Chapter 866： Warrens

The first two have laid a good foundation. "Chainsaw 3" is in line with the usual aesthetics of North American horror film fans. With the appropriate uplifting "jigsaw", it caters to the psychology of fans. The film began on the first day. The market response has been significantly improved compared to the previous two.

On the first day of its release in North America, the film was sold in nearly 3,500 theaters and earned 15.22 million US dollars, creating the best of the series.

Correspondingly, the higher the box office, the worse the reputation of a certain aspect.

The Rotten Tomatoes Index of "Chain Saw 3" also set a new low in the series, with a crash of 28% on the first day of release.

Various criticisms from film critics emerge one after another, and some even involve personal attacks on Wen Ziren.

These guys are also typical of bullying and fearing hardship. When facing Uvibauer's "Vampire Lane", most of the criticism and abuse stayed on the film level.

Because no one wants to try Bao Ge's iron fist.

But in the face of Wen Ziren, who has a gentle personality, all of them are like shrews on the street.

Frankly speaking, there are too many film critics who have crossed the line of commenting on movies long ago, and they are always attacking personally.

This is somewhat related to the operation of Relativity Entertainment. Among all medium and large film companies in Hollywood, Relativity Entertainment has the lowest investment in film reviews and public relations.

Probably in the eyes of some film critics, if you don't scold these miserers who are reluctant to spend money, should you scold the money owners?

"Chain Saw 3" seems to be exciting enough for horror film fans, and negative film reputation has an impact, but it is ultimately limited.

Three days after the first weekend in North America, "Chain Saw 3" topped the North American box office rankings with the best series of US$38.77 million.

According to Ceasre’s predictions based on a survey of theater audiences, the North American box office of "Chain Saw 3" will be more than $100 million.

Relativity Entertainment has invested a total of US$4 million in production costs and US$10 million in global advertising funds. It only relies on the North American box office to not only recover costs, but also generate large profits.

"Congratulations, James."

In the reception room on the top floor of the Theory of Relativity Building, Ronan and Wen Ziren shook hands "again, it brought great success."

Wen Ziren's face is full of implicit smiles of Eastern style, "I didn't expect the box office to be so good."

Ronan asked someone to bring coffee and went straight to the point, asking "James, what are your plans next?"

Wen Ziren was sitting on the sofa, and said, "I want to break through the more traditional North American horror film structure of "Chain Saw", and better combine the psychological horror of the East with the traditional elements of the West, and shoot in a brand new style. A horror movie."

He glanced at Ronan and said with some caution, "He even gave up on direct performance of **** scenes, and created a terrifying atmosphere with details and environment."

Ronan said, “I think it’s not wrong to use the appropriate Eastern style to create Western horror themes.”

"Yes! Yes!" Wen Ziren nodded repeatedly "This is what I think."

The words just now inspired him to "keep a close grasp of people’s psychology, exaggerate and weird the scenes and objects that people are usually familiar with, and add the scheduling and switching of the lens to increase the effect of horror, so that people will not dare to watch the film Looking back in the night."

Ronan understood that Wen Ziren didn't choose the wrong way at the fork in the road after shooting the "Chain Saw" series.

Wen Ziren continued, "I have a subject, but I haven't fully determined it yet. It's just some preliminary ideas."

Ronan looked at him "Talk about it."

"How should I say, it has something to do with "Saw Fright"." Wen Ziren pulled out a half-slap-sized Billy puppet from his pocket. "Billy was designed and made by myself, which gave me a lot of inspiration. I'm here Thinking, can the puppet be the protagonist to shoot a horror movie? The dark tones, cold lines, and infiltrating dolls show a gloomy and weird artistic style..."

Ronan glanced at Billy the puppet and said, "James, since you want to shoot a new style of horror film, I suggest that you completely give up all these related to "Chain Saw".

Wen Ziren lowered his head and stared at the ratio of the puppets, as if lost in thought.

"As far as I know, Eastern horror movies are usually related to ghosts." Ronan continued, "The West also has this subject matter."

Wen Ziren said, "Ghost? Spiritual?"

Ronan said, "For example, when a family lives in a haunted house and encounters a spiritual attack, there should be many similar rumors from the East and the West."

"I have it in my hometown." Wen Ziren said seriously. "After coming to North America, I have heard many such rumors. Revornal and I went to visit some rumored haunted houses in Los Angeles."

Ronan picked up the information that had been collected long ago, and first handed it to Wen Ziren. "Shahai Entertainment is creating a series about American horror events. It has collected a lot of spooky and ghost events reported in North America. I think it’s more suitable for shooting as a movie, and I’ve selected it for you. You can take a look. Maybe it can give you some inspiration."

Wen Ziren took the information and looked through it. It was a common type in North American spiritual legends. The family moved to a new home happily. Suddenly many strange things happened. No doctor can provide a reasonable explanation for the boy's delayed coma.

During this period, the house started to have frequent and unexplainable things. In order to escape a series of strange events, they moved again, only to find that the house was not a problem, and finally they had to invite special people...

Ronan said, "This kind of rumors can be said to be one of the most common ghostly horror rumors in North America. There are various similar versions among the people, and the public acceptance is very high because similar rumors are around them."

Wen Ziren smiled and said, "Yes, I have also heard and seen similar ones. Although they are not exactly the same, they are roughly the same." He put away the puppet Billy. "About these, I will study with Revornal. "

"There's more." Ronan handed the second piece of information to Wen Ziren, including a book "This is the horror "True Story House of Darkness, House of Light" by Andra Perun. The copyright is already in Shahai Entertainment. In hand, according to the author's own description, this is adapted from real events."

He thought for a while, and added, "It is said that this is a real incident that happened on the Warren couple's farm."

Wen Ziren remembered hearing the name "Warren couple?"

Ronan said in detail, "Ed Warren and Rowling Warren, the founders of the New England Association for the Study of the Mind, American paranormal investigators and writers, have investigated many famous haunted events, and there is also a Warren Mystery Museum. ."

Wen Ziren suddenly realized that "it is them, and I have also heard of them. They have written many books on supernatural phenomena and related private investigation reports, saying that they have investigated more than 10,000 cases in their careers, and they are also the first to investigate the controversial Amity. One of several investigators of the Haunted Weir incident."

"Amityville haunted incident?" Ronan was a little dazed.

Wen Ziren explained, "It happened decades ago. A couple in New York said that their house was attached to something violent and evil. It was too serious and they had to move out. Many spiritual experts went to investigate. Some people said this. It's a scam, but Rowling Warren has always insisted that there are evil spirits in the house. The 1977 book "The House of Shadows" and the 1979 and 2005 movies of the same name "Ghost Cry and God Howl" are adapted from this incident."

Ronan said, "James, we don't discuss truth and falsehood, but in terms of film adaptation, don't you think the Warrens are very good movie protagonists?"

Wen Ziren thought for a while, recalling what he had learned about what the couple did, and said, "They are simply natural movie protagonists!"

Ronan added, "We can regard many events as real, and the Warrens are the world's most outstanding experts on supernatural phenomena..."

Wen Ziren was obviously inspired, saying, "Combining the special effects, religion and music of Western horror movies with the mystery and hints of the East creates a more eerie and terrifying atmosphere..."

He looked at Ronan, "Are the Warrens still alive? I want to visit them myself!"

Ronan pointed to the information given to Wen Ziren. "The address and specific contact information are on it. People from Shahai Entertainment have already contacted them. They are very happy to see their lives being put on the big screen. If you want to Go visit them and ask George Clint to send someone to accompany you."

"Okay." Wen Ziren seemed to be unable to sit still Ronan reminded, "Don't worry, you can bring back both parts of the information. James, please study carefully to see if you can adapt the movie or adapt it. In the case of movies, can they be placed in the same background?"

Wen Ziren glanced at the two documents one after another, and asked a little surprised, "The same background?"

Ronan simply said, "In the context of the movie, they are happening in the same world. For example, in the first part of the information, the professional that the family invited for the son can be the Warrens. Another example is the Warrens. Some supernatural horror items collected in the Mystery Museum can be taken out for filming alone."

Wen Ziren roughly understood "it seems feasible."

Ronan also reminded, "In this regard, it can be called the same universe or the same earth. James, don't you know if you read superhero comics?"

Wen Ziren smiled embarrassedly, "Basically I haven't seen it."

"Well, you still go to George Clint." Ronan felt that it would be more intuitive to let Wen Ziren go directly to the related plan. "If you sign a confidential jump, you can see a huge plan for the movie. You understand what I'm talking about."

Wen Ziren glanced at his watch, as if he couldn't wait, "I'm going to Shahai Entertainment to find George Clint."

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