Chapter 258: The Crying Screening Room
The Exorcism Video was shown here, and young people loved its tension and suspense, screaming like a sense of loss of control on a roller coaster; And the older audience still loves its family, beliefs and other topics, the origin of horror and pain is different, the same is looking forward to the next story.
When the scene switches, the soundtrack sounded for the first time in the film, a soft piano music that seemed to be sad and warm, and the camera became stable again, as if it was a regular movie.
The daylight showed that it was the second day, and Cotton was in the dining room of the old mansion earnestly preparing for the exorcism, he looked through the ancient exorcism book handed down by his family, held the cross in his hand, and said something on his lips......
Working as a soundtrack artist for a pseudo-documentary has very little work, but Gia knows it's hard to do it well, not only to set it off properly, but not to spoil the realism. She really didn't expect that Ye Wei didn't use weird music to render the atmosphere in the previous horror scenes, but seemed to want to take a breath for everyone here.
The audience listened to the piano music in silence and watched the scene that continued on the screen without dialogue.
Behind the grove on the farm, Switzer and Ramon reburied Amy's grave, father and son holding the handle of a shovel in their hands, looking at the tombstone, both with calm and resolute faces. Ramon put his arm around his father's shoulders, his mouth moving as if to say "Dad, I'm sorry", and Switzer nodded slightly.
All viewers can see that Ramon has grown, and the rift in this family is healing, and it is like a ray of sunshine penetrating into the heart, and things are getting better.
At this time, Cotton came from a distance, and then stood at Amy's grave, holding the Bible and praying.
The audience also saw that the priest had changed his attitude, he knew that the demons were really alive and invading the place, he was full of apologies, he rebuilt his faith, he wanted to help the family. Seeing the concerted efforts of everyone, there is only one goal on and off the screen, to destroy that damn demon
The piano was lowered, the sound of the chain pulling of the bell sounded, and in the barn scene, Maggie was still sitting in the corner with her hands and feet chained, and she had woken up. The female recording engineer was standing not far away, chatting with her.
"I'm so sorry for killing Katie and injuring Ramon, I'm completely unconscious, I can't control myself......" Maggie said reproachfully, looking helpless.
The female recording engineer comforted: "It's not you who did that, it's the devil." Maggie, you're not wrong, don't blame yourself, you're a kind and beautiful girl.
"Ma'am... Do you have someone you like?" Listening to her compliment, Maggie suddenly asked softly, glancing at the camera in the distance, a little shy, as if she was afraid that she would be photographed.
"Yes, I have. The female recording engineer replied with a smile, "I have a boyfriend, his name is David, and we have been in a relationship for five years. β
"What does that feel like? I mean love?" Maggie asked again, her face more shy but a little eager to know.
"I can't sue you, love is a feeling that can't sue sΓΉ. The female recording engineer laughed and said, "You'll find out for yourself later." β
Maggie looked like she was thinking of something, and said very softly: "I like a boy who used to be my classmate in the third chemistry class...... He doesn't know me, and I haven't seen him in a long time. The female recording engineer asked gently, "What's his name?" Maggie smiled, "Vic." He must not like me, I've done so many bad things......" she said, her face full of sadness.
"Maggie, you didn't do anything bad. The female recording engineer said seriously, "When you are ready, you should confess to him, a girl like you, no boy will not like you." β
"Really?" Maggie smiled sweetly, shyly and wistfully, like the faint sound of the piano, tugging at the heartstrings of the audience, "I think you are, you are so friendly." β
The female recording engineer laughed: "Haha thank you." β
With sunlight streaming in both theaters, many young audience members are looking forward to a second exorcism, the Switzer family getting through it, and Maggie returning to her normal life, confessing to Vic and enjoying her youth and love. Cotton would be a good exorcist to save the world......
However, no one has forgotten that this is a horror movie, and everyone has an indelible depression, worry and fear in their hearts, just like a shadow standing behind the sun.
What does that guy want to do?Gia felt the aura of danger even more, feeling that this was the calm before the storm.
The scene switches, the soundtrack gradually rises, and Cotton consecrates holy water in a solemn and sacred ashram in the ancient mansion, and puts it in a crystal bottle, with a pious expression.
At this scene, the congregational audience prayed silently, some drew crosses on their bodies, and others whispered, "Punch that demon in the nose."
The scene cuts again, in the living room of the house, Ramon is sitting on the sofa watching TV, and what video is playing on TV. The camera moved, Cotton walked down from the second floor with many holy relics, and Switzer, who heard the movement, walked from the direction of the dining room and asked expectantly, "Pastor, are you ready?"
"Let's go exorcism. Cotton's face was grim and calm, and he walked out of the house.
The soundtrack stopped, the scene cut again, and the camera followed everyone into the gloomy barn at the end, only to see Maggie still sitting calmly in the corner, she looked over, and asked a little nervously, "Are you going to exorcism......"
Cotton walked up to her, crouched down, turned his back to the camera, and said in a serious voice: "Maggie, I'm going to do another exorcism for you, it was my fault that it didn't work out the first time before." But we all have to have faith that the devil cannot fight against the power of God, and as long as we believe, we will be saved. β
Maggie nodded, her pale face steady, "I believe." β
Cotton stood up, a large Bible in his left hand, a bottle of holy water in his right, and a cross around his neck. The second exorcism is about to begin
Swaitzer and the others stood on the side of the camera in the distance, all looking nervous.
The audience hung their hearts and sat up straight, looking forward to it
"Lord Jesus Christ, you have given your followers the power to conquer demons in your name and suppress the power of their enemies. Because of your power, Satan fell like lightning from heaven; With fear and trembling hearts, I beseech your holy name, that I may be under the protection of your might, full of faith, to cast out the demons that haunt you, the creature Margaret Tashawitzer, and beseech your light to restore her to the light. Amen. β
Cotton solemnly read an exorcism scripture and crossed Maggie in the air, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." β
The camera is hard and close up on Maggie's face, she is visibly getting more nervous, cold sweat is breaking out on her face, and her brown eyes are closed and opened, open and closed, not knowing what to do.
"Lord Almighty, pour out your blessings on this water for the salvation of mankind, so that your creatures may receive your holy power, cast out evil spirits and eliminate diseases, so that the plot of an evil spirit may not succeed, and when sprinkled with this water, your followers will find peace. β
Cotton's voiceover continued to read the scriptures, when suddenly water spilled on Maggie, and she suddenly trembled slightly......
The camera cuts hard, and Cotton pours holy water to Maggie with an open holy water bottle, and continues to read: "My lord, you have always shown mercy and protection to the weak, please accept our prayer that your servant Margaret Tashawitzer, who is bound by demons, may be liberated by your mercy......"
Suddenly, before Cotton could finish reading, the strange soundtrack sounded, like a demon from hell screaming, the camera had turned, Maggie was already trembling violently, her face turned into an evil grudge in a few moments, and the demon had once again completely encroached on her in this second exorcism
She suddenly said coldly, "Is there any nonsense? β
The hearts of the audience immediately tightened uncomfortably, and the devil ...... There is no fear of a pair of eyes that are young or not young
Shooting at such a close distance, the sound of chains with bells, Maggie slowly stood up, and began to twist her body horribly, leaning back from her waist as if she had broken herself in two, and her vicious eyes met the camera, "Nian, Nian, Nian"
As she screamed louder and louder, the entire barn shook like an earthquake, and the camera shook violently, and the surrounding farm tools and other debris fell down, bang
The camera swept over, Swaitzer and the others were stunned, Cotton was once again covered in cold sweat, the cold sweat on his back soaked his robe, but he continued to read the scriptures aloud, shouting: "I command you by the holy power of Jesus Christ to leave this innocent girl immediately"
Tension filled the two screening halls, many audience members were already sweating, no one was eating popcorn, and the couple audience was hugging or holding hands close to each other.
"No one is innocent. Maggie smiled, "Everyone is a sinner" Her bitter brown eyes scanned everyone, "You are all sinners, you will all go to hell"
The camera is hard, and Switzer, Ramon, and the female recording engineer are all full of grief, and they want to do something, but they can't do anything.
"Get out of this girl now," Cotton shouted, waving the cross, "get out of this girl now"
Maggie suddenly screamed a few times as if she was burned, it was very painful, it seemed that Cotton's exorcism was not ineffective, but the demon was enraged and she suddenly sat down with a horse, but because of the restraint of the chain, it was obviously difficult to do this action, she suddenly screamed, it was Maggie's scream
Every viewer was blinded, their hearts were blank, and the division of every cell was tense and chilling
Destroying the second exorcism, there is no scene of Shun lì, not at all, only greater horror......
Everyone is a sinner, but the world often forgets this, and it is not God who reminds us, but demons
"No......" The grief and indignation of Switzer and the others screamed, the camera did not leave Maggie, her long hair fell to the ground, and she raised her face after screaming, sickly pale, covered with cold sweat, and an increasingly weird demonic voice: "Cotton, sooner or later you will see a psychiatrist, because your premature son will die like this is now, all because you are nosy, you have us off, and your son will suffer the same"
In the close-up shot, Cotton's face changed a little when he heard this, I don't know if it was because the demon said that he had a premature baby, he shouted: "Don't listen, don't listen to anything, the devil knows how to deceive people best, don't pay attention to its words" He took off the cross around his neck and raised it, and the exorcist shouted: "Look at the cross of the Lord, drive you away from this girl"
"Ahh......h
"My lord, save this servant who looks up to you" Cotton's palm was towards Maggie's head, and his voice trembled a little: "Have mercy on you, and drive away this demon"
Suddenly there were a few bangs, and the sound of the chain breaking, the camera nervously close-up, only to see that the chains on Maggie's feet were broken, and she put away the horse and staggered to her feet.
"Oh my God" the voice of the female recorder, the mournful screams of Sweitzer and Ramon "Maggie", and the exorcism of Cotton rang out at the same time: "My lord, shine on you servant"
"I said, she's mine. Maggie stretched out her hands again, and the chains snapped, and her hands were unrestrained, and she pounced on Cotton with a fierce clatter
The camera instantly became extremely shaky, and Cotton hurriedly showed the cross, but Maggie kicked him up, and he was immediately kicked upside down, and as soon as he fell out of the camera, the camera hurriedly retreated, only to photograph him falling to the feet of Switzer and several people. Cotton coughed in pain, blood pouring from the corners of his mouth, and the relics in his hands fell to the ground
Oh, my God...... The audience's hearts stopped beating and their teeth clenched, but they were so powerless that Cotton was completely outcast, and his power was not enough to drive the demon away
All three critics noted that the turn of events actually began when the demon threatened Cotton to hurt his son, and from that moment on he wavered again, and his "don't listen" was shouted to himself. The biggest difference between a priest and a pastor is that a pastor has a family, and when there is a conflict between the family and the faith...... Cotton has always been unconvinced
On the screen, the scene got out of hand
The barn shook as if it were about to collapse, but Maggie didn't go up to attack them, grabbing her hair and lifting it so hard that her face turned red to bruised, apparently trying to pull out her long black and brown hair with her scalp
No, don't torture Maggie anymore, the audience is just as sad and scared as Cotton at this time
The female recorder cried for help: "Cotton, Cotton, stop it" and Switzer became silent, pulled up Cotton next to him, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shouted a few steps forward, "Demon, if you can kill us, will you still wait? You can't you fear the power of Christ I command you to leave Maggie immediately in the name of my lord"
"Yes. The camera cuts, Maggie continues to pull her hair, while Maggie screams, and suddenly she violently throws away a small handful of hair in her hand, and her painful face shows a weird smile, "You guys watch how she slowly dies." β
As she spoke, she suddenly broke the index finger of Maggie's right hand, and the girl's screams resounded through the barn, through the screening room, and through the hearts of the audience, setting off a huge wave of sorrow
At this time, the camera captured Swaitzer walking to the left of the frame, taking out something from the half-broken wooden cabinet next to the wall, an old-fashioned shotgun, he raised the gun and aimed at Maggie at the far end, the middle-aged face cut by tears had an extremely complicated expression, and said in a trembling voice: "I won't let you torture my daughter again......"
The audience was shocked, and many people remembered that the TPT poster was this scene, Cotton holding a cross, and Sweetzer holding a shotgun
But how can there be a gun in the barn?
There was excitement in the eyes of the critics, and the chaotic thoughts told a clear moral that the gun had been prepared by Swiftzer a long time ago, and he had long been prepared for a failed exorcism. The cross represents the power of God, the power of faith; The shotgun represents the power of ordinary people, the power of technology.
It turns out that until now, Switzer has not regained his faith, and God does not help solve the demons, then he will solve them himself
The screen was even more nervous and panicked, and the female recorder shouted "Don't shoot, stop him" Ramon shouted: "Dad, that's Maggie"
"It's not, it's demon......" Switzer choked.
At this time, Maggie over there suddenly seemed to have regained her senses, and cried with difficulty: "Dad, kill me and it hasn't completely possessed me yet, take advantage of it now, kill me."
"Don't, don't" The camera shook, Cotton blocked the front of the gun, and said urgently: "As long as we believe, there must be another way"
Switzer trembled, cried out in grief, and looked over, "Is God watching, is God seeing my daughter's pain? Where is God?"
Both screening rooms were depressed, and the audience was speechless, all kinds of pain in the world, why, because we are all sinners?
"Have you thought about it?" Maggie's demonic tone suddenly sounded again, and began to torture the ** again, breaking one finger after another, Maggie's screams and the demon's weird laughter switched back and forth, and after a while she spat blood from her mouth, and her eyes were red and about to drip blood
Interspersed with Cotton sweating profusely looking through the ancient book of exorcism, the pages of mysterious patterns and close-ups of the text, his panicked flipping undoubtedly showed that he didn't even know what kind of demon he was facing, and the "abaiam" he said before was just a lie.
He flipped more and more slowly, as a thick book was flipped to the bottom......
At this time, a scene flashed back on the screen, before leaving in the study of Cotton's house, Cotton threw away the ancient book of exorcism in disgust, picked up a psychology book, and said to the camera with a smile: "Exorcist is a profession that is far behind the times and will be eliminated sooner or later, so I have been studying psychology by myself for a long time, and I also have to support my family." β
Maggie's screams bring the screen back to the barn, and Switzer, who is being shot from the side of the camera, has a tense tearful face and is about to shoot at any moment.
Cotton put down the ancient book of exorcism, looked at Maggie over there, his expression gradually became more determined than ever, holding the cross, walking, "Please Lord Jesus receive my soul"
At this moment, the hearts of the audience trembled, and Cotton wanted to martyr that he had finally strengthened his faith
Critics can't take their eyes off the fact that Cotton is going to save Maggie and himself by martyrdom, like Father Callas?
On the screen, Cotton walked away without fear, "Lord, don't blame her for this sin, let your humble servant Cotton-Shaun-Marcus save this unfortunate girl, let this vicious demon annihilate Maggie by your light, do you reject the devil, do you believe in Jesus Christ?"
"Woo, woo......" As he approached, Maggie suddenly lost all her strength, collapsed to the ground, and began to cry, "Mr. Reverend, I can't hold on...... I believe in Jesus Christ, but I don't know how to hold on to ......"
The audience was silent and tense, and now Maggie or the Devil?
"Don't listen," Cotton said decisively, "the power of Jesus Christ will make you leave this girl immediately."
"I'm so tired...... "Maggie cries, "I want to get out of here...... I can't hold on anymore......"
"If you're Maggie, be strong, the demon is dying," Cotton scratched the Holy Cross. The female recording engineer's voiceover shouted "Maggie, it's going to be okay, think about the boy you like, Vic" Cotton listened and said, "Yes, think about him, think about your family, think about God"
"It's not that I don't want to persevere, it's that I don't know how to per......severe," Maggie cried, her eyes suddenly glared in horror, and she moved back away, "It's coming, it's there, it's coming......"
The camera shook violently around the barn, and it was impossible to see where the demon was, but every viewer was creepy and held on
"Don't, don't come here" Maggie cried, "Daddy, kill me, kill me" Her face began to twist strangely again, like a demon was invading.
"Get out of this girl now," Cotton shouted louder and louder, but also more and more powerless. Switzer was already in tears, holding his shotgun all the time, unable to get his hands on it: "I'm sorry, Maggie...... Daddy I'm sorry for you...... Amy, I'm sorry for you......"
Don't shoot, don't let the audience stare at you, it's no longer everyone sitting up straight, many people are shrinking back in their chairs, as if they are paralyzed there.
"Uh-huh......" Maggie got up slowly, her expression suffocating, her throat making a hoarse sound that only makes her most uncomfortable, and suddenly let go of her breath. In an instant, the barn and the screening room calmed down, and she looked at the camera with clear eyes, and whispered, "Kill me, kill me......"
She lifted her hands with some fingers down, lifted her bare feet, and danced the ballet without warning but naturally, her bloodstained gray dress danced, her long hair danced, she was dancing.
So selfless, happy, beautiful.
The audience didn't expect such a combination of beauty and cruelty, watching Maggie staggering to dance, watching Switzer's gun pointed at her, watching Cotton suddenly let out a scream of powerlessness, self-blame and grief, hearts shattering, eyes teary.
There is a weak voice in the heart, don't ......
Inserting the lens, Switzer's fingers as he pressed the trigger were shaking, pulling down......
In the frontal close-up, Maggie's face blooms with a warm smile, which can melt a qiΔ sadness or take away a qiΔ happiness. It's not a demon at this moment, it's Maggie
In the panoramic shot, Switzer in the close-up pulls the trigger, and the people around him are like wandering spirits, and the camera pushes closer with a gunshot, and Maggie, who is dancing in the distance, falls backwards......
"No" In the two screening halls, the audience's can't help but shout
Oh no...... Gia leaned back in her chair almost upside down, her face blank, and I said that she would have a better cadenza shot...... Dance of Death......
Emma covered her trembling mouth, why was she so uncomfortable......
At the same time, Debbie has burst into tears, and the sighs, choked voices, and scolding voices of the surrounding audience, as well as the emotional voices of the three film critics, have composed the same sad song of fear:
The greatest horror is that he wants to be martyred but can't
The biggest horror is that I want to keep the good but can't
The greatest horror lies in destroying miè with your own hands
The greatest horror lies not in the death of **, but in the death of faith
The greatest horror lies in our own powerlessness
The two screening rooms were in a daze, and the barn on the screen was dead silent, the camera caught their backs as they stood there, Maggie in the distance lying in a pool of blood, everyone motionless, everyone's soul as if they were dying together.
In the face of such pain, how do you hold on to your faith?
If this pain can be passed, how should it be passed?
At this time, the camera turned, and the photographer couldn't bear to walk out of the barn and came outside, where the lens was photographed was frozen in snow and snow, and snowflakes were falling in the gray sky.
Suddenly, the screen showed a different quality image, an obvious ordinary home video, like Maggie, who was several years younger, laughing and playing with a beautiful middle-aged woman in the snow by the woods, Maggie and Maggie's mother Amy
The little girl turned around and danced with a grin, and her crisp laughter was so happy and happy: "Mom, am I so beautiful?"
"Of course, baby. Amy laughs.
The three film critics were stunned, and Gia was shocked, this clip ......
At this moment, the audience who had just moist eyes burst into tears, the tearful audience burst into tears, the tearful audience cried, and the screening hall was crying
Amy and Maggie danced hand in hand, and the faint mournful song sounded, and as soon as the phrase "Hello dark, my old friend" sounded, the screen was so dark, and the film ended, and there were more people crying silently.
Older people know what kind of song it is, and young people probably have heard it, "Teuudlof-eae" (The Sound of Silence), there are many movies and television that use it as soundtracks or interludes, but there has never been a horror movie that uses it.
And now, it is so sad and painful.
On the screen, the following is displayed on a single screen:
Director: Yunik Kuller
"Hello dark, my old friend
I'm coming to talk to you again."
Writers: Heck Potko, Andrew Grande, Yunik Kuller
"Because a dark shadow crept in
I planted its seeds while I was asleep."
Producers: Yunik Kuller, Andrew Grande, Heck Portkow
"This dark shadow is deeply rooted in my mind
Hovering and hovering."
Cast & Crew:
Maggie Witzerze: Nina Dobrev
Cotton Marcus: Ryan DeSantis
Mark Weitzer: Mark Carlton
Ramon Witzer: Damian Rush
In the two screening rooms, the sound of crying seems to be the accompaniment to the ending song, and it is a telling of the viewing experience of the cast and crew.
"In the silence of the moment
In restless dreams, I wandered alone
Narrow cobblestone streets
The dim street lights dimmed
I cocked my collar to keep out the cold and wet
Just as my eyes were pierced by a flash of neon lights
The light pierced the night sky
Break the silence
I saw through the faint light
Thousands of people, maybe more
People are saying boring words
People were listening nonchalantly
People write songs, but they never share them
No one dared to go and break the silence
I said, you don't know
Silence spreads like cancer cells
Listen to me so that I can teach you
Hold on to my hand and I will save you
But my words fell silently like raindrops
In vain echoed in the silent well
People still bow and worship
The neon god who created his own zΓ o
And the neon signs have flashed warnings of true gods
Those words are gradually forming
The sign reads:
The words of the prophet are written on the wall of the subway
It was written in the hallway of the apartment
And in this silent whispering chatter."