Personally, I think this version of zombies has completely surpassed the traditional zombie films in Hong Kong from the perspective of quality. Whether in terms of feelings or innovation, he is a very good representative.
The old version of the zombie film series has become a classic of the era, but this series has a more obvious pattern of characteristics later. If you follow the old way to shoot, in fact, it will be a dead end. Therefore, the main creator chose an extremely talented and clever angle. Through the mood and ideas of an old zombie film actor, he put the elements of traditional zombie films into the new horror film system, creating a completely different from the past. New type of "zombie" film”, and at the end of the film, through the reversal method, he lamented the changes in the needs and trends of the times, and also deepened the audience’s memory and influence on classic zombie films. This arrangement actually found a very good balance between the feelings of traditional zombie films, the market's demand for horror films, and the overall image of the actor group.
The plot is invincible and very grounded. The film sets the plot in the housing estate, a scene that is particularly familiar to Hong Kong people, and reproduces the mixed temperament of the three religions, nine streams, dragons and snakes in the housing estate. The various old neighborhoods with different personalities in the housing estate, and the stories behind them, are completely connected through the role of Wu Yaohan as a zombie. The characters such as the evil and justice mages, the old couple with deep love and righteousness have been shown in more depth.
The sense of horror has always been lacking in traditional zombie films (I think traditional zombie films are still mostly comedies), but this film uses ghosts (Gemini ghosts, ghosts and zombies) looming, and the blackening of people's hearts (such as taking children Feed the Zombies) with the desolation and darkness of the housing estate, it shows the horror atmosphere very well.
Another thing that left a deep impact on me is the art design of Wu Yaohan Zombie, which is simply amazing. It retains the calm and strange temperament of zombies, and at the same time completely escapes the image of the original Qing Dynasty official uniform. It seems that a toy company has also released 1/6 dolls, but now they are sky-high. . . It is estimated that not many people dare to buy it.
There are really too few good horror movies like this!
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