Chronicles of diving cinema – modern Russian horror

I still decided to scare something new, so I got it. The heading grew, unexpectedly, from a review of a wretched something “dizlaik”. So far, the “chronic of diving cinema” does not have a clearly formed idea, but it is thought that under this very name texts will be written about all kinds of genres and sucks, which for some reason either did not shoot, or survive in the abyss or in this very abyss, as for example, is very epic, the “mocking genre” is very epic. But this is not a fact.

The tendency of modern Russian directors still pleases to master the genres that have long been mastered all over the world-in recent years, quite a fair amount of films for horror tematics have been published (at least by domestic standards). But unfortunately, while the trend is this-the Russian horror-janra raised his head, looked around, and immediately sank with all the strength of the Russian fool in a puddle. The problem here is not even in a complete misunderstanding of how this genre works, how the films of this very genre must be shot, and what makes the viewer be scared. And not even in the almost complete, sometimes blind copying of Western formats. And not that we take people who are not imprisoned for this to shoot horror. The problem is that Russian horror sides are absolutely, absolutely, completely, well, they don’t scare the skip. That is, in general, in general. Even when the screamer is on the full screen, and the music is such a “bammmmmmmmm”. And this is a diagnosis. And while this will take place, the failures at the box office and ignore the potential audience will continue. And sorry.

And Hello again, Imelman broadcasts, with the next portion of home and interestingness (or with the next portion of dull graphomanacy – this is already solving you, my dear reader). We all love horror films. And leaders of cinema are very fond of loot. And for this reason, the conveyor of horror films for many years plows, giving us almost every weekend fresh crafts, both really standing and not very. The main thing in this is that as a result, everyone is happy – the audience is deposited by bricks and drag tons of money to the creators of the next scarecrow, and the creators of the next scarecrow with pleasure, these tons of money spend on the dear to the heart of every movie figure – dear Thai prostitutes, and on an even more expensive Columbian cocaine. In Russia, these same prostitutes and cocaine love no less than in the rest of the world, which is why our filmmakers arose in the heads of the lively question – “Why are we not shooting our horror? We also want a sea of ​​money and sinful pleasures!”. Frankly, this question was asked somewhat late, because commercially oriented horror films in the West are riveting already the devil knows how many years, and we were already completely late. Yes, and in Soviet times, horror films came out, but it was the genre, as such, with its traditions, heroes (or villains), and noted fichens. In general, it is said-done, the domestic horror machine creaked and began to give out the so-called “Russian horror”. And it is this one, forgive the Lord, the “horror” today we will rely, we will consider from all sides and try to understand, but what is he – the Russian horror movie? And I hope it will not be a spoiler for anyone, we find out why everything is so bad? Iiiiiiiiii unexpected reservation – here are the horror films of a purely commercial orientation, that is, those who walked through the cinemas, and your “secrets of the Slanderman” do not have any significance for history. And now … Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, they drove!

Chronicles of diving cinema – modern Russian horror

And there was a Russian director. And he wanted to weld a dough on the classic.: We will not start with the “first real Russian horror film”, calling himself “dead daughters”, as one might think, and with a fewer known. The first serious entry on the genre territory occurred in 2006, and the well -known in narrow circles, the supplier of wretched cinema Oleg Feesenko, shooting a “witch”. He swung that unexpectedly, on the Holy – the warm and lamp “Viy” of 1967. But he swung very cunningly, because he did not make a rethinking of Classka (Oleg Stepchenko would do this much later in Vii 3D), and he stole a free remake, taking only the main plot (a man was locked overnight and he fights witch’s tricks), having added new-fangled whisters, at times, sometimes very strange. For example, the film is completely shot in English. Why, given that he went out only in his homeland of bears and balalaiki? Apparently in this way it was shown that everything is serious, we have a real horror triller here, like large uncles from the west. And in general, the desire to be likeed to Western film buildings in everything. Yes, yes, do not be surprised – the remake of the Soviet classics was shot entirely and completely in the western manner. Surprisingly, if you watch a movie without knowing that it is Russian, then you might even think that you are watching a rather wretched Western Direct To Video Film.

To give the film another director – you look and could have anything to turn out, because at times bright moments slip. And another operator. And the editor. And the screenwriter. And actors. And graphone experts.

Having in hand a quite conceptually suitable idea and a rather large budget, the creators did not have the main thing – talent and ability to make a movie. “Witch” turned out to be no. That is completely. Each aspect of the film is made as clumsy as possible, with a complete lack of understanding of how the final product should look like. In fact, we received a set of stabbed some scenes, sometimes also perplexed (especially this is noticeable at the beginning of the film, where a rather rare game occurs, with references to the “call”, almost “silent Hill” and trips to the bike). When the film all the same deigns to stand on the plot rails, it becomes clear that he has nothing other than the very main plot, even a normal ending. He sat the main character in the church, crushed, turned gray from the realization of what he was spending his relatively young years – well, enough, you can wrap the film. And it seems that all this is very sad and sad, but much more sad from the fact that the film does not try to scare you at all. Purely hypothetically, there are a pair of scenes, in the future terrible and supervisory, which can scare you if you have not watched a single horror film in your entire life at all. Watch it is purely out of scientific interest, because all the same the first serious modern Russian horror, with budgets and all kinds. Completely insane, but still the first, which means hope is still warm.

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At times, they are trying to pamper us here with a grafonchik

Completely unexpectedly, especially for the creators, but the “witch” paid off in the box office. The Russian people, uninjected by domestic horror sizes, spit, but brought the money all the same, because it was interesting what they got there like this. It was clear that it was clear, but the impetus was given. A year later, the “First Real Russian Film Film” is released on the screens, as the advertisement of the film “Dead Daughters” assured us.

And there was a Russian director. And he wanted to scare us: Pavel Ruminov is a very, very interesting person, especially in the context of the illuminated topic. It can be treated as you like, but it was this man who stood at the origins of the new Russian horror, having removed his “dead daughters” in 2007. And it was this person who practically buried the genre, all the same film. He is famous for his phenomenal overness, this person watched more films than you and I are all together, and indeed he is very versed in the cinema. He is generally a very serious person, in an interview does not have an opinion that he takes off exclusively for the sake of dough, he is exactly what he tries to give the viewer a high -quality product, conducting a lot of time for his project to prepare before shooting each project. Yes, and the next mediocrity of it will not turn the tongue, because if you watched “I will be near”, then all questions about Paul’s professional acceptance as a director will immediately disappear. But it is one thing to shoot good dramas, and another thing is to shoot good horror. And it was precisely with this that Paul did not ask, and to be honest, it will never be done.

It’s really a pity that Ruminov does Euphoria Wins Casino not come out with the horror, for God sees – He tries

“Dead Daughters” is an example indicative in terms of what is wrong with the genre in Russia. There are definitely very, very successful finds in the film, and at times it is completely drawn to call the “dead daughters” quite an atmospheric kinz, which can still be considered an achievement. Yes, only all the positive points are literally destroyed by many factors, by which it becomes clear – the principles of the genre do not understand the genre. What should a good horror movie do? Without a doubt, he should frighten, but much more important I think that the horror film should be hit, he must force the viewer to compress the viewer in the chair, if not from fear, then at least from tension, from the realization of what kind of horror is happening on the screen. “Dead Daughters” are very fond of smart, to trample on the spot, the script to the funny stingy on events and generally suffers from monstrous slurred (I will not risk retelling the plot of the film, because it is not very simple to figure out what is happening), then paying tribute to the Jay Corror, then falling into senseless thoughts about the high, and that they are worse-the worst of all is crazy.Turning viewing almost into a very sophisticated torture. Torture, in which you also need to manage to see something, for that the operator, that the editor apparently conspired, giving us most of the scenes as a mishmash of personnel removed by the Parkinson with an epileptic.

Times, very cute shots come across

“Dead Daughters” – the film is insanely bad, and the presence of positive aspects makes it even worse, because it becomes clear that the potential was the same, moreover. This is generally the problem of all our horror films – there was potential, but it is not possible to realize it in any way. All this resulted in a predictable failure. Now “Dead Daughters” is a cult film, but cult only due to the phenomenal wretchedness of literally every element of the film. He is a wretched not like a witch “witch”, if you draw an analogy, then a “witch” is a damn for a not very trying kindergarten, but “dead daughters” is an epic picture of an armless schizophrenic who has gone through his head, who is insanely trying, but all the same, a meaningless mishmash of colors comes out.

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The film was tritely buried not yet a frauding genre on take -off. (Someone may say that it is not quite, because once a year we were spoiled by another curiosity, but the guys – this is not serious) buried so epic that no one noticed Stysher who came out in the same 2007 (. ) “Travelproke”, and there was something to see there. I think you will agree with me, to shoot Shysher is much easier than, let’s say Jay-Corror or Horror Mist. Slasher is a very fierce and fast genre that takes its stiffness and the suddenness of what is happening. Once again we have a good concept – a group of bank robbers with hostages descends into an abandoned part of the metro after an unsuccessful robbery in order to hide from the police. But there they are met by an uncle with a pickle, who will show unlucky robbers, why you can’t get dangled in such golden places at the hands of the law. And once again we have a clumsy performance. I’m afraid to repeat myself, but what does Shysher do good? In addition to steep scenes of murders, drive and not daring to slow down the story – a memorable villain. In the “waybill” we have an uncle with a pick. IIII all. That is, it is so faceless that except for the “uncle with the pick” and there is nothing to say. Alternate the complete absence of his motivation, gray appearance and generally the complete absence of imagination in terms of cutting unlucky robbers – the patient died without regaining consciousness.

Have not heard anything about this film? Do not worry, almost no one heard.

Well, even if even with the villain they didn’t bother, is there any point in talking about everything else? The film destroys the same complete misunderstanding of the work of the genre (by this moment I looked at all the Russian horror and I began to take this state of affairs to this state of affairs), even more catastrophic than in the case of “daughters”, even almost all the murders pass behind the scenes, and swearing and hysterics of the heroes come to the foreground. Of course I apologize, but for which we are watching slasers, dear Igor Shavlak? Just for the sake of scenes of the murder of all kinds of stupid people of a bright villainous erysipelas and the subsequent flare of the Lule from the main character! Even the most wretched Western slashers do not allow themselves like that, well, in fact.

But these permanent and dull scums by the middle of the film I would like to strangle these

On the “waybill” the history of domestic slasers did not end, because no one watched the film, which means that the niche still seems to. The noble supplier of the prosthetic amulets Vadim Shmelev (“The Code of the Apocalypse” – his hands) volunteered to trample her and … unexpectedly removed the competent slasher of category “B”. In general, “p.WITH.D.»2008 is not particularly loved with us, but it seems to me that it was shifted somewhat undeservedly. Without a doubt, you can scold it for a long time and with taste – the script begins for health, and finishes for the repose, the actors play out of hand, the ending does not cause anything except, and watch its rather boring lesson. But still the film tries, and not notable. Of course, the attachment of the action to children’s pioneering horror stories is quite stupid, but still it is original enough to have the right to life. Anyway, the film performs the standard slasher quota – the murders are quite bright here, no one is bashfully removed the camera to the side, the bloody is whipping, the local Turopars will die, and the villain turned out to be moderately terrible and memorable. And there is also a very nice, let the predictable twist closer to the end of the film. It’s scary to say – a couple of times you can even be a little scared that the great achievement for the domestic horror is right.

Not Jason Wurchiz of course, but no longer an uncle with a pick

And I would still advise you to watch this movie. He does not have enough stars from the sky, but does not cause giving way, even “with.WITH.D.»Brill in a state. But, the film was epic in the box office, so that our answer did not shoot these “Fridays”. IIIIII all died out.

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Do not laugh me, even the most ardent, the most ardent champion of domestic horror films for the horror will not count me, the shopping tour is still more comedy trash, and the Tridesh zombari is generally a bottom for Downes

Second life: For many years, the horror in Russia fell into a coma and only in 2014 began to show signs of life. And thanks for this can be said to one person. In 2014, the possession of 18 was published, the debut project of Svyatoslav Nogaevsky, another entry to the territory of ghosts and other demons. It turned out to be predictably poorly, for a completely competent story somewhere in the middle of the film rolled into such hopeless trash that it even becomes terrible. We will not dwell on “ownership of 18”, but we will immediately move on to the film more important for the story, namely the second project of Podgayevsky, the film “Peak Lady: Black Rite”, released in 2015 and gave the second birth to the genre in Russia (or rather the second attempt to do at least something).

The film cannot be called a terrible film, but he knows how to catch up with a terrible

The film did not become a breakthrough, don’t think bad. This is a sluggish one -time horror one who does not have his own face and take a lot from his colleagues from the hillock. But he takes more or less competently, does not go too far and does not go into a completely frank shiza, giving us a pretty story with a couple of standard turns for the genre at the end. What is most important, the horror techniques here every other time, but they work, Saspens is quite present, it is clear that the work on the mistakes was made a large and the film is definitely much more integral and artistically strong than “Possession 18”. Without a doubt, if our horrors went out in the same stream as in the West, then the claims to the film could be issued much more, much more, but in the absence of this very stream, “Queen of Spades: Black rite” – the film is not the worst, you can watch it very much and let it down without much enthusiasm, but it may like it.

A miracle happened – the “Queen of Spades” did not just pay off at the box office, she even brought a tangible profit to the creators. And the soul rushed to paradise – 2016, as many as three films are released, understanding what orientation, and a whole bunch of projects of an incomprehensible prospect and quality is announced at all. The problem consists in one thing – all three films came out, let’s say, quite wretched ..

My want to scare yours: The first “Route” was built from the great and mighty Oleg Asadulin, the creator of such cult films as “Fobos: Club of Fear” and “Dark World: Equilibrium”. In fairness, it is worth noting that the director is not so hopeless, I consider his Green Carette one of the best domestic films of 2015. But the “route is built” frankly did not set the plot of this – the man had a car. He loved her. The man had a wife. He loved her. But he loved a little more car, so he safely killed his wife in this very car. A little later, a young couple buys a car and it turns out that the evil spirit of his beloved wife of the last owner lives in the car, who decided to live to her and need to bring new car owners to Kondraty. Curtain. All originality begins and ends on, in fact, to the machine. Further, the plot moves like this, the heroes go and swear – the creak – the heroes go and swear – the screamer. And in that spirit everything goes to an unexpectedly stupid ending. Absolute misunderstanding and lack of fantasy kill the film, the screamers cease to scare immediately after the first attempt. And the director has nothing more, be afraid from unexpected speakers. And let the film be made very well from a technical point of view, but the internal fullness of the film is absent as such that it pours out in a poorly played (actress playing the main character is something) and a boring action to a dentifier rattle.

The ghostly horror did not come in, I did not go very much. But not the time to lose heart – they did not rivet for a long time on the ground of the Russian slasher! And two of them came out at once – the “diggers” Tikhon Kornev (if you want to know about the film? Reread about an uncle with a pick – the same cabbage soup, only literally a interest is better. And if you watched the film “Crype”, then you will be waiting for the feeling that somewhere you saw all this) and “Diesley” from Here is the same Pavel Ruminov, who decided to test himself again in the field of frightening cinema.

This is not to say that Ruminov did not make any conclusions from his past attempt to remove a good horror. We can say that all the same horror is not his genre at all. Dizlaik is terrible at so many levels that it is almost point -blank to be selected for hopeless “dead daughters”. The only thing that at least somehow gives the film not to fall to the bottom – the last 10 minutes where the entire plot turns upside down and in general everything is not what you thought and if you are not very enough in the genre, then you even take a risk of surprise from the final twist. In all other ways, the film is typical Rumins in Horror – cloudy, tedious, poorly played (some actors are so wretched that they literally pull to the bottom of everyone else), the camera shakes, everything is flickering, nothing is not clear, but the blood bursts. Oh yes, there is also a video blogger topic exhibited as a trick and a maniac in a sloping mask. Well, the creators did not have enough eggs on the celestials of YouTube, everything is modest and superficial. The maniac is simply nothing, in the best traditions of the “traveler”. But what is unexpected, this is Maria Wei. I expected that it was she who would be a cherry on the cake of a bad acting, but everything turned out a little different. She is of course bad, but still among all this obscurantism looks more or less worthy. Otherwise, the wretched slasher, which is by no means worth watching, even the “diggers” are not so hopeless. And standard – asboleus, catastrophically does not scare “dizlaik”. And there is no sappress here. And there is nothing sensible at all.

If they gave prizes for the most boring look of a villain in history, then Dizlaik would definitely get into the nominees.

Well, what is the end:The tendency of modern Russian directors still pleases to master the genres that have long been mastered all over the world-in recent years, quite a fair amount of films for horror tematics have been published (at least by domestic standards). But unfortunately, while the trend is this-the Russian horror-janra raised his head, looked around, and immediately sank with all the strength of the Russian fool in a puddle. The problem here is not even in a complete misunderstanding of how this genre works, how the films of this very genre must be shot, and what makes the viewer be scared. And not even in the almost complete, sometimes blind copying of Western formats. And not that we take people who are not imprisoned for this to shoot horror. The problem is that Russian horror sides are absolutely, absolutely, completely, well, they don’t scare the skip. That is, in general, in general. Even when the screamer is on the full screen, and the music is such a “bammmmmmmmm”. And this is a diagnosis. And while this will take place to be – failures will continue at the box office and ignore (and at times real hatred) a potential audience. And sorry.

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