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Chapter 88 - Terrifying! (Third Update)
In the screening room.

Liu Jiasheng saw the already prepared emergency team rushing in and then pulled an unconscious young man out of the screening room.

this moment……

After the young man was dragged out, whether it was an illusion or not, the entire screening room was suddenly filled with a chilling atmosphere.

Liu Jiasheng also felt an extreme chill; the omnipresent stimulation surged through his entire body, causing him to experience a physiological panic reaction.

But at this moment, he was neither deceived nor frightened...

Instead, while staring intently at the screen, my mind was replaying the terrifying scene from the very first act of the movie!
As a film critic, he has naturally watched countless horror movies!
Japanese, Thai, European and American styles...

Liu Jiasheng was no stranger to these horror films.

After watching too many of these scenes, I naturally developed a kind of immunity to certain horror elements.

but……

This film, "The Haunted Village," gave Liu Jiasheng an extremely surprising kind of [Chinese-style horror sensory stimulation].

In the first scene, everyone rushes into the bathroom and finds Four-Eyes drowned in the bathtub. The next second, they see "alive Four-Eyes" walking in with his head down. When the focus shifts back to the bathtub, the body has disappeared, and Four-Eyes' real body is found dead in the living room, staring blankly.

In the first act's terrifying scene, the screenwriter used a double death trick and a triple plot twist, continuously escalating the oppressive feeling to the viewer's senses.

In addition, this first act even uses the most primitive visual paradox of humankind.

The spatial dislocation of living people and corpses, combined with the water droplets condensing on the bathroom tiles and the flickering lights, creates a suffocating feeling of "what you see is not what you get" in the small and claustrophobic space.

From the film's lighting and color scheme to its set design, psychological suggestion, and the constant reminder of the oppressive feeling of "ghosts" lurking in the shadows!

It's as if everything is suggesting to you that what your eyes are seeing is not real!
This movie!

interesting!
Just then, Liu Jiasheng suddenly became more interested in the movie!

He stared intently at the next scene!
……

"Let's go, stop watching, this movie is a bit scary!"

"What's so scary about it? I thought it was just so-so, it's just that kind of plot..."

"You really don't want to leave?"

"Don't leave... I don't understand what's so scary about this kind of movie! Don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm here for you... If you're scared, hold me tight..."

"Don't try to take advantage of me!"

"..."

In the screening room.

A girl watched as the audience members were carried away, then tugged at the sleeve of the boy next to her and whispered.

The boy next to her was clearly startled by the first scene, but after seeing the girl's expression, he immediately acted indifferent and put his hand lightly on her shoulder.

The girl hesitated for a while, but ultimately chose to comply selectively.

Upon seeing this, the boy smiled.

Then, I continued watching the movie.

After the first act ends.

Apart from the person who fainted from fright and a few others who hurriedly left under the pretext of going to the toilet, no one left.

Upon entering the screening room, the staff repeatedly stated that this was a thrilling film, and that if one felt they could not handle the excitement, they could get a refund in advance.

People are strange sometimes; the more you try to dissuade them, the more rebellious they become!
Furthermore, apart from a couple not far away, almost everyone who entered the movie theater this time was a man, and they all had a bit of a competitive spirit. If they left now, wouldn't they be scared away?
....................................

The movie continued playing.

Although Liu Jiasheng had goosebumps, he kept his eyes glued to the screen!

The second plot will begin soon!
This plot uses the most classic contrast technique in horror movies to create eerie visuals!
Ever since that psychic game, Ah B and his girlfriend Biggie have always felt cold, huddled on the sofa in thick cotton-padded coats, shivering.

But the season in the movie is clearly the hot summer!

This eerie and contrasting style of storytelling gave Liu Jiasheng his first layer of fear...

"come!"

"Big B, come on up!"

"come……"

In the movie, Big B begins to hallucinate, hearing his girlfriend calling him. Then, step by step, he shakily walks up the rooftop to the rooftop.

Immediately afterwards...

On the screen.

Liu Jiasheng saw on the other side of the rooftop that his girlfriend was beckoning to him with a strange smile, her voice chilling as she muttered, "Come on, come on!"

As the woman's emotionless call echoed in the screening room, Liu Jiasheng suddenly felt a call that seemed to come from the depths of hell, as if it were materializing, constantly luring his soul forward step by step...

Knowing full well that this uses common techniques from horror movies—the tropes of everyday alienation and gradual psychological suggestion—…

Even though I kept telling myself that I was watching a movie and that it was all fake!
Strangely enough, the film's layered psychological suggestion made even a film critic like Liu Jiasheng tremble, and then feel a chill run down his spine.

Especially seeing that big B on the screen, step by step, as if being controlled, walk up to the rooftop, towards the edge, and then step down, landing on the ground, the moment his corpse twisted among the pile of steel pipes...

Liu Jiasheng couldn't even control himself and subconsciously turned his face to the side, and began to breathe heavily!
That intense psychological pressure and the eerie omen of death seemed to materialize and permeate the surroundings!
"Snapped!"

Just at this time……

In the screening room, at the front, a young man suddenly fell to the ground!

She wanted to say something, but seemed too terrified to utter a word. Then, trembling, she covered her ears, stumbled, and left her seat, running towards the entrance of the screening room.

The staff who were already prepared rushed over!

They quickly gave the young man oxygen...

After receiving oxygen for a while, the young man recovered somewhat!
They got scared and ran away again!

After the man stumbled away, the atmosphere in the hall became somewhat oppressive once again.

But this movie!
But instead of giving the audience a chance to breathe, the dosage was gradually increased!
In the movie, everyone involved in the psychic game begins to find themselves in increasingly bizarre and uneasy situations!
One of the women, named Biggie, began to stare blankly and began singing a nursery rhyme that was incomprehensible but extremely eerie and chilling...

But her hands weren't idle either; they were braiding hemp rope. However, she wasn't doing any crafts. Instead, she slowly walked out of the bedroom, where her mother was watching television. Then, she used scissors to stab herself in the head through her mouth and committed suicide…

...When film critic Liu Jiasheng saw this scene, his fingers gripped the armrests of the old chair so tightly that his fingernails dug into them...

He reminded himself again that he was watching a movie, and that it was all fake!
But the constant psychological suggestion in the movie, and the chaotic behavior of the characters, seemed to be constantly reminding him that the omnipresent ghost was eroding everyone's mental world, making the whole world more and more distorted.

……

As the truth is gradually revealed!

The background of the woman named "Chu Renmei" gradually came to light!
The most chilling scene is in the movie, in a place called Huangshan Village!

At noon, the protagonist, Xiaoming, begins his search for survival in the abandoned Huangshan Village.

Liu Jiasheng stared intently at the screen, his hands gripping the screen even tighter until his fingernails cracked, but he didn't react.

He witnessed a revolutionary scene...

The tragic massacre of 66 people in Huangshan Village a century ago was personified as a horde of ghosts. Under the midday sun, he saw the ghosts of the 66 villagers bowing their heads, bleeding from their seven orifices, their wet hair plastered to their faces, emerging from the ruins. The ghosts silently formed a circle around them, and black blood seeped from the ancestral tablet "Chu Renmei" in the ancestral hall...

Traditional ghosts!
They all committed murder in the darkness of night, taking advantage of the unknown.

However, this film breaks the conventional notion that "ghosts only appear at night" and uses the contrast between the blazing sun and the pale ghostly figures to create a strong sensory impact, pulling people's deepest unease and fear to the limit of fear threshold through visual contrast!
How absurd!
Bold elements of fear!
It has already surpassed all existing films at this moment!

Liu Jiasheng watched with a chill running down his spine!

A startling idea popped into my head!

This movie might just become a unique masterpiece of Chinese-style horror in the horror genre!

And he may be a witness to this masterpiece!
Then he felt it was absurd and unbelievable!

This terrifying and dramatic filming technique is already approaching the level of mastery seen in Hong Kong films!

Which director directed this film?
Liu Jiasheng carefully recalled the director's name he had seen in the opening credits.

Zhou Yang!

How could it be Zhou Yang?
How could it be him!

Even if it was filmed by Shen Long, he felt it made sense, since he had professional training, but...

How could it be Zhou Yang!
How exactly did he film it?

Just as Liu Jiasheng was filled with doubt and found it unbelievable...

"Another person has fainted!"

"Quick, quick!"

"quick!"

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"This is fucking a horror movie!"

"That's fucking scary!"

"Holy crap, my legs are going weak!"

"I've been fucking scammed! Those damn bastards made such a scary movie to mess with people's mental state!"

"..."

At the entrance of Feihe Cinema!
A large crowd of spectators still gathered around them from all directions!
At that moment, they were shocked to see several pale-faced people stumble out of screening room number 3.

"Give me an oxygen cylinder that costs 23 yuan, give it to me, I'll pay right now!"

"Everyone, those who are easily scared shouldn't go in. Those who are brave should do what I did and buy a few oxygen tanks to go in... It's fucking thrilling!"

"No wonder it can't be shown to children, damn it!"

"..."

Everyone watched as the group of people who had run out of the screening room rushed towards the oxygen tanks...

Immediately afterwards, he shakily took out his money, bought a small oxygen tank for 23 yuan a bottle, and then desperately inhaled into it.

They hadn't even realized what was happening...

Then another group of stumbling people rushed out!
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"Mr. Zhou, won't arranging for these audience members to faint or run away make it unwatchable?"

"..."

In the office next to the screening room of Feihe Cinema.

Cinema owner Zhang Muxue kept a close eye on the scene in the screening room, her expression complex.

Zhou Yang, however, acted as if nothing had happened and gave instructions to the cinema staff.

"Bring in another 100 bottles, oxygen cylinders that cost 5 yuan each!"

"Correct!"

"Judging from their current posture, they're preparing to buy..."

"..."

After instructing the staff, Zhou Yang adjusted his glasses and looked at Shen Long with a smile: "Judging from the curious looks on these people's faces, I don't think it'll happen..."

Zhang Muxue looked at Zhou Yang with a complicated expression: "Mr. Zhou, did you really direct this movie?"

"What do you think?"

Looking at Zhou Yang's sincere expression, Zhang Muxue's emotions became even more complicated: "You, how did you film it? I remember, Director Shen had one crew, and you brought in your own crew, right?"

"Haha, yes!"

Zhou Yang laughed.

Just then, Zhou Yang's phone rang.

"Hey?"

"Huh? The Golden Horse Awards?"

"You mean our work might be shortlisted?"

(End of this chapter)