"Rabbit Rhyme" is scheduled to be released nationwide on September 5. Nursery Rhyme Curse triggers a thrilling feast for the Chinese Yuan Festival

The Republic of China suspense film "Rabbit Rage" directed by emerging director Guan Dongjie and starring Peng Yua and Zeng Chen officially announced today that it will be released nationwide on September 5, and released a fixed poster and trailer simultaneously. Inspired by the folk classic nursery rhyme "Ten Rabbits", the film combines oriental folk aesthetics with immersive suspense narrative to create an innovative setting of "nursery rhyme is a bad omen", which will bring a Chinese horror to the audience on the eve of the Middle Festival. Bloody mystery.

Weird nursery rhymes interpret Chinese horror with traditional folk customs

The film is set in Shangxie Town, a small town in the Republic of China. Liu Dalong, a wealthy businessman, was exterminated by digging the "Rabbit Fairy Temple". Fifteen years later, key figures related to the old case died mysteriously one after another, leaving clues to rabbit nursery rhymes on the scene. Young local teacher Zhang Fengqi (Peng Yua) and female police officer Guan Xiaoyue (Zeng Chen) join hands to pursue the murderer, revealing the truth of a sad and beautiful love that is covered up by feudal superstitions.

In the center of the fixed poster stands a giant clay statue with a rabbit's head and a human body in a majestic posture. Groups of statues around the statue surge in darkness, with different postures, instantly filling the feeling of folk horror; the successive murders and the entanglement of destiny in the trailer make the atmosphere of terror feel full of immersion. When the strange nursery rhyme rings, who will be the next person to be killed? It is worth mentioning that the film transforms the nursery rhyme of "Ten Rabbits" into a "death notice," and each lyrics corresponds to a different way to die. This treatment of visualizing the dark metaphor of the traditional nursery rhyme has been praised by the media as "China's version of" No One Survives ".

Creative original intention creates oriental suspense aesthetic texture

Director Guan Dongjie aims to present a "suspense aesthetics" and "obsession aesthetics" rooted in Eastern culture. The film focuses on the emotional whirlpool caused by love, hate, and the pursuit of the truth in extreme situations. This deep emotional power will ultimately lead the audience towards the redemption and light of human nature. Create a suffocating and oppressive atmosphere through real-life shooting and sound design. Details such as the squeaks of the damp old house, the bleeding rabbit lanterns, and the rotating rabbit head specimens in the cellar are all presented using real props and natural smoke.

The leading actor Peng Yua breaks through the image of a "Taoist professional household", and the role played by Zhang Fengqi has both the mysterious rationality of a local teacher and the emotional struggle when facing the truth. Guan Xiaoyue, played by Zeng Chen, breaks the stereotype of female "tool man" in suspense films. Her courage in investigating cases contrasts sharply with her softness in the face of love. Her final choice of "redemption of sin with love" triggered the audience's deep discussion of "love and the boundary between sin".

The movie "Rabbit 'er Rhythm" will be released nationwide on September 5, which will surely bring a thrilling and exciting visual feast to the audience during the Middle Festival.