Behind-the-scenes tidbits of survival game

The production team of this film is full of youth and vitality. All the staff, including editors, directors and actors, are under 40 on average. Let's start with the top director of the film, William Brandt Bell. Although I have been in the film and television circle for more than ten years, most of them are assistant directors or assistant directors for some unknown film crews. But these five or six years of experience have given him many opportunities to learn and make progress. So, from 1997, William Brandt Bell also began to try to write and direct his own films. That fairly relaxed attempt at comedy style obviously didn't bring any sweetness to the newcomer in the film industry. However, after nine years, the persistent William Brandt Bell made a comeback with brand-new themes and works. This time, it was obvious that Bell was on the right track and chose low-cost horror works. And the novel story of the film will definitely bring him no small surprise. Although, his co-author Matthew Peterman is an inexperienced "novice".

Besides, the actors are all yellow-haired and tender. Although the two leading actors, Li Blanco, have several years of TV drama actors and rare film experience, most of them are walk-on roles, which are insignificant in terms of performance time and the importance of roles, and some of them are even "super walk-on" that flashed on the screen. This time, it is a blessing to surpass the protagonist in the new film directed by the new director. However, most of these young people who have just passed the "20-year-old mark" are comfortable with the modern flavor of the stories in the film, especially the psychology of older children who are addicted to computer and TV games, which is completely like showing themselves in real life. Moreover, the entire ultra-young crew also brought them more vitality to participate in the performance.

Countess bloodthirsty

As a bloodthirsty demon in movies and games, the prototype of the countess once existed. Countess Elizabeth barther was born in 1560, a Hungarian aristocratic family, and was spoiled since childhood. She is not only from a superior family background, but also well-educated and beautiful. It is said that the most outstanding ones are black hair and white and glittering skin. /Kloc-When she was 0/5 years old, for political purposes, she married Count Fernandez Nadasti, known as the "black hero of Hungary". After getting married, Elizabeth began to show terrible abnormal talents. She delights in torturing her servants. She tore the girls apart with red-hot pliers and baked them on the fire. In short, she is extremely cruel.

After her husband died, old Elizabeth began to desperately want to keep her youth. By chance, she found that fresh blood can make her skin white and smooth. Elizabeth, who believes that virgin blood can make her regain her youth, with the encouragement of the witches around her, began to kill in ecstasy, putting the blood of the maids into vats and soaking them in warm blood. Hundreds of young girls were kidnapped, and they were taken into the castle to drain their blood. Elizabeth, who is constantly looking for the source of blood, also opened a disguised school, which let the girls who are studying fall into the clutches.

Later, a priest finally reported the matter to King Matthias of Hungary, and the king began to order an investigation. In addition to the tragic scene of the dead bodies lying in the countess's castle, they also found a roster with the names of 650 girls. 16 10, Elizabeth was tried together with several witches who helped her, and the witches were executed one after another, while Elizabeth escaped the guilt because of her noble birth, but was forbidden to step out of the castle. A few years later, at the age of 54, she died in a cabin.

Games and horror

Combining games with horror movies is a brilliant innovation of this film. This novel idea lies in director William Brent Bell and screenwriter Matthew Peterman's unique perception of popular elements in today's world. Electronic games are the fastest-growing entertainment industry in the world today, with an annual income of 654.38+0 billion, which has surpassed the Hollywood box office, enough to impact modern culture, thus forming a brand-new "game culture". The biggest selling point of this movie is to combine games with horror.

For William and Matthew, although they played many kinds of games, in order to make the film cater to the tastes of today's teenagers, they deliberately went to the gamer group to experience it for themselves, understand their special language, game style and tense atmosphere, and observe their manners and dress. The two invited Cliff Bu Leshchinski, the chief game designer of Epic Games, as the game consultant of the film. Unreal tournament and The War Machine are Cliff's representative works. In the process of writing the script, Cliff should guide everything from game terminology to various strategies. The game presented in the film embodies the expectations and ideas of game designers for the next generation of electronic games, and shows the development trend in the next few years.

For William Brent Bell, a newcomer to the film industry, some classic horror movies have a deep-rooted influence, including The Shining, The Omen and Rosemary's Child. What he really wants to do is to combine the traditional elements of horror movies with the popular comedy and MTV styles. As far as the film adapted from the game is concerned, this film is the first work that is completely from the perspective of gamers.

Wonderful tidbits

The game screen in the film was produced by PLF (Pixel Liberation Front), and the creative team composed of 3 1 person took 7 months to complete.

The old camera Abigail used in the film originated from the popular game Fatal Frame, and the creativity of the film was partly borrowed from this game.

This film was the last film shot in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

Steve zahn was the first person to play Miller.

The creator wanted the film to be rated R, but the production company insisted on cutting it into PG- 13.

The director is also ingenious in the design of characters' names. The first name (Loomis) and surname (Crowley) of the first gamer Roumette Crowley are the most telling. Do you remember Dr. Sam Roumette in "The Moonlight is Panic"? The director pays tribute to the classics in his heart through the name "Roumette". This man is one of the most famous Satan worshippers in western society, a ritual magician who put magic theory into practice, and was considered as the most evil man in the world in the1920s. Even his mother accused him of being a 666-point "beast" predicted in the book of revelation.

A (movie) fiasco

Bantan's car was not at the crime scene, so it was not necessary as evidence.

Swink's game gloves change from left to right between shots.

When Finn was pulled by the carriage for 20 feet, he could clearly see that he was trampled by the horse and the wheels ran over him, but after the carriage stopped, his clothes were still neat and intact.