If the game "Hyakunin Isshu" made Xu Duzhong feel like watching a movie was too scary.

Afterwards, the opening of the poetry festival made him feel that ordinary people really could not do such a shady job.

In the past, when Xu Duzhong watched horror games and horror movies, the most common ones were about zombies, ghosts, flying blood, and gusts of cold wind, which gave people a strong visual impact.

But now, on the computer screen, those monsters were dancing to the funeral music that seemed to come from the underworld, and those human-shaped things were twisted into inhuman postures. Xu Duzhong felt another kind of horror.

It is normal for something to be destroyed little by little, and even if one knows the ending, one is powerless to reverse the horror.

Just like getting hit by a car while walking on the road, it’s not that scary to think about it. After all, it will all be over in the blink of an eye.

However, if you fall on the road for some reason and see a slipping dump truck running towards you while you are still conscious, it would be very oppressive.

It would be terrifying if you were not dead after being run over once and had to watch other cars continue to run over you.

What made Xu Duzhong even more difficult to accept was that when he watched these monsters dancing, he actually felt a strange beauty!

He believed that although he occasionally had some dark thoughts, he was generally a good person. However, when he saw the perverse, weird and twisted dance combined with the variations of the songs he had heard before, Xu Duzhong began to wonder if there was something wrong with his brain.

This scene should have made him feel scared, awed, and disgusted, but he actually thought it was... beautiful.

[This underworld performance seems quite exciting once you accept the setting]

[Art can be down-to-earth, but please don’t be down-to-earth]

[Am I a pervert? I actually feel great watching this scene???]

I'm not the only one who finds this scene disgusting, am I?

[It is strongly recommended that children under the age of 18 should not watch this movie, it is too scary. ]

[It’s over. I feel like I’m hopeless. I actually thought that monster was cute.]

[For those who think you look good, look in the mirror. You may have turned into a monster.]

When Xu Duzhong saw this comment, he immediately paused and picked up his phone to look at the screen.

He saw that there was no change in himself in the camera of his mobile phone.

"fine……!!!"

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Duzhong discovered that a piece of skin on his face seemed to be falling off, and behind the skin was green, mucous flesh.

Just like the monsters in the movies.

"Grass!"

Unable to hold back his anger, Xu Duzhong threw away his phone, and went to the bathroom to look in the mirror.

In the mirror, he returned to his original appearance, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"Hey, you're still looking in the mirror. You know you've gained weight."

Seeing this, his mother, who was watching TV, laughed at him.

Xu Duzhong did not refute and hurried back to the house.

"It's all my own delusion. These images must be too shocking. That must be the case."

He muttered to himself, not paying attention to the rest of the plot until the thick fog covered Hongye, Lu Ban, and the painter who had just turned back into human form.

Xu Duzhong felt the pain in his throat again, but surprisingly, he felt that he had adapted to it somewhat.

He saw fire burning on Hongye's body and heard Hongye's story.

A flashback ensues, accompanied by mournful music.

This music was also a variation of the original ballad, except that the originally eerie and cold ballad now possessed a power that moved people's hearts.

Although the flashback was only a few scenes, Xu Duzhong was still able to quickly imagine Hongye's past experiences.

It was very strange. The movie was only an hour long, but he felt like he had stayed in that world for a whole day. Red Leaf was just a small thing for him to talk about, but he felt like she was an old friend with whom he could talk about anything.

Those emotions were like worms, drilling into Xu Duzhong's brain through his nostrils, eyes, mouth, and ears. The strong sense of resonance made him burst into tears as if he had witnessed the end of the red leaves with his own eyes.

Xu Duzhong remembered a saying: Tragedy is when beautiful things are broken into pieces for people to see.

And the red leaves in this film are that beautiful thing.

A girl, fragile and gentle, tried to protect everyone, but was ruthlessly betrayed. After long torture, she finally found redemption.

However, this salvation turned out to be its own destruction.

How tragic this story would be if death could be the best ending.

Xu Duzhong burst into tears.

At the end of the film, Lu Ban was sitting on the small boat again, with the painter lying next to him. The boat was drifting away in the endless ocean, and finally, the film ended under the magnificent afterglow of the sunset.

Until the credits ended and the video was interrupted, Xu Duzhong was unable to come back to his senses.

There are few movies that can make him feel empathy like this, as if he were experiencing an adventure in person, with encounters, dangers, laughter, and separations.

Especially Hongye, although she didn’t have much space to show herself, but just relying on the narration and flashbacks at the end, people could feel her sadness.

Such a strong and tragic girl is the most regrettable.

Xu Duzhong scrolled down to the comment section. The movie was released at 7 o'clock, and some people had already watched it, so naturally there were a lot of likes in the comments.

[This movie is different from traditional horror movies that use visual effects to scare people. Instead, it uses atmosphere, foreshadowing, and even music. Many scenes actually evoke the fear deep in people's hearts. I think this expression method is very good and worth learning! ]

[I watched several clips repeatedly, and found the parts where everyone felt dominated by the plot of the movie and their bodies were out of control. I think this might be because the director added some unpleasant infrasound or ultrasound waves to the soundtrack. Our ears cannot detect this kind of sound, but it can resonate with our internal organs and achieve a palpitating effect. Everyone, believe in science!]

[When we first met Hongye, it seemed a bit strange that she forced the protagonist to investigate, but later we could see that the whole movie might just be a dream the protagonist had after encountering the fog. Since it was the protagonist's dream, Hongye must know the protagonist's peculiarity, so it wouldn't seem out of place.]

[I simply sorted out the logical conclusion of the whole movie. It should be that Hongye came to this island hundreds of years ago to be a witch. The island encountered an uncertain fog and mutated. Hongye tried to suppress it but was captured by the islanders and sacrificed. The whole island was transformed into a monster and fell into a dream of fog. The painter mistakenly entered the fog and was turned into a monster. The protagonist arrived and encountered Hongye's consciousness and started an investigation. The final ending should be that the protagonist and the painter escaped from the fog. But to be honest, I think the ending may have another deeper meaning. Just like in the plot, the monster cannot tell whether it is a monster or not. So is the protagonist still in the dream in the end? ]

[Red leaves, my red leaves, my wife]

"?"

Seeing this sentence, Xu Duzhong finally couldn't help it. He clicked "dislike" and then typed a reply.

[Go away, Hongye is my wife! ! ! ]