Bam! Bam! Bam! Cha akusona isibhamu leso ngaphakathi e-bodega Memeza VI, umsindo wezibhakela zomdidiyeli ezishaya ngokushesha inkinobho yokukhanya okuluhlaza ukuze kuthuthukiswe izintandokazi ze-franchise (okungukuthi Memeza VII).

With Memeza VI kancane ngaphandle kwesango, nokulandelana kubikiwe ukuqopha kulo nyaka, kubonakala sengathi abalandeli abathusayo bayizithameli eziqondiwe ekugcineni zokuthola ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi ku-box office futhi kude nesiko lokusakaza "lokudlala cindezela". Kodwa mhlawumbe kusekude kakhulu.

Uma singakasifundi isifundo sethu, ukukhipha amamuvi ashibhile athusayo ngokulandelana okusheshayo akulona iqhinga eliwubulima lokuthola izinqe ezihlalweni zetiyetha. Ake sithi ukuma kancane ukuze sikhumbule okwakamuva Halloween qala kabusha/retcon. Yize izindaba zokuthi uDavid Gordon Green uphephetha umdlali we-gossamer futhi avuse i-franchise ngezitolimende ezintathu zaba yizindaba ezinhle ngo-2018, isahluko sakhe sokugcina asenzanga lutho ngaphandle kokubuyisela ukonakala emlandweni osabekayo.

Ngokunokwenzeka edakwe ukuphumelela okusesilinganisweni kwamafilimu akhe amabili okuqala, uGreen wadlulela kwelesithathu ngokushesha okukhulu kodwa wehluleka ukunikeza abalandeli. Ukugxekwa kwe I-Halloween Iyaphela ikakhulukazi kuncike ekuntulekeni kwesikhathi sesikrini esinikezwe bobabili uMichael Myers noLaurie Strode futhi esikhundleni salokho kumlingiswa omusha owayengahlangene ngalutho namafilimu amabili okuqala.

"Uma sikhuluma iqiniso, asikaze nakanye sicabange ukwenza ifilimu kaLaurie noMichael," kusho umqondisi Umenzi womenzi womenzi. "Umqondo wokuthi kufanele kube ingxabano yokugcina engakaze ifike emiqondweni yethu."

Kunjani futhi lokho?

Nakuba lo mgxeki eyijabulele ifilimu yokugcina, abaningi bayithola ingekho enkambweni futhi mhlawumbe izimele yodwa okwakungafanele ixhunywe kuhlu lwezincwadi oluthuthukisiwe. Khumbula Halloween waphuma ngo-2018 nge Uyabulala ikhishwa ngo-2021 (sibonga i-COVID) futhi ekugcineni Iphela ngo-2022. Njengoba sazi, i I-Blumhouse Injini igqugquzelwa ubufushane ukusuka kuskripthi kuya esikrinini, futhi yize ingeke ifakazelwe, ukukhipha amafilimu amabili okugcina ngokushesha kungenzeka kube yingxenye yokuhlehliswa kwayo okubucayi.

Okusiletha ku- Scream i-franchise. Intando Memeza VII ubhakwa kancane ngoba i-Paramount ifuna ukunciphisa isikhathi sayo sokupheka? Futhi, into enhle kakhulu ingakugulisa. Khumbula, konke ngokulinganisela. Ifilimu yokuqala yakhululwa ngo-1996 futhi elandelayo cishe ngemva konyaka, kwase kuba iminyaka emithathu emva kwalokho. Lesi sakamuva sithathwa njengesibuthakathaka se-franchise, kodwa siqinile.

Bese sifaka umugqa wesikhathi wokukhishwa weshumi leminyaka. Shayela i-4 ekhishwe ngo-2011, Scream (2022) iminyaka eyi-10 ngemuva kwalokho. Abanye bangase bathi, "Hhayi-ke, umehluko ezikhathini zokukhishwa phakathi kwamamuvi amabili okuqala we-Scream ubufana ncamashí nowokuqalisa kabusha." Futhi lokho kulungile, kodwa cabanga lokho Scream ('96) kwakuyifilimu eyashintsha amamuvi athusayo unomphela. Bekuyiresiphi yasekuqaleni futhi evuthiwe izahluko ezibuyela emuva, kodwa manje sesingama-sequel amahlanu ukujula. Ngiyabonga Wes Craven ugcine izinto zibukhali futhi bezijabulisa ngisho nangawo wonke ama-parodies.

Ngokuphambene, leyo recipe nayo yasinda ngoba kuthathe ikhefu leminyaka eyishumi, okunikeza amathrendi amasha isikhathi sokuthuthuka ngaphambi kokuthi u-Craven ahlasele ama-tropes amasha kwesinye isitolimende. Khumbula ku Shayela i-3, bebesasebenzisa imishini yefeksi namafoni apheshulwayo. Ithiyori yabalandeli, inkundla yezokuxhumana kanye nosaziwayo abaku-inthanethi babekhula imibungu ngaleso sikhathi. Lezo zitayela zizofakwa ku-movie yesine kaCraven.

Shesha phambili eminye iminyaka eyishumi nanye futhi sithola ukuqalisa kabusha kweRadio Silence (?) eyahlekisa ngamagama amasha athi “requel” kanye “nezinhlamvu zefa.” Ukukhala kwase kubuyile futhi kusha kunangaphambili. Okusiholela ku-Scream VI kanye nokushintshwa kwendawo. Abekho abaphangi lapha, kodwa lesi siqephu sibonakale siyinqaba njengendaba yezindaba ezisheshiswe kabusha, okungenzeka ukuthi kube ukubhuqa ngokwako.

Manje, sekumenyezelwe lokho Memeza VII kuyahamba, kodwa kusishiya sizibuza ukuthi ikhefu elifushane kangaka lizohamba kanjani ngaphandle kokuthi kuthuswe i-zeitgeist to channel. Kuwo wonke lo mjaho wokuthola izindodla, abanye bayasho Memeza VII yayingaphakamisa kuphela owandulelayo ngokubuyisa u-Stu? Ngempela? Lokho, ngombono wami, kungaba umzamo oshibhile. Abanye futhi bathi, ukulandelana ngokuvamile kuletha isici esingaphezu kwemvelo, kodwa lokho bekungeke kube indawo Scream.

Ingabe le franchise ingakwenza nge-hiatus yeminyaka engu-5-7 ngaphambi kokuba izicekele phansi ngomgomo? Lelo khefu lingavumela isikhathi kanye nama-tropes amasha ukuthi kuthuthuke - igazi lempilo ye-franchise - futhi ikakhulukazi amandla abangela impumelelo yayo. Noma kunjalo Scream sibheke esigabeni "sokuzijabulisa", lapho abalingisi bezovele babhekane nomunye um(aba)bulali kumaski ngaphandle kwendida?

Mhlawumbe yilokho okufunwa yisizukulwane esisha sabalandeli be-horror. Ingasebenza yebo, kodwa umoya wohlu lwezincwadi zeBhayibheli wawuzolahleka. Abalandeli beqiniso balolu chungechunge bazobona i-apula elibi uma iRadio Silence yenza noma yini engakhuthazwa ngayo Memeza VII. Inkulu ingcindezi leyo. UGreen uthathe ithuba I-Halloween Iyaphela futhi lokho akuzange kukhokhe.

Konke okushiwoyo, Scream, uma kukhona, iyi-masterclass ekwakheni i-hype. Kodwa ngethemba, lawa mamuvi awaphenduki abe yimidlalo yekamu abahlekisa ngayo Stab. Isekhona impilo esele kulawa mafilimu noma ngabe I-Ghostface akanaso isikhathi sokudlala. Kodwa njengoba besho, iNew York ayilali.

Okwake kwaba wukuphucwa amathikithi aqinisekile sekuzoba esinye isitobhi sesiteshi esingathandwayo ehhovisi lebhokisi. Sikhuluma impela nge-MCU kanye ne-DCEU. Ikakhulukazi, i-super-flop yakamuva ebonwayo Shazam! Ukufutheka Konkulunkulu.

Abanye benu bangase bacabangele impelasonto yokuvula kaShazam engu-$30.5 wezigidi akukho abangathimula ngakho, kodwa cabanga Scream VI's impelasonto yokuvula isamba semali engu-$44.5 wezigidi. Ifilimu ethi Scream ngaphandle kwebhokisi ephethe ifilimu yencwadi yamahlaya? Siphila kumuphi umhlaba?! Okwethusayo.

Njengoba kunikezwe izinzuzo ezimbi ze I-Ant-Man ne-Wasp: I-Quantumania kanye nabandulelayo bamuva nje, inkathi yegolide yama-capes nemibuso emikhulu ibonakala ifile nayo Spiderman: Ayikho Indlela Eya Ekhaya (ayikho indlela eya ekhaya).

Ziningi izinto ebezingaba nomthelela ekuthathweni kwayo kwamathikithi aphansi. Abagxeki abazange bahlabeke umxhwele ngempela Shazam! kanye nohambo lwakamuva lomngane wakhe kanye ne-CinemaScore yalo ku-B+. Kanti nesihlabani uZachary Levi useke wanikezwa imibono engathandeki ezinkundleni zokuxhumana okungenzeka ukuthi iholele ekutheni ahoxiswe kancane.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-DCEU yonke iphakathi kokulungisa kabusha okusesidlangalaleni futhi okunesiyaluyalu futhi iningi lalaba balingisi be-franchise liya ngasemaphethelweni ebhulokhi yokunquma. Ngakho-ke ababukeli bangase babukele ama-trailer, bese bebubula, “Kusiza ngani?”

Noma kunjalo, ukuvuleka okubuthakathaka kwe-Shazam kungase kungabonakali ukuthi izokwenzani ngedijithali. Izikrini zasekhaya zibonakala ziwumdonsiswano wama-franchise ahlulekayo lapho ababhalisile bekhipha yonke isenti lezintengo zabo zanyanga zonke zobulungu esikhundleni sokukhokha ngaphezulu kwesihlalo setiyetha “seprimiyamu”.

Kodwa ake sikhulume ngezibopho ezisabekayo zikaShazam. Kokubili i-movie yokuqala futhi manje i-sequel yayo iqondiswe ngumuntu ovame ukuthola imali yakhe ekuthubeni kwe-jump. UDavid F. Sandberg (Ukukhanya Kuphumile, i-Annabell Creation). Unikeza amamuvi e-Shazam umuzwa othusayo omncane ngokugcizelela amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, nakanjani kukhona ukuphambana okuthile.

Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi abalandeli kungenzeka balandele (khumbula AmaNew Mutants?). Eqinisweni, umqondisi wenganekwane eyesabekayo uSam Raimi unesikhumba sebhokisi emdlalweni kuleli sonto ngohambo olunciphayo lwe-sci-fi. 65, ayikhiqizayo, edlalwa u-Adam Driver. Ngisho nenkanyezi yohlu lwe-A engakwazi ukukhipha le filimu odongeni lwakudala njengoba ihlezi icwila ngokushesha kune-Tyrannosaurus emigodini yetiyela yase-La Brea. Isandla sikaRaimi siphinde sitshalwe ku-MCU ngonyaka odlule ngempumelelo kakhulu UDokotela Strange ku-Multi Various of Madness ngempelasonto yokuvula engu-$185 million.

Omunye umqondisi we-horror, James Wan, unethemba lokuphakamisa umkhumbi we-DCEU ocwilayo nochungechunge lwakhe oluya ku-Aquaman olubizwa ngokuthi I-Aquaman kanye noMbuso Olahlekile izokhishwa ngalo Khisimusi (sizobona).

Okusemqoka wukuthi Shazam! Ukufutheka Konkulunkulu akuyona imuvi embi ngempela. Eqinisweni, kungase kudlule okwangempela kuze kufike ku-VFX nendaba. Kodwa izihlalo zihlezi zingenalutho e-cineplex namuhla zabesilisa nabesifazane abagqoke amasudi aphezulu okungenzeka noma kungabi ngenxa yedrama yasemuva. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi abalandeli abashisekayo abatholi lutho olusha abangaludla futhi baphushele umkhiqizo ngemuva kwesiqandisi esikhundleni sento ethize, efana Scream, ehlonipha isisekelo sayo futhi ifeze izithembiso zayo kuyilapho isazi nosuku lwaso lokuphelelwa yisikhathi.

Ikota yokuqala ka-2023 isiphelile, kodwa u-Shudder usanda kuthola umoya nge-slate entsha yamafilimu eza kukhathalogi yabo evele ihlaba umxhwele! Kusukela kokungacacile kuye ezintandokazini zabalandeli, kukhona okuthile lapha kwawo wonke umuntu. Bheka ikhalenda eligcwele lokuphindaphinda ngezansi, futhi usazise ukuthi uzobe ubukele ini uma u-April eqala.

Ikhalenda le-Shudder lango-2023

Ephreli 3rd:

Ukubulawa Kweqembu Elilala: Iphathi eyozela yomfundi wesikole samabanga aphezulu isiphenduka igazi, njengoba umbulali olandelanayo osanda kuphunyuka osebenzisa i-power drill ezulazula endaweni yangakubo.

Magic: I-ventriloquist isemseni we-dummy yakhe enonya ngenkathi izama ukuvuselela ezothando nesithandwa sayo sesikole samabanga aphezulu.

Ephreli 4th:

Ungethuki: Ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka engu-17, umfana ogama lakhe linguMichael uba nephathi engalindelekile ephonswe abangane bakhe, lapho iseshini nebhodi le-Ouija idedela ngephutha idemoni okuthiwa uVirgil, ophethe elinye lawo ukuze liyobulala. UMichael, manje ohlushwa amaphupho amabi anobudlova nezibikezelo, uzama ukumisa lokhu kubulala.

Ephreli 6th:

Slasher: Ripper: Uchungechunge olusha ku-Shudder lubuyisela i-franchise ngesikhathi ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 futhi lulandela u-Basil Garvey (McCormack), i-tycoon enomusa impumelelo yakhe ephikisana kuphela nokungabi nalunya, njengoba eqondisa idolobha ekupheleni kwekhulu elisha, futhi. isiphithiphithi emphakathini esizobona imigwaqo yakhona ibomvu yigazi. Kukhona umbulali ocathamela imigwaqo engenangqondo, kodwa esikhundleni sokukhomba abampofu nabacindezelwe njengoJack the Ripper, Umfelokazi ufeza ubulungisa kwabacebile nabanamandla. Okuwukuphela komuntu omi endleleni yalo mbulali umseshi osanda kukhushulelwa esikhundleni, u-Kenneth Rijkers, okukholelwa kwakhe ngokuqinile ebulungiswa kungase kugcine ngokuba yisisulu soMfelokazi. 

Ephreli 10th:

IBog: Ukudoba ngama-Dynamite emaxhaphozini asemaphandleni kuvuselela i-prehistoric gill monster okumele ibe negazi labantu besifazane ukuze baphile.

Ephreli 14th:

Izingane vs. Aliens: UGary akufunayo nje ukwenza amamuvi amangalisayo asekhaya ngezingqwembe zakhe ezihamba phambili. Konke udadewabo omdala uSamantha akufunayo ukuhlala nezingane ezipholile. Lapho abazali babo bephuma edolobheni ngenye impelasonto ye-Halloween, umdlwembe owahlala ephathini yasendlini yentsha uba novalo lapho abafokazi behlasela, okuphoqa ukuthi izingane zakubo zihlangane ukuze ziphile ebusuku.

Ephreli 17th:

Ukuhlolwa kokugcina: Ekolishi elincane eliseNyakatho Carolina, bambalwa kuphela abafundi abakhethiwe abasele ukuthi bathathe amathemu amaphakathi. Kodwa, lapho umbulali egalela, kungase kube ukuhlolwa kokugcina kwawo wonke umuntu.

Ukufutheka Okukhulu: Imfene ibaleka elebhu yekhempasi yaseFlorida bese iqala ukusabalalisa into embi ngokulunywa.

I-Darklands: Intatheli iphenya ukuhlambalaza okungokwesiko futhi izithole isihileleke nehlelo lamaDruidic.

Ephreli 28th:

From Black: Umama osemusha, ocindezelwe umuzwa wecala ngemva kokunyamalala kwendodana yakhe encane eminyakeni engu-5 edlule, unikezwa isipho esiyinqaba sokufunda iqiniso futhi alungise izinto. Kodwa ingabe uzimisele ukuya kude kangakanani, futhi uzimisele ukukhokha inani elisabekayo ukuze athole ithuba lokubamba umfana wakhe futhi?