An aura of tension emanated from the screen and enveloped the two screening rooms. Most of the audience held their breath, and their hearts were beating in disorder.
The photographer was obviously standing at the edge of the pit. The coffin in the bird's-eye view was very close and slanted to fill the entire screen. The flashlight's light was dim and could not illuminate the blurred edge of the frame. Switzer was lying on the ground, half of his body stretched into the camera, and he reached in to open the lid of the coffin.
The camera zoomed in again to a close-up, the screen was filled with strange yellow light, and the hand was lifting the coffin lid¡ª¡ª
Even the filming staff at the time were very uneasy at this time. Ordinary viewers were about to have a heart attack. What was in it? What is the purpose of the devil?
The terrifying imagination of the unknown, the fear of monsters, and the fear of darkness are actually part of human nature
There was a permeating creaking sound, the coffin was opened, every audience member frowned, the auditorium was so silent that only the sound of lifting the lid, bang
The flipped coffin lid blurred the image for a moment. At that moment when the audience's nerves were tense to the extreme, a black shadow suddenly jumped out from the coffin. A close-up shot of the ferocious skull appeared clearly, and two The eye holes were filled with blood, and the demon's face flashed alternately, and at the same time, a weird and twisted scream sounded: "Ah"
"Ah", "No", "Oh my God", the screening room was immediately filled with panicked screams. There were male and female voices, young people and middle-aged people. They were all scared to jump.
Are you prepared to be frightened? No one expected it to be expressed in this way. The first-person perspective suddenly changed to a terrifying close-up, so vicious and deadly.
At that moment, the tense nerves were broken, the beating of the heart stopped, the source of fear was opened, and endless fear consumed the soul.
The more fascinated you are, the more frightened you are. The three film critics all turned pale. They watched a horror movie almost every day but were still frightened. It really makes people wonder if the audience would faint from fright if the theater was full.
Grande and Portko really make a difference with this formalist shot, well used
With this kind of fear, tonight is so worth it
It was Maggie who was calling people on the screen. When the flash of one or two seconds ended, the camera lens had hurriedly panned towards Maggie, without clearly capturing the scene inside the coffin. A chaotic and fast voiceover sounded, including Switzer's sad voice. "Did I lie to you?" Ramon said in panic and sadness, "Mom, Dad" The female sound engineer was stunned, "Maggie lied?"
"I told you a long time ago that we need to calm down, Maggie is sick" Cotton's tone was very helpless.
The camera had already focused on Maggie who was standing not far away. She listened to their words with a faint smile on her face. She didn't look sad and crying before. She seemed to have put on makeup, and her face and lips were paler than ever before. Like the evil spirit, her tone was much rougher: "Because of your stupidity, now I can play with this bitch."
In the sweeping shots, Cotton, Switzer and others all looked at a loss.
The devil has officially appeared. The audience is aware of this, and their trembling hearts tell this situation. The devil has become more powerful, powerful enough to appear.
"What do you think, first dig out one of her eyes?" Maggie raised her right hand to look at the eye, "Left eye or right eye?"
She didn't have a hideous demonic face like Rui Gen. Even though she was wearing makeup, she still had a beautiful and delicate girl's face. But isn't it surprising that a face with such a sweet and pure smile could be so scary and so similar? Demonic, and in a peaceful way.
Emma opened her mouth slightly, and after calling out just now, she became as unresponsive as a stone sculpture.
"Oh damn, what a pervert" Gia patted her chest to calm down her shock, not wanting to recall the fright just now.
On the screen, Switzer begged Cotton: "Sir, help us, it invaded her, save my daughter."
Cotton still doesn¡¯t know the situation.
But the three film critics know, and the general audience also knows, it is obvious that the devil was a little worried about Cotton before, but not now. The reason is that those people desecrated the grave of Maggie's mother Amy and the few remaining faith guardians on the farm. The power, that black shadow is the sealed magic power, is now in Maggie's body.
They were led into the trap step by step by the devil, all because they lacked the heart to discern the truth, and everyone was inclined to the devil's lies, even Ramon, who thought that the bad-tempered Switzer should be a bad person, and that the weak Maggie should be He is a good person, but Switzer himself lost his faith and became bad-tempered, which led to this situation.
Demons are good at taking advantage of human weaknesses, and humans don¡¯t even know what the demons¡¯ weaknesses are.
At this time, there was a sudden loud bang, and the camera panned away, only to see that the upturned wooden lid of the coffin was closed, but no one made any move. Without waiting for Cotton and others to react, there was a boom, boom, and the entire coffin shook violently, like It¡¯s the same wooden bed as the previous exorcism.
?Maggie uttered a series of strange words, which did not sound like any language, but maybe a devil's language. Her expression was half-smiling, mixed with eyes of hatred and ridicule.
A multi-person mid-shot side shot, Cotton and the others are either shocked or angry, the devil is desecrating Maggie¡¯s mother¡¯s coffin and laughing at them
Suddenly, the entire coffin broke out of the ground and stood upright, with a small section already exposed. Only supernatural power could cause the movement in front of you.
"What, what's going on?" The female sound recordist looked frightened, and the photographer backed away in fear, which made the camera shake. He shouted, "The devilshe is the devil" Switzer in front said sadly: " Sir, are the facts not clear enough?"
The camera panned away, Cotton¡¯s face became heavy, and the cold sweat on his face appeared on the screen. He asked Maggie opposite: ¡°Who are you?¡±
"I'm Amy." Maggie's tone suddenly changed again, and her expression was full of sorrow, "Why do I have cancer? I go to church every week, has anyone reminded me? Has God told me something? ? "Why are you treating me like this?"
"You are not Amy" Switzer rushed forward angrily, "leave my daughter"
"Maggie is not your daughter, her father is another person"
Ramon, who was closer than Switzer, rushed towards her with a fist and said, "Shut up."
The audience's hearts were shocked again. They did not see Ramon hit Maggie. They only saw Maggie's ghostly speed. She grabbed Ramon's shoulder and threw him away violently. The camera captured it so clearly that Ramon suddenly screamed like a rag doll and flew upside down, hitting the coffin with a bang, and fell into the pit without being seen.
The upright coffin was about to fall down. The female sound recordist and camera assistant rushed up to hold the exposed part of the pit, but it was very difficult and strenuous. They were about to be pulled in together. "I can't hold it anymore," "Cotton, Say something, say something¡±
The female sound engineer called Cotton in a trembling voice. Faced with the supernatural power of the devil, Cotton was the only one who could fight against it.
Switzer, who also went to help, let out a cry, as if he was crying, so helpless and painful.
The tension in the two auditoriums outside the screen is about to penetrate into the screen. The audience has forgotten how to blink. They can feel the sadness. Cotton, say something.
"This is a bitch born from an affair. Maybe God punished me because of her existence?" Maggie said, suddenly a hoe flew up from the ground and stood upside down in front of her. The camera zoomed in, and her right hand pointed towards The hoe was wiped away, and then her hands were covered with blood. "Then if you cut off this head, God will forgive me?" Her head twisted to one side, and she grabbed the hoe with her right palm and tried to sink it in.
As the camera unfolded, Cotton's face changed, and he sweated more and more. At this extremely critical moment, he finally shouted: "I'm sure you are not Amy Maggie. Do you believe your mother will hurt you? Maggie I'm asking you, would your mother hurt Ramon, would she hurt you? Answer me, Margaret Weitzer, answer me."
With Cotton¡¯s shouting, the hoe fell to the ground weakly, Maggie¡¯s face showed pain, as if Maggie and the devil were fighting for this body. The more Cotton yelled "Answer me", the more painful and ferocious she became, holding her head in her hands, trembling all over, her voice regained a bit of softness: "Mom won't hurt me and Ramon
"Recite after me quickly. He leads me beside still waters. He revives my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." Cotton shouted quickly and recited the Bible verses before exorcising the devil. "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your staff and your staff, they comfort me Maggie, Maggie."
"Mom, you won't hurt me" Maggie murmured, her voice extremely weak and gentle, and she suddenly fell to the ground with a thud and fainted.
The coffin over there was immediately held by three people. The tense atmosphere melted away slightly. The audience breathed out almost suffocated breaths. Fortunately
The camera panned at Cotton again, his middle-aged face covered in cold sweat looked either calm or dazed. With the facts before him, what was he thinking? Was he still doubting that Maggie had a psychological problem?
The scene switches to a deserted and gloomy barn, with the ground covered with messy straw. Maggie is lying curled up in the corner, with her hands and feet tied to chains locked on the wall. The female sound engineer was covering her with a blanket; Ramon stood nearby with a few bruises on his face, but he seemed to be fine.
The camera zoomed out and panned. Over here at the barn door, Switzer was pleading to Cotton: "The devil is torturing her. The only person who can save her and our family now is you, Marcus." Pastor, help us." Ramon over there looked over.
"To be honest, I'm a little confused about the situation" Cotton said, much more seriously than before, "but I agree that it is necessary to do another exorcism I will do another exorcism for Maggie."
"Thank you, thank you." Switzer quickly thanked him. The photographer asked in a frightened voice-over: "Can it be successful?"
"I'll try my best." Cotton said solemnly, looking at the far corner, "I need to make some other preparations this time."
Every audience in front of the screen can see his lack of confidence. Although he is a descendant of a family of exorcists, he has never done exorcism seriously, he is just a magician. Can Cotton succeed? The audience really didn't dare to think that it would happen. This is not a comedy, this is a horror story
In horror movies, there is a certain possibility that someone will die. At the end of "The Exorcist", Father Callas was martyred to save Regan and himself. What about "The Exorcist Video"?
"I really want to get rid of that devil by myself." Gia slapped her thigh, her frowning brows unable to relax. It couldn't be a happy ending, right? That guy can make people happy when he makes comedies, and sad when he makes tragedies. She knows he can
Emma didn¡¯t think too much about Nina¡¯s performance. She nodded after hearing the words and hoped that the devil would be killed and Maggie could get better. It¡¯s Maggie.
"Hey" Now that we have watched the movie, the three film critics are sighing.
Custer thought that the word "emotional" would be indispensable in his TPT film review. This is an emotional horror film.
"I don't want us to think she's dead" is a classic line. Amy's death is a reality that the family has not yet accepted. The most important thing is that Switzer has not accepted it. He even maintained the family by not holding a funeral, not letting the children see their mother after death, and not letting the children go out too much. In this family, I hope that no one will feel that Amy is dead, or that he himself will not. My wife just went out, and like every time she goes out, she will come back
The closed life did not allow Ramon and Maggie to get out of the shadow of sadness.
Ramon hates his father. He doesn¡¯t understand. He is just a rebellious teenage boy. He doesn¡¯t understand many things. Maggie is even more serious than Ramon. She still misses her mother all the time and is always immersed in the sadness of losing her mother. Underneath her optimistic and cheerful appearance is a scarred heart.
Amy¡¯s death represents God¡¯s mysterious will, and the Switzer family¡¯s refusal to accept it means they are far away from church schools and churches, and they are also far away from God.
This is the reason why the devil has an opportunity to take advantage of it, and the reason why the devil is getting stronger day by day. They not only lost Amy, but also lost the faith, happiness, and sunshine she represented, leaving only a dark farm blocked by ice and snow, isolated from the world, and a broken family full of misunderstandings and alienation.
This is a very different look from "Blair Witch". TH has devoted all its efforts to creating a terrifying atmosphere. Until the last scene, it is talking about "fear of the unknown", and there is no such sensibility. The fear in TPT comes not only from the unknown, but also from pain.
The pain of the characters on the screen is something that the audience can empathize with.
" Orr sighed because he felt pain. He knew that he felt pain because he was at a loss in his heart.
It seems that this is all the fault of the Switzer family for losing their faith, but the film has undoubtedly raised a big question: How to face faith when faced with sudden and unbearable pain? When human beings fall into the pain of conscious innocence, they have two attitudes toward religious beliefs, one is to seek comfort, and the other is to abandon and trample on them. But which one is sincere?
Orr thinks that a true believer should be like Father Dale in "The Exorcist". He is not infatuated and does not need holy objects such as crosses, but the devil cannot harm him in the slightest, because his heart is truly given to God and he has true love. Peace, with the power given by Christ.