What to watch in the movie《House of Dirty Souls》

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《House of Dirty Souls》The Deliverance is the latest family drama and supernatural horror movie released on Netflix. This movie is based on real events and tells the story of Ebony taking her sick mother (Alberta) and threeThe children (Xiao Lei, Shanti, Nate) moved into a rental house. Ebony needed to be cared for by social workers because of her past alcoholic and violent relationships. She felt that she was not loved, so she lived in pain and pain every day.It’s hard, but trying hard to be a good mother.In this new residence, Xiao Lei often muttered to himself and acted strangely. Even Ebony began to hear strange sounds and encounter things that she could not explain. The social worker believed that this was Ebony secretlyThe problem was caused by alcoholism, but in fact it was some kind of supernatural force at work in the family.

《House of Dirty Souls》The plot is inspired by a true story that happened in Indiana in 2014. This story was actually made into a documentary in 2019《Haunted House Record: Demon House》, but according toAccording to foreign media reports, this house has now been demolished, and some of the supernatural phenomena in the movie "House of Evil Souls" actually have some echoes and inspirations from the real situations that occurred at that time, such as the plot of children floating in the air.The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels and stars Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anje Newalis and Monique.

“I need to seek forgiveness for my sins, but I also need to be freed from the power of sin. I need to seek forgiveness for what I have done, but I also need to be freed from the essence of myself. ”Is the very beginning of the movie, this is《House of Dirty Souls》 is an important threading concept. In fact, I quite like this movie. The other translation of the title is “Redemption”“Relief”, which can perfectly explain the storyline of the character Eponine in the plot.The road to redemption and painful struggle, so the audience should remember to keep this passage in mind when watching this movie, so that they can better understand the director's intention to portray family elements and Ebony's state of mind in the first half of the movie.

First, let’s talk about the review of House of Dirty Souls. Do you like it?If you just watch the trailer, I think the audience will have strong expectations like watching a horror movie. But if you watch the feature film with such expectations, I think it will be a bit boring and slow-paced. The basic story content structure of this movie is “It is a combination of family drama and horror elements. Although what we see in the trailer is a series of horrific scenes, in the feature film, the director actually focuses more on the portrayal of the family. In terms of the story structure, the director is mainly composed ofFamily issues gradually lead to supernatural phenomena, and Ebony's family atmosphere is extremely depressed. The director revolves the core of the story around a family relationship full of secrets, and those cracks hidden on the surface are eventually gradually exposed with the emergence of supernatural phenomena.It explores the complex emotions between mother and son, as well as deep issues such as race, poverty and generational trauma.

Therefore, whether this movie is good or not may depend on the audience's initial expectations. What really makes me deduct points from the movie is the ending. I'm sorry, the end of the ending really makes me feel a bit abrupt, although the direction of the endingThis is what the audience expects, but what the audience may not expect is how the ghosts are eliminated and by whomNext we will take a look at some highlights and analysis of this movie~

This movie, like most Western horror movies, is actually about houses (how many haunted houses are there in Western countries? XD). As mentioned earlier in the article, this movie is actually about family issues andIt is a story about redemption, so the scenes in the movie are very simple and not complicated. From the beginning, the director actually used the perspective of grandma Alberta to compare a person's inner faith and whether the belief is firm or not.Bonnie is a mother and daughter in this family who are struggling with alcoholism and marital problems. Her character is full of self-pity and complaining, and she also has a lot of violent tendencies. From my interpretation, she is full of hatred.” of people (this actually echoes the last one, which is the weakness caught by the devil).

In the past, Alberta was actually a bad mother. This was told by Ebony. From the discussion between her and Alberta on how to be a good mother, we can know that Alberta was actually a bad mother in the past.Eponine is not too responsible, but in contrast, Alberta now goes to church and is full of faith even though she has cancer. The director uses the role of Alberta to contrast Eponine's unwillingness to let herself be blamed for her sins.To give salvation, so Ebony actually resisted “God” and “faith” from beginning to end, until she really realized it on her own in the ending.

Although - House of Dirty Souls - this movie may feel to some viewers that it is promoting “God”, it does look very similar in the ending, and may even feel ridiculous XD, but that's just meThe interpretation is that what the director wants to show is that a person needs to be forgiven and forgiven for his own sins, but is he being forgiven by “God”, or is he being let go and forgiven by “himself”?Echoing the quote from earlier in the movie: I need to seek forgiveness for my sins, but I also need to be freed from the power of sin. I need to seek forgiveness for what I have done, but I also need to be freed from the nature of myself. ForgivenessEssentially, you feel that you want to repent and desire to be saved, rather than rejecting the help of others and God. In the plot, the social worker was always rejected by Ebony because she thought she was arrogant and showing off.The help of social workers is a concept of unwillingness to let oneself be saved. If the person being rescued does not want to be rescued, then there is no point in lending a helping hand. This sentence is talking about Ebony’s own refusal to be saved.The mentality of saving.

《House of Dirty Souls》 In fact, it shows the inner struggles and complex relationships of the characters vividly. The movie actually spends a long time portraying this (probably at least one-third to one-half of it)Proportional length), but the most important portrayal of these tortures is for Ebony and Alberta. As for the portrayal of children, there are relatively few ~ but it can be understood that what the director wants to convey in Shanti and Nate is that they are here.Shanti and Nate were tortured in a family storm. For example, Shanti and Nate were actually afraid of their mother and wanted to resist (for example, Nate wanted to secretly save money and leave the house to escape from his mother). This complex emotion made them face each other.They are even more vulnerable to supernatural forces, which is why the demon in this house has to control them, because they also have weaknesses in their hearts that can be exploited.

In addition, the director showed the pressure of life that Ebony endured as a single mother of three children. Especially after taking in her mother who had cancer, her relationship with her mother became even more tense and antagonistic.The director portrays Eponine's inner trauma in a way that gradually digs into the core. Originally, we might have thought that Eponine was in such a state of depression because of her alcoholism, but later the director gradually told the audience that this was an emotion accumulated over a long period of time.Ebony is caused by trauma and unresolved conflicts, and the audience will understand that Ebony has been living with such pain for a long time.

Eponine seems to be a copy of Alberta. She learned many bad habits from her mother (but the only difference now is that Alberta let go of her original sin by letting herself be saved and liberated through faith), -House of Dirty Souls - The entire story almost revolves around the conflicts and contradictions between these two adults. When portraying the relationship between the mother and daughter, the director delicately demonstrates the profound impact of poverty, race and generational trauma on their lives.This narrative technique not only enhances the reality of the story, but also allows the audience to have a deeper understanding of the characters' behavioral motivations. In particular, the relationship between Eponine and Alberta gradually becomes more tense and tense, and the conflict between mother and daughterReaching the climax, these intense emotional collisions emphasize family issues and redemption.

Therefore, after Alberta was finally attacked by the demon-possessed Xiao Lei, this was a price she had to pay. It was the price of her self-pity, the price of her unwillingness to be rescued, and the price of her unwillingness to be rescued.The price of believing in her mother's faith (because when Albert was first crucified at home, Eponine still scorned her), so Alberta's death was the price Eponine paid for not believing in her mother.

Now let’s talk about the horror plot of House of Dirty Souls~ Because this movie is a combination of family drama and horror elements, the director used a stacking technique to depict it, like the original story in the basement.The stench, Xiao Lei and his imaginary friends talking to themselves, and the strange noises in the child's room, etc. At the beginning, these horrific plots almost existed as a background to supplement the family drama, and the director did not directly tell the story.No matter what is happening to the audience now, it is full of speculation and uneasiness for the audience. The audience will always guess whether it is because of Eponine's alcoholism or the phenomenon caused by the emergence of the real devil?

Then as the plot progresses, these supernatural phenomena gradually take over the main axis of the movie, and the scenes are increasingly filled with escalating supernatural threats (for example, Nate starts to want Xiao Lei to die in the bathtub), and the director putsThe increasingly out-of-control supernatural phenomena made the family atmosphere even more tense, and finally broke out beyond the breaking point!Of course, the director also did not forget to show the chaos and high pressure that Ebony faced when she faced the superhuman figure. I especially liked the scene when Ebony suddenly faced the suffering of three children possessed by evil spirits and the confusion of her inner demons.It’s really high-pressure even to me!

However, in the last third of "House of Dirty Souls", Xiao Lei is possessed by a demon. This is also the reason why I feel that the movie becomes weak at the end, because the priest appears and talks about this.The story and tragedy of the house decades ago, but I always felt that at the end of the movie, the director made the plot become rigid and formulaic, relying too much on traditional exorcism routines, which made the originally promising storyline lose its novelty.On the contrary, it weakens the overall tension laid out at the beginning of the movie!(And I must also say that the priest’s final fate during the exorcism process was really weird, because she was instantly KOed, like a bystander, but in the end the exorcism was successful but it was Eponine?!)

She plays an important role in exorcism, but most of her chapters seem to be in a bystander state, lacking initiative. This is the same as when I read the "Death Tarot" before. The appearance of the psychic said that sheI have been paying attention to such a demon for decades and have been waiting for it, but why don't the writers and directors let such a character live to the end?On the contrary, they were all knocked out instantly?Moreover - House of Dirty Souls - also mentioned that if faith is strong in your heart, you will be able to fight against the devil, so as a priest, she should at least make an important contribution.Instead of being beaten down instantly, otherwise it would be quite contradictory to this argument XD So I feel super sorry for the role of the priest, because this character had the potential to become an important force in promoting the development of the plot, but in the end, the incident returned to its original point.

《House of Dirty Souls》The ending is what makes this movie full of regrets and disappointments. After all, it is a bit too unreal, and even weakens the three-dimensionality of the character laid out by the director himself. In the final ending, Xiao Lei is possessed.Due to the duel with Ebony (because the priest died in the previous exorcism XD), Ebony was left to solve the problem by herself. The director left this situation at the end. I can understand that the director wanted to show Ebony.This is the transformation of Ebony's inner self-salvation, because when she had the power, she said "I am loved". This is exactly the belief and positive energy that Ebony lacked in the past. If she feels loved, this is the inner acceptance of redemption andA change of mind that is not kidnapped by sin.

The ending of "House of Evil Souls" is that Ebony suddenly has the power to fight against the devil. I'm sorry, I think this scene is quite blind. I know that like "Li Yin Zhai", the heart is full of determination.You can have the power to fight against the devil, but it ends with Ebony doing this, which is really hard for me to accept, and it also makes the previous plots end in a hurry and ordinary, which is a pity!

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