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Not long ago, "Vanity Fair" magazine gave a list of the top ten best films of the year. There are many glorious "familiar faces", such as "A Place of Nowhere" which flourished in Venice, and "Never" which entered Berlin. , Rarely, sometimes, always" etc.
However, among the serious faces, a candidate with a somewhat distinctive style successfully attracted my attention.
After all, it is quite surprising to see a movie full of blood plasma and nonsensical sand sculptures in this kind of list.
I guess you have guessed it too. I can’t help but give you Amway. I don’t want to say much, let’s talk about this one-
"Happy Chopping"
You may guess by just looking at the title. This film is the new work of the director Christopher Langdon who created two "Happy Death Days".
Although the title "Freaky" is a literal translation of "weird", this sister version translation does point out the essence of the film and "Happy Death".
Langdon knew how to complete a low-cost horror comedy with many surprises by brainstorming.
With half of BlumHouse's ambitious 8 horror films falling into the sand, "Happy Chopping" is indeed a big surprise.
The core concept of "Happy Chopping" is "switching" (Captain Kinou gave a smirk).
Whether it’s the "Sweet Girl" where the female and the female are changed, the "Female and the Male" where the male and the male are changed, the "Two Men Changed" where the male and the male are changed, and the "Brave Game" where a large number of high-frequency changes are made. "Series, permutations and combinations you can think of, can be found in past movies of the same concept.
However, Langdon, who is full of bad ideas, still found a new way. What if the story of "turning over" happened in the horrible world of "Screaming" or "Moonlight Panic"?
The ins and outs of the soul entering the wrong house did not cause two completely different people to approach each other, let alone any warm life enlightenment.
In the wonderful 24 hours in the film, the two goals are simple and clear, which is to kill each other.
Millie Kessler (Katherine Newton) is a high school girl who is about to graduate. She is ordinary and ordinary.
The only thing that caused her to be noticed was that she was bullied on campus.
Before the real accident happened, she was already in bad luck.
The death of her father affected her family, and the overly anxious mother poured a strong desire for protection on Millie.
Millie is sympathetic to her mother's mood. Even the school's homecoming day can be absent, and her mother's alcoholism also makes her elder daughter Charlene very upset. The family of three women is in danger of getting into a state of tension at any time.
Although Millie doesn't seem to be a girl who can be bullied in traditional concepts (look at Newton's classic black historical look in "Miss Bird", that's a stereotype), but she does have a fragile side.
You can feel her lack of self-confidence in seeing herself and the confusion of facing the future. She even hesitates to say hello to the boy she likes until they leave.
However, this is not the worst. The serial murderer known as the "Bissford Butcher" (played by Vince Vaughan) returned to the town for the first time after many years to kill him. In a killing he accidentally got the name The mysterious dagger of Dora's Blade.
The unfortunate encounter between the two would have been another tragedy, but because they didn't understand the correct way to use the dagger, the two exchanged bodies. If they didn't exchange it in 24 hours, there would never be a chance.
"Happy Chopping" chooses a thrilling route full of joy.
Compared with the "Groundhog Day Cycle" of "Happy Death Day", the main line of the film's main storyline is not complicated, and it can even be said to be quite "brain-saving".
However, director Langdon showed great sincerity in both "chopping people" and "happiness", which is enough to make up for some details that need to be polished.
The opening scene of the film is like a love letter written by the director to the classic Slasher Film of the 1970s and 1980s.
The scarlet global logo and the nerve-racking soundtrack, accompanied by the terrifying legends about the "butcher" from the four teenagers, draws us into the familiar environment of horror films.
The sturdy man who suddenly appeared in the basement didn't say a word, and roughly inserted a bottle of red wine into the victim's mouth.
After the crisp cracking sound, the fragments of the wine bottle pierced the boy's throat instantly, and the blood and red wine flowed out together. The fragments were like an evil flower bathed in fresh blood, the most naked sensory stimulation.
And the other three can't escape the clutches, fancy deaths are staged one after another, brutal enough.
The hoarse screams of the victims and witnesses, the old mask of taste with "Jason" on the murderer's face, without exception, reminds us of the unbearable nights beside the crystal lake in "Friday the 13th". (The directors brightly put "Friday the 13th" on the screen!)
At the same time, under the dim street lamp, the tall figure holding a dagger and wearing a mask facing Millie across the road is simply a classic reproduction of "Mikel Myers" in "Moonlight Panic".
As for the scene where three women in a family work together to deal with the murderer, it is even more like "Moonlight Panic". (Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Candy Man’s little eggs don’t need me to remind them)
As for "happiness", it is not bad.
This is mainly due to the wonderful performance of Vince Vaughan. Vince, who played the famous pervert killer Norman Bates in the 98 remake of "The Cry", certainly did not expect that one day he would be in such a hilarious and embarrassing way. Return to such a role.
During the change, Vince vividly imitated many of the details of the high school girls' movements. The nervous looking left and right when walking on the street and the precise swinging arms when crossing the road were really possessed by the soul.
When these details appeared on a sturdy man with a bloody smell, he felt happy to break through the sky, and only to find the right actor, this kind of stalking was unsatisfactory.
In comparison, Catherine Newton, the killer, looks a bit quite regular. Compared with the plasma professional like Samara Weaving, there is still a gap. However, the contrast between the front and back images and the various "borrowed knife to kill" bridge settings are still there. Enough for fun.
As another female anti-killing film, "Happy to Chop" is obviously more natural and softer in dealing with related issues than some movies with only loud slogans. Compared with gender antagonism, the little villains in the film who did not end well are more It's like a collective display of "campus scum".
Director Langdon played with the homosexuality stubbornly. One of the heroine's friends is gay. Not to mention, he also let the two big straight men sell it in an unexpected way. (This hot spot is definitely not a spoiler hahahahaha!)
Although the focus is on hunting down, the mother-daughter relationship is still resolved by crisis, and the few tender moments are not abrupt, but the so-called emotional crisis and mother-daughter contradiction are not serious in themselves, and they are under the entertainment character. The emotional portrayal seems a bit mediocre.
But on the whole, these flaws do not affect the perception. This film is still a work suitable for relaxing and relaxing in leisure time. If you haven't watched it yet, you can act quickly!
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