As a horror film, it should be considered qualified. The whole horror atmosphere is properly rendered. The switching of the dark and bright, and the tension of the atmosphere are all done well. The plot is old fashioned because protagonists disappear one by one. It makes me feel like this movie is "Final Destination 6". However, different from Final Destination, this time the means of death has changed because it has become a reason for hatred and murder. And the killer has a name, which is Sarah.
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The period set by the story is President Nixon period and during Vietnam War. The retro color of the film makes audiences look very comfortable. In the Vietnam War, the American soldiers were recruited on a large scale, and many people never came back when they went. The male protagonist did not want to go to Vietnam. This time coincides with the Halloween holiday. He with other five friends broke into a gloomy mansion, and then found a horror story book. It seems like that the book was written with blood. One of his friends disappear according to the method in the book. Thus, his friends are taken one by one.
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Later, they found that Sarah Bellows, who died in the house, hanged herself because she had poisoned the children of the town. But after a series of investigations, they discovered that Sarah was actually trying to save the children, and the real murderer is the Bellows family. It is the Bellows family that put mercury in the water. When the Bellows family tortured her in the film, she was forced to tell the truth, but the people who actually lied were themselves. What's interesting is that there is always a voice in the TV broadcast at the beginning of the drama: "Because of the soldiers, our country will be strong, so we must defend the glorious cause." Meanwhile, at another scene, when two protagonists with their friend, chuck, went to the mental illness hospital. On the way to the investigation, there was another voice on the radio saying: "Rejecting war and Vietnam War, refusing to send our children to die." It is also two voices. People chose to believe in Bellows family and not believe in Sarah. So who is the one who tells the truth now? In fact, the metaphor of the film is already obvious.
The final outcome is very good. Sarah left with peace. In another words, Sarah, who seeks the truth and liberation, is not really evil. After the female protagonist sent her boyfriend away, she decided to bring her friends back, just like Sarah. This is also a warm ending for this old story line. The whole drama did not jump out of the routine of the horror film, but because the background of the Vietnam War was combined to make the story complete.
My Score is 5.1/10
Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/417384-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark?language=en-US
Critic: AA
영화: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/417384-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark?language=ko-KR
별점: AA