they have also made Hong Kong films lost in glory.

In the ever-changing society of the previous plane, if it remained unchanged, Hong Kong films would have died long ago, and Mak Junlong's "Zombie" is like this, inheriting the incense of Hong Kong films, and going against the current during the decline of Hong Kong films, it is really a sincere work. (To be continued......)