Today, I'm here to talk to you about a very "shocking" new film. It combines the three elements of suspense, thriller and horror, and it will definitely leave you stunned:
Horror Nights in Soho
The theme of this "Fright Night in Soho" is actually not difficult to understand.
The first level is the disillusionment of the London dream.
Ellie and Sandy represent people who are chasing their dreams in a big city like London. They think they can show their strength here, but they are actually being maliciously and even persecuted from all sides.
According to Ellie's grandmother, Ellie's mother also committed suicide after going to London to pursue her dreams, so her experience should be roughly similar to Sandy's.
The second level is the disenchantment of old times.
Nostalgia is a feeling shared by all human beings. For the past, people tend to put a beautifying filter on it. They only remember the excitement and beauty of the past, just like Ellie especially loved the 1960s.
However, the real 1960s was not what Ellie imagined, and what happened to Sandy was the bloody cruel truth behind the glory and prosperity of that era.
The third level is also the core proposition of the film - the plight of women.
A large part of this predicament comes from those scumbag men.
Sandy wanted to succeed but fell into Jack's hands and became a plaything for one after another. These men don't care about Sandy's own emotions, nor her real name, they just want to possess her body.
This was definitely not an exception in London in the 1960s, but a fact that many women had to face.
It was in this situation of despair for men and himself that Sandy chose to kill scumbags to carry out his own revenge and resistance.
The walking dead men in suits in the film symbolize the spiritual oppression and murder of women by these powerful male groups.
Under this theme, Ellie and Sandy are actually a set of mirror images set up by the director, in order to compare the situation of women with the times.
Today, the times have developed, and in London, the situation of women is much better than in the 1960s, but at the same time, some threats and unease from men still exist, and the oppression of patriarchy has not completely disappeared.
Objectively speaking, there is no problem in expressing a feminist position through movies and speaking for the female group.
But as far as the film itself is concerned, the effect it presents is not very good.
To describe it in one sentence, it is like a delicate gift box. When you open it, you can see that there is a paste full of calculations inside.
It must be admitted that its soundtrack is very beautiful, the dancing is moving, and the actors and actresses are beautiful.
At the same time, it is very in place in the form design.
The use of light and shadow colors has the blurring effect of the 1977 version of "The Storm", and the plot of one hand reaching out to Ellie is also very suffocating like Polanski's "Chorus".
But unfortunately, its story is full of deliberate and vague position first. Why does Ellie have superpowers? What is the status of this superpower? Where is the logic of the mutual penetration of reality and dreams? Is there a rule? Why does the black guy have to be a good man? Why was he still trembling in the fear of men a second ago, and why did he drive with the black brother as soon as he turned around? Shouldn't it be that all men can't be trusted all of a sudden? Not to mention the inexplicable reversal at the end, what do you want to say, director?
In general, if you particularly like formalism and want to feel the nightmare and horror created by light and shadow, or if you like singing and dancing, and just want to watch beauty dramas, then I recommend you to watch this film.