2023 Post Sprint Contest Readers who like suspense crime stories will definitely not bypass the works of Chinese mystery and suspense master Zhou Haohui. This set of "Zhou Haohui Horror Trilogy" includes three suspenseful horror stories: "Murder Painting", "Ghost Hope Slope" and "Dementor Valley".
Zhou Haohui's works bring readers more than visual impact horror, but the interpretation of the entire case when solving the case, and trigger readers to think deeply about criminal behavior.
Zhou Haohui is good at controlling the pace of the story, the content is compact and full of suspense, so that readers are attracted from the beginning and can't help but read it in one go.
And as the storyline develops, readers will involuntarily bring it into it and follow the in-depth thinking and exploration of the story. When the truth breaks through the fog and surfaces, the reader will suddenly realize and sigh from the bottom of his heart.
Thinking back to the scenes in the story that made me chill, thinking about the mysteries that puzzled me, the final mystery was reasonable and I sighed.
The protagonists in Zhou Haohui's horror trilogy are all criminal policeman Luo Fei, and the time, scene and content of the three stories are quite similar.
1. The environment in which the story takes place is relatively closed, the timeline is relatively long, and Luo Fei, who fought alone, escaped death several times.
The Murder Painting is in a temple that has been closed due to a blizzard, with terrifying legends, inexplicable ghosts, and successive human lives....All this has an eerie atmosphere, and Luo Fei, who solved the case, seems to be possessed by demons, and his life is on the verge of death.
And the cause and effect of the matter originated before the Cultural Revolution and ran through the entire adolescent period. Until he was middle-aged, the primordial evil fruit still devoured him, making him go further and further down the path of sin until he was swallowed up.
Ghost Lookout Slope is located on an island frozen and isolated, and there is also a terrifying ghost legend circulating here. Haunting ghosts, dying-victim victims, what kind of secret do they have?Luo Fei also repeatedly encountered dangers in the process of tracking down all this.
An eight-year-old child's strange amnesia leads to a series of murders when he returns to his hometown at the age of 28 to look for him. The truth is speechless and full of warmth.
"Dementor Valley", which is the longest, also has the most exciting story. With a confusing historical story as the introduction, in the isolated village in the deep mountains and old forests, a sad truth is discovered. And this time, Luo Fei's life hung by a thread several times.
The grudge entanglement that has lasted for more than 300 years, the moment the truth is revealed, it is tearful and makes people feel endless regret.
Second, the heart of guarding against others is indispensable, and the heart of harming others is indispensable. If you don't change your mistakes, you will never recover.
Although the causes and results of the three stories are separated by many years, the final ending still responds to the old saying: Heaven is good for reincarnation, and the sky forgives whom!
To err is human. However, if we only want to evade or cover up our mistakes, and never have the courage to face and correct our mistakes, the consequences will basically be completely lost, and we will not be able to control them. The more you try to hold on to it, the more completely you lose it.
** in "Murder Painting" was originally a talented painter, a warm husband, and a thoughtful and kind elder brother. For all this, he did not hesitate to dye the blood of his master and his fellow disciples, and became a complete demon.
The monk with strong martial arts and decisive actions also became a brutal devil when he stole the property in the temple and scared to death the little junior brother who had insight into his bad deeds.
The people in "Ghost Hope Slope" are even more so, everyone has left a "ghost" in their hearts because of their greed for life and fear of death, selfishness and cowardice. When this "ghost" will be exposed, there will be those who are scared to death by the demons, and there will be those who are suspicious of each other and kill each other.
For a while, in the eyes of everyone, he was a generous and honest man, a shrewd and capable leader, and a brave and fearless man....They all showed their hideous colors.
It seems that the offensive and defensive alliance is advancing and retreating together, and when they plot against each other, they are ** decisive. The dark ghost in their hearts has never disappeared, nor has it been quiet.
The story of "Dementor Valley" is the most tangled. Three hundred years ago, Bai Wenxuan, the general of the Southern Ming Army, betrayed the main general Li Dingguo because of his own selfish desires, and deceived the kind-hearted Hama people, turning them into sharp blades in his hands.
More than 300 years later, Bai Wenxuan's descendants also made waves again because of ambition and greed. Only this time, they were defeated. Ancient secrets are revealed, and modern evils are stopped.
Although evil does not prevail over good, and evil is finally punished, the ending of the story, the sadness that has lasted for more than 300 years, still makes people feel related, like a fish in the throat.
If you make a wrong step and don't look back, you will make a mistake every step and have no way out. Just like a lie needs a hundred lies to come true, if you don't change your mistakes, you won't return, and the end of your obsession is that you can't recover.
3. The most terrifying thing in the world is the human heart.
No matter how terrifying the story is, after listening to the story and thinking about it carefully, what makes people's spines chill is always the human nature reflected in the story, because all terrible things are done by people!
If the painter in "Murderous Painting" murdered the teacher for the first time because of his ignorant impulse when he was young, then when he reached middle age, he once again stretched out his evil hand to the master who had escaped by luck and had escaped into the empty door, he was completely a terrible devil!
Just like the initiators of the human tragedy in "Ghost Hope Slope", they have never sincerely repented of what they have done, so when someone wants to reveal the truth, they still think of covering up and extinguishing their mouths.
"Dementor Valley" exposes the horror of human nature. The ancestors of the Bai family deceived their superiors and subordinates for their own selfish desires, and borrowed knives to kill people. The descendants of the Bai family regard other people's lives like mustard for the sake of profit.
The most terrifying thing is the medical professor, who was blinded by interests, he quietly deceives, kills, and blames, perfectly demonstrating high-IQ crimes.
The stories told in this set of "Zhou Haohui Horror Trilogy" let us see all kinds of souls, some noble, some despicable, all of which are extremely real.
Although right and wrong will eventually be rewarded, how to avoid tragedy and how to control the demons in our hearts may be more worthy of our deep thought.