What is the theme of the spell?

From the perspective of subject matter, Kevin Ke's new work Curse, which returns to the field of horror movies, is closer to the style of "capturing images". Anxious mother Li Ruonan suddenly broadcast live on the Internet, claiming that she and her daughter were hunted by invisible evil forces. Six years ago, if a man's boyfriend took her to the mountains to interview a mysterious religious ceremony, he accidentally broke into what believers called an "inaccessible tunnel." Although she escaped from the forbidden area, all the people related to her died, forcing her to send her daughter to the nursery for refuge. After that, Ruonan, who received psychotherapy, decided to start over with her daughter, but the curse of that year did not fade. If a person tries to restore the source of cult belief, he suddenly discovers the horrible truth.

Ke Kaiwen's goal is not only to shoot a real documentary in rural Taiwan Province. Compared with similar works, the film Curse has an unprecedented bold design. It not only allows the audience to be witnesses, but also allows the audience to personally enter the world view carefully designed by the crew. I believe that heresy and blessing spells do exist in the film. Just like the psychological suggestion experiment of Forget Pink Elephant, Curse has laid the groundwork for the film since the publicity period. You can tell yourself that if the man is on the verge of collapse, it is actually the exquisite performance of the heroine Cai Genyan, but the lingering eight-character mantra has long been a hidden time bomb at the end of Curse, constantly suggesting and strengthening.

In terms of horror effect, the performance of Curse has always been excellent. The imitation of the hand-held camera lens in the film is actually quite close to the subjective perspective seen by the naked eye, which makes it more difficult for the audience to avoid that kind of horror. In addition to previewing the attack images that have already appeared, if men look for strange sound sources in the darkness at home, they also successfully arouse our fear of darkness and turn the familiar living space into a dangerous place. The immersive experience mentioned above can be said to be a good move in the pursuit of victory. If it can successfully trigger the multiplication effect from the inside out, then this specious suspense film of urban stories will be a great challenge and test after the horror movie fans in Taiwan Province Province cry.

Unfortunately, the curse didn't hit the ultimate goal accurately. Although it successfully implanted the concepts of "blessing" and "disaster" into the hearts of the audience, it did not make it blossom and bear fruit. Because of its vacillation in realism and dramatic narrative, it has been difficult for us to decide whether to regard it as a warm film wrapped in terror or a message left by a tortured mother before she died.

However, if "The Curse" can't adhere to mockumentary's indifferent and alienated perspective, the plot organ it painstakingly manages can't operate smoothly. As the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it. The touching exposition of consanguinity and affection in Mantra is not only its advantage, but also its fatal injury. The soundtrack in the film, at some tense and critical moments, makes the audience wake up from the situation in the film and return to their seats in the cinema because of the sensational atmosphere.