When it comes to Japanese horror movies, most people think of Midnight Bell.

And when thinking of "Midnight Bell", many people may think of a scene.

In the cold interior of a Japanese-style house, a TV set placed in the corner, and a video tape with a ghostly shadow flashing.

The cold climbs up the spine.

Inside the TV, Sadako, a resentful spirit dressed in white and barefoot, with a slender body and a pale complexion, crawled out of the TV in a strange and distorted manner...

That's right, "Midnight Bell".

This is definitely an inescapable classic in the history of Japanese horror films, and it can even be said to be the pinnacle of Japanese horror movies from 2000 to 2010.

A very intuitive piece of data.

"Midnight Bell" achieved the feat of six consecutive shoots on its home soil.

The first "Midnight Murder Bell", the second "Sadako Haunting", the third "Sadako Reappearance", the fourth "Sadako Dabai", the fifth and sixth "Sadako 3D", "Sadako 3D2" - and even overseas remakes.

Regardless of the plot of the later films of "Midnight Bell", the feat of six consecutive films, except for a few, is already a huge gap that many Japanese films cannot surpass.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Japanese of that era were dominated by the resentful spirit Sadako who climbed out of the television set.

There were rumors circulating at the time.

What is the rumor that "Midnight Bell" is too terrifying, so it was urgently returned to the factory for processing as soon as it was released. What else... Rumors that people who watched the movie tied up their TV sets with chains and didn't dare to turn on the TV for a week.

Among these rumors, the most outrageous is the rumor that someone was scared to the point of sudden death from a heart attack while watching "Midnight Bell" in the cinema.

Look at these rumors aside.

"Midnight Bell" is not terrifying, or whether it scares the dead, but its influence is indeed great.

This influence is still present even in the Celestial Empire of 2020, where Tsukasa Higashino lived—Twitter was full of comic images of Sadako's image, and all kinds of female ghosts crawling out of the TV set—freelance creators from all over the world couldn't put down this classic Japanese female ghost image.

But in this era, there is no "Midnight Bell".

So Higashino Tsukasa thought about it, then slapped the table, made up his mind, and decided to draw "Midnight Bell" to harm his Japanese friends.

Yes! The day is coming when the Japanese will tremble.

However, although the rumors of "Midnight Bell" are very mysterious, in fact, the plot structure of this film is very simple.

From a later point of view, it is nothing more than the investigation of the dead man and the protagonist, and the protagonist dies, discovers the problem, and finds the truth behind the tragedy.

This set of storytelling is linked one by one, and the plot is clear, very compact, and the whole process is advancing the main line, which is a standard Japanese narrative routine.

In particular, there is a date hint below.,If you don't know the truth of the matter when the time comes.,The hero will be killed by the ghost... This sense of urgency and eagerness, which is so intuitive that it almost directly hits the audience's face, fully grabs the audience's heart.

The plot goes with the flow, and the sense of fear creeps up into people's hearts, layer by layer... Everyone is curious about what exactly awaits the protagonist when the time comes.

At the end, Sadako crawls out of the TV screen, and the foreshadowing and natural horror that have been buried in front of her instantly turn into three-dimensional.

Countless Japanese people shivered and lived in their shadow.

There are no bloody scenes.

There was no startling music either.

Fear is just slowly... Eroding the human heart.

The script, shooting, and soundtrack of "Midnight Bell" are undoubtedly excellent.

But "Midnight Bell" is a movie after all.

And the manga doesn't have such a thing as shooting and soundtrack.

Without background music and characters who can move, "Midnight Bell" will definitely lose its excitement because it will lack a sense of substitution.

But this is not a problem for Higashino at all.

He glanced at the system page in his field of view.

Skipping the name and physical fitness, his eyes stayed on the main skill column.

Main Skill: Empathy (the viewer can feel the joys, sorrows and sorrows of the characters in the painting from your emotionally charged brushstrokes)

To put it simply, after using this skill, others can feel emotions such as nervousness, sorrow, and joy from the behavior of the characters in the paintings.

This is the strongest sense of substitution!

You can grab the whole person into the world of "Midnight Bell"!

I feel the fear and despair of the characters inside...

Tsukasa Higashino used this main skill when he drew a full-body portrait of Aisho Yako today.

As a result, Aisai Yako was attracted to the whole picture, as if she had fallen into an evil spirit.

And this is also the reason why Tsukasa Higashino mailed "Midnight Bell" to Urashima Publishing House a few days ago.

The "Midnight Bell" in his hand is really terrifying!

Even if the original author of Higashino Tsukasa goes to see it, he will feel that a yin wind is inexplicably floating on his back, and he is afraid in his heart, and the whole person is panicked.

The sense of horror that can directly pull people into it has calmed him, the original author!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is not inferior to the movie version of "Midnight Bell" he watched in his previous life, and even in terms of substitution!

If you change to a timid one, it is estimated that it is not just a simple matter of going to the toilet and asking someone to accompany you.

Tsukasa Higashino estimates that there will really be a Japanese friend who will lock the TV with a big iron chain and live under the control of his horror comics.

Nothing to say.

Because even when Tsukasa Higashino mailed the manuscript to the publisher at that time, he hesitated for a long time.

But after hesitating and hesitating, in the end he slapped the table and had an idea in his heart.

This has already been drawn, if you don't submit it, and don't use it to harm your Japanese friends, won't your efforts be in vain?

Besides, isn't there such a group of people in this world? is obviously as timid as a mouse, but he especially likes to watch horror things.

Then why don't you take this opportunity to quit them, lest they really see something terrible one day and die suddenly of myocardial infarction? Use Sadako in "Midnight Bell" to scourge ... Exercise to exercise their guts...

It's a win-win.

Tsukasa Higashino still has to think about the publisher that submitted "Midnight Bell", Urashima Publishing House...

If he couldn't draw comics, he would have to think of something else.

Or... Or do you want to learn from the master of the previous life, 'Ink', or carry a mop to Shibuya Station to 'Ghost Drawing'?

He will do the same! And make sure to shoot beautifully, shoot accurately!

Coupled with the appearance of the original owner, the guarantee can attract a group of little girls to watch.

Maybe I'll be able to be interviewed by the Tokyo media at that time.

After all, the routines of the people of the Celestial Empire are linked one by one, and ignorant Japanese friends must not have seen it.

Let them meet when the time comes.

Although the current situation is difficult, Higashino is quite optimistic.

But until then... We still have to take a look at the current situation.