"It's hard to explain what it was like to watch the new horror film "Exorcism Video" in the theater by chance, it was so amazing to me! Its horror and pain took over me, and at the end, my eyes were a little damp, and I almost cried, I haven't been like this for many years. Director Yunik Kuller, you're such a bastard genius! If we have the chance, we'll make a movie together. ”

- Horror Thriller Master, Stephen King's blog post

Just as his novels can scare people into cardiac arrest, his recommendation of this film scared many people, and scared the whole Liongate screaming!

I'm keeping an eye on you and I'm interested in working with you to shoot something!

In the field of film, Stephen King is an activist, not only as a screenwriter, he likes to make cameos, play small roles and even star (1989 "Pet Graveyard"), but also worked as a director (1986 "Fire Demon Chariot"), in recent years he has also become a producer, produced several TV mini-series, and in the past two years began to set foot in the production of films, one TV movie "Ellen's Diary", the other "Flying Bullet" (5 million production fees) only received 130,000 box office (100 theaters painted in a week), no good results.

But these are B-grade films that mainly target the video market, and his production as a producer is like playing with tickets. Even if the box office is 0, Stephen King is still the indispensable grandmaster of the horror world, and the studios are working on projects adapted to his works every year and will continue.

Not to mention that Stephen King's old and new novels continue to sell well, and he will always have his exalted status.

So he is not a simple figure, but his dynamics are always concerned by the media and the public. Recommending horror films with such emotion, of course it should be reported!

Along with the report, there is also some true or false news, with some media saying that Stephen King and Frank Delabant's new collaborative project "The Mist" may have changed and he wants the mysterious newcomer Cooler to take over. This news is not very reliable, because Darabont is the producer of "The Mist", and even more reliable is the news that "Carrie the Witch" (1976), which has been rumored to be remade for many years, has new progress, and he is looking for Cooler to shoot a new version......

But first, the question is: Who is Yunik Kuller???

Rotten Tomatoes has already expressed this confusion, and the media who are reporting it are also very shocked, everyone wants to get such a news picture, Stephen King on the left, Yunnick Kuhler on the right, but there is no photo of Kuller at all!

Not on IMDB, not on the official website of TET, not on Google Images...... Nowhere else!

For the sake of the mystery of pseudo-documentaries, why are there many behind-the-scenes stills, Andrew Grande and others have appeared, but the most critical person is not seen.

What's even more dumbfounded for the reporters is that Cooler can't be reached at all! There is no contact information, and it is impossible to figure out Guò Lionsgate, Cliff, Grande, and Potko, either "I don't know" or "Cooler himself does not want to be interviewed by the media...... That's okay to give a photo, "Kuhler is reluctant to show up"......

What the hell is this!?

In the end, the media could only call him "mysterious", and the accompanying picture could only get a picture of Stephen King on the left and the TET poster on the right......

The fame of the mysterious Kuhler and TET is undoubtedly soaring rapidly, with the critics being one fuel and Stephen King another, working together to make the TET rocket rumble into the air!

95% freshness, 83% audience preference with a slight decrease, IMDB-8 that does not decline but rises. 4 points, the terrifying light is like a cold wind in the moon, blowing more and more people's hearts!

The media had to continue to pay attention and report on it, because the new film didn't report on this, and there was nothing to report this week. So although tet is still just a small seedling that suddenly appeared, everything about it has begun to be reflected in the public's eye.

Kuhler was noticed, and so were the actors, and when they opened IMDB, they found that they were all acting in film and television for the first time, and these people teamed up to present a wonderful performance.

One of the most talked-about actors is "Maggie" Nina Dubov, who has already been praised by critics enough to win a Saturn Award (which awards science fiction and horror masterpieces) nomination for Best Actress!

It's the first time to act in a movie, but with such an amazing performance, with such a good appearance, he is definitely a potential new star! At least in terms of the genre of horror, thriller, and mysterious ghosts.

At this moment, the ecstatic Lionsgate did not miss the opportunity to publicize its amazing reviews and released a series of behind-the-scenes footage of TET (which should have been done during the publicity period) to the press, which completely shocked people in disbelief.

●All the actors in the film are amateur actors and art school students, and this is their first video performance together, and there is no rehearsal during the filming period.

● The production cost is only 450,000 yuan, a large part of which is used for the copyright fee of the script and ending song "the-sound-of-silence".

● It took only 18 days to make the film, 4 days for the pre-production, 8 days for the filming period, and 6 days for the post-production.

● The original story was inspired by The Exorcist and Blair the Witch, and it took Heck Portcoe and Andrew Grande three years to complete the original script. When Yunik Kuhler took over, he made a major revision, rebuilding the story theme, character setting, and story development in the second half.

● Yunik Kuhler was in charge of part of the photography, and the shot of the photographer falling in the film was due to his real photographic accident, and the blood in the snow was his blood.

● The insurance company refused to insure the scene where Maggie ran barefoot in the snow, and Yunik Kuhler wanted Maggie to wear a pair of red shoes, but Nina Dubov insisted on completing the shoot barefoot.

Nina Dubov was born in Bulgaria and immigrated to Canada with her parents at the age of two, and has since settled in Toronto. From a very young age, she showed great passion and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts. She is a lover of sports: football, volleyball, swimming, rock climbing, boating, skiing and horseback riding.

She is a skilled rhythmic gymnast, ballet, jazz dancer, and is now a member of the Canadian rhythmic gymnastics national youth team, and she did all the shots of Maggie herself.

● In the film, Maggie's mother, Amy, is Nina Dobov's mother, Mihaela, who is an artist.

● During the search for distribution, the film was rejected by almost all distributors until Lionsgate was willing to cooperate with the distribution.

● This is Yunik Küller's first film, and he worked as a director, screenwriter, producer, editor, soundtrack, camera assistant, and art design assistant. Because he is reluctant to expose himself, all relevant contracts have portrait protection and information confidentiality clauses, and he only reveals his gender and approximate age to the outside world, young people under the age of 25.

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This information is simply a shock, making the media and fans who are paying attention stupid at a glance, like a 1 in 100 million probability of something happening in front of you, 18 days!?

Under 25 years old!?The "exact" age of Kholler was first known. It's definitely a child prodigy age!

Don't compare with Ye Wei, the "movie prodigy" Steven Soderbergh made his debut film "Sex, Lies and Videotape" at the age of 26, and Kuhler made TET under the age of 25, and it is an all-round attitude that does not lose Ye Wei or Soderbergh, genius, absolute genius!!

People are inevitably excited to expect that in the North American continent, Asian geniuses have to be very, very geniuses to make people so excited, a white boy genius nine times out of ten? That's enough to make mainstream society explode!

Now that the perfect evaluation is available, if the box office of "The Exorcism Video" can receive more than 10 million US dollars, it will become a commercial miracle like last year's "The Wedding is Coming", "The Big Man Napoleon", "The Trembling Ocean", and "Chainsaw......

Yunik Kuller, will shake the world!

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At the same time, almost all distributors, as the TET film review said, panicked, distressed, and almost cried out ......!

"Exorcism Video"??? Did someone call to ask about the joke that was released before?The joke about the remake of an old film that is enough to exploit once?The joke that the DVD release is not enough, and the joke that was released in the theater with delusion!?

Who's up with Yunik ...... Yunik Cool? Yunik Kuller!

The members of the distribution department of New Line Pictures couldn't laugh, Miramax, Newmarket, Timmen, IDP, Magnolia, Fine Line, and Thinking Pictures...... I can't laugh.

And Rogge Films, Alliances, Fountains, and Zeitgeist, who have seen the film and even negotiated the sale, have had earthquakes at the company's headquarters.

"What's going on!?you're suing me, what's going on!?"

In Santa Monica, at the headquarters of Fountain Pictures, the voice of suppressed anger echoes in the not-so-spacious CEO's office, CEO and boss Mike Pradley walks around angrily, while Robbie Swinton, head of film acquisition and distribution, stands at his desk with a dead face.

"What was your judgment?" Pradley walked back to his desk, unable to sit down, "I want to know why we lost it!"

How dare Swinton honestly say that he had watched it for about five minutes, and he had long forgotten what he had watched, only remembering that it was a boring movie, but he didn't know very well...... Pull it to see. He reluctantly shirked his responsibility: "The producer who came to sell the film had a very bad attitude, and when I made some comments, he told me to shut up, and the interview was over." ”

"......" Pradley took a deep breath and almost roared, damn 95% Rotten Tomatoes freshness, Stephen King!

He sat down angrily, his middle-aged face distorted a little, and said, "Luo Bi, after all, you just think it's a bad movie, it's a Yan zhòng misjudgment! This was supposed to be a good opportunity for us, but now what do we have?" ”

"Palindrome" is the new work of Todd Sorenz, who used to shine with "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1995), and Fountain paid a lot of money for its distribution rights and held a critics' screening for it, like a small shop waiting for the big star. As a result, it only has 42% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, no media attention, and the worst thing is that in the third week of its release, the largest 8 theaters have collected more than 100,000 box office, but the trend has fallen, and the theater distribution has not made a penny.

Buying "Palindrome" has his own decision, but losing "Exorcism Video", Swinton can't be unresponsible!

What a great opportunity! If it had been bought at the time, even if it was just a collaboration, no matter how much it could have grossed at the box office, it would have been a good result in the release of the disc. This is tantamount to a water source in the desert for a company with bad property, how can you fancy foreign literary films such as "Fresh Milk and Honey" and "The King and the Queen", but lose TET?

Mike ...... You can't really blame me, I remember it was very different from "Blair the Witch." ”

Swinton was about to explain again, but he was choked by the boss: "If you think it's not very different, can it get the praise it has now?" Swinton hurriedly said: "It's not a literary film, it's a B-grade exploitation film, so I didn't consider the reaction of the film critics......"

"I really don't understand. Pradley punched the table, "Why does Lionsgate always buy good movies and we keep missing out, you say? You know we're a small company, and we need a film like 'Exorcism Video' to stay afloat!"

"I know......" Swinton, reprimanded and fidgeting, continued to excuse himself, "but from a business point of view, it's not that good, it's a tragedy." The film critics will like it, but not necessarily on the audience's side. ”

There are still some words in the stomach: What are you arguing about, is it a blockbuster now? There are so many independent films that have been applauded by the film critics, and Roger Albert has given "Palindrome"3. 5 stars, is "Palindrome" a blockbuster? Every film can be sold, and it is a pseudo-documentary! If it weren't for Stephen King's sudden involvement, how would there be so much multimedia attention.

"Not necessarily, it's a horror movie! You still say it's not necessarily ......" Pradley finally couldn't hold back his roar, "Damn! Wrong is wrong, we can't make this mistake again, or it's not just your position, the company will go out of business! You better pray that Tet doesn't have a lot of box office...... No, no......"

The boss didn't say anything, but Swinton knew what would happen otherwise, and he was depressed and chilled, and of course he was really praying: God let that-draw quickly!!

Otherwise, I'll be in big trouble.

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Under the same sky, on the other side of the Allians company, there was almost exactly the same accountability and exculpation, and the head of the department, Ken Velman, was sweating profusely.

And if there is any company that is in distress, there will be no shortage of these three: DreamWorks, Pretong, and ifc.