One of the most important reasons for the Japanese horror films to subvert Hollywood horror films lies in the overall aesthetic fatigue of the public for sensory stimulation. For many years, blindly bloody extravagance, standard shrill screams, and many murderers and monsters who don't know what they are inside. Anyone who pays attention to some intelligence and understands some fears will know that the panic that touches the soul is fatal.
Nevertheless, Hollywood’s precious traditions cannot be discarded, and now the directors have changed in pursuit of the usual sensory stimulation. Try to add some connotation and background to the hack and slash on the surface, and try to make fear into the hearts of the people on the basis of maintaining the foundation of aesthetics. Americans have a very simple mindset, and they are really not good at this aspect.
The simple American thinking stays in the movie. Although the lens feels stronger, the background environment is more realistic, there are more Japanese products stealing from the teacher, and the technology is more advanced, but there is still no full progress. The "Saw Cry" series plays with narrative skills, and the essence of the "Inn" series is completely American-style CUIT.
"Ruins of Horror" is still a small-cost Hollywood horror film. However, after watching it, I feel that this movie is well oriented and worth watching. At the very least, some of the director's skills have indeed sublimated the simple killings of years in American horror films.
The plot of the film is still popular, but the director's simple and concise approach is novel and decisive. The whole film has never been extravagantly extravagant horror scenes, there is no common killing and pursuit, and the establishment of the tone of fear does not depend on this. There are some suspense movie-like handling techniques for handling this aspect. This time it was put in a horror movie, but it worked wonders.
The director implicitly laid out a suspenseful atmosphere, and at the same time created a strong sense of desperation. What is causing the scene is not deliberately revealed, but naturally follows the plot. When the sense of crisis becomes stronger, the despair of the character's situation is also coming out. In such a simple horror film, the director's effective atmosphere creation makes the climax scene of a big deal become intense and exciting.
The most suitable way of expression for sensory stimulation is horror and bloody, but there is more blood plasma, which is sure to be aesthetically tired. And through the infection of atmosphere and emotions, the on-site surgery in broad daylight was deeply felt through the hapless encounter and cruel reality. This really directly promotes the high-level response to American sensory stimulation. Because you really feel scared that a living person is being slaughtered.
If the audience is American, watching this movie will believe that America’s super world status is not a good thing. In order to make money, film merchants nowadays are deliberately creating the tragic experience of American people in a foreign land. When the male number one justice in the film shouted, "Four American citizens, missing for no reason, will not be left unattended", it is like a black comedy.
Moreover, looking closely at the plants, silently, falling into the ground, deep in the essence of guerrilla warfare. Mind attack at critical moments is even more embarrassing. Xiao Honghua's voice is simply the deafening cry of the people. The original author's metaphorical political imagination is very unique, and he vigorously examines the survival mentality of American mortals and the contemporary world outlook of Great Americanism.
Special effects production for low-cost movies is very economical, and this movie is an example. The appearance of the plants, several aerial shots, and several scenes of cutting meat to survive, all save money, but create a decent horror section. The mood changes of several characters also have real humanity. The way of dealing with the world and the logical dialectical relationship of these young people still exist, which makes the film appear to be much more real.
"Ruins of Horror" largely inherits the American-style sensory stimulus narration routine, and draws on the characteristics of other genres in terms of atmosphere and narrative. The entire narrative has a subtle realistic expression technique, and the director is net and agile to promote the plot. , This aspect is completely different from a large number of American horror movies that have long been commonplace.
After all, the success of "Ruins of Terror" lies in its efforts to create an atmosphere that makes people feel scared. With the narrative ability of the original literary works, the viewer has a sense of involvement from the heart and from the truth. As a result, sensory stimulation appears real. Perhaps, this film can be regarded as a successful case of effectively enhancing the intensity of American sensory stimulation.
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