The third part of the "haunted house" story type is more like a detective story mode.
—— Victims and detectives appear, commit deaths, find the "murderer", find out the cause and solve the problem
As an independent film, the problem is not too big, but the fans of the original series will definitely be more dissatisfied. It violates their viewing expectations, that is, the haunted house story. In fact, "Midnight Ring" is also a detective mode, but the combination of other people's detective and supernatural parts is better. Okay, it’s the detective case correction (unlike the detective part of this movie, which is too easy). The supernatural part is scary enough
Generally speaking, the type of adaptation is not wrong, it is the selected time point of the story, and the case itself is not suitable for the third part.
In fact, if you use this story mode as a prequel to the soul-calling, the story about the couple before they become well-known exorcists will definitely be more interesting, such as the horror event mentioned in this story when they first met in high school or the two experienced together. The two decided to retire because one side did not want to do this story when they almost broke up, or they decided to retire when they were pregnant.
Another factor that is not fatal but affects the narrative
-Excessive use of the heroine's psychic abilities
The heroine in this film has stronger psychic abilities than the previous ones. It is not only in the exorcism process, but it seems to be available anytime and anywhere as long as you want (such as driving past the crime scene and immediately sensing the specific location, which is in the investigation of the crime. The genre is almost cheating. The clues are too easy and too convenient to be conducive to this type of narrative.) As a result, the heroine in this film looks like a superpower owner who is investigating the crime. It also violates the elements of the mystery crime model and loses It's intellectually attractive to the audience.
More than 60 points in this film is a reasonable score.
PS The screenwriter of this film is actually the screenwriter of Orphan and Sake Soul 2 I think he deliberately wanted to give this series a novelty in the story mode. It is a pity that it has become mediocre instead of the original limitations of the haunted house.
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