Kuleli sonto siye ebhizinisini elibi kakhulu. Sizobe sihlola imfihlakalo eyethusayo yase-Australia IChibi iMungo ngumbhali / umqondisi uJoel Anderson, obeyingxenye yohlu lwe-After Dark Horrorfest 4. Ama-movie afakiwe kulo mkhosi abuye abizwa nge- "8 Films to Die For."

Ngasekupheleni kwePhathi kunezici eziningi zakudala ezaziwayo, kepha ngizocabanga ukuthi le filimu ihambe ngaphansi kwe-radar iningi lenu njengoba lingenzele yona. Uma ungathanda ukugwema abonakalisi, khona-ke ngincoma kakhulu ukuthi uyihlole kuqala, bese ubuya ukuzwa imicabango yami kuyo. Uma uku-minimalist, ukwethuka okuhamba kancane njengoku Iphrojekthi yeBlair Witch futhi IBlackwell Ghost, khona-ke IChibi iMungo kungaba yinkomishi yakho yetiye elidlikizayo.

Ngimangele, IChibi iMungo kube yidokhumentari eyimbumbulu, ephelele nezingxoxo, okusolakala ukuthi ziyizithombe eziluhlaza ezingajwayelekile, ne-hypnotic, ne-B-roll yendlu yasePalmer. Le documentary imayelana nentombazane eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala okuthiwa u-Alice Palmer ominza kabuhlungu edamini e-Ararat, e-Australia phakathi nohambo losuku nonina (uJuni), ubaba (uRussell), nomfowabo (Mathew).

Ngemuva nje kokushona kwakhe, umndeni odabukisayo ka-Alice uthi baqala ukuhlangabezana nemicimbi engajwayelekile, engaphezu kwemvelo ezungeze ikhaya labo. Ukuqhubeka kophenyo ngokufa kuka-Alice kuqala ukuthola izambulo eziningi ezishaqisayo, kuguqula okwabonakala kuyingozi elula kancanyana kwaba ngaphezu kokuhlangana nokwehla kwamehlo.

Okulandelayo kuyimfihlakalo eyejwayelekile efana nokujikajika okuningi, kanye nendaba enokuningi okwenzekayo ngaphansi komhlaba. Ephepheni, le filimu izwakala njengesimo sakho esethusayo esingaphezu kwemvelo. Umndeni obhekana nokushona kwendodakazi yawo ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Izithombe ezithambile zomoya. Iseshini esenziwa ngumlingo onozwela. Uzungu oluyihlazo. Kepha ungakuvumeli lokho kukukhohlise…

IChibi iMungo kukwenza ucabange ukuthi ikutshela indaba etholakala ngempilo ekabili yentombazane azama ukuyiveza ngale kwethuna. Ukukhuluma iqiniso, noma ngabe yilokhu kuphela obekufanele kwenziwe IChibi iMungo, ngabe ikwenze kahle kakhulu.

Kodwa-ke, kuze kube sekupheleni (futhi mhlawumbe nokubukwa okuningi) lapho ungabona khona ukuthi le mockumentary ehlelwe ngobuhlakani inendaba ehluke ngokuphelele efihle ngaphansi komhlaba. U-Anderson ubeka izimpendulo eziningi phambi kwakho kuyo yonke ifilimu, kepha akazivumeli izilaleli zikwazi kuze kube yizikhathi zokugcina.

Idokhumentari iqala njengengozi elula, ebuhlungu elandelwa yilokho okubonakala kungu-Alice okuhlupha umndeni wakhe. UJuni ufinyelela ku-psychic uRay Kemeney ukuba abambe iseshini yokulutha naye, kulandelwe ukuhlangana nomndeni wakhe. Ubufakazi obunamandla bezithombe bungakhombisa ukuthi umoya ka-Alice unabo.

Maphakathi nefilimu, u-Anderson ukhipha umugqa ngaphansi kwethu futhi sithola bonke ubufakazi bezithombe ukuthi ubuqili bomfowabo ka-Alice Mathew wokuvala umama wakhe. Le punch-gut yezwa kakhulu I-Conjuring 2 lapho (* Abaphangi) bethola ubufakazi obuhlungu bokuthi uJanet Hodgson cishe waklama impahla yakhe.

Kubukeka sengathi icala livaliwe ngokuhlasela kuka-Alice. Kodwa-ke, okunye ukuguqulwa kwamacebo kwembula okuningi ngempilo ephindiwe ka-Alice, futhi kuvule ithuba lokuthi kwenzeke okuthile okungajwayelekile.

Ekugcineni sithola ukuthi uRay Kemeney osebenza ngemilingo wayeke futhi wenza izingxoxo zokulutha ingqondo nezinyanga zika-Alice ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, kodwa wakugcina lokhu emndenini wakhe ukuhlonipha ubumfihlo buka-Alice. U-Alice wabonakala enesiqiniseko sokuthi kukhona okubi okwakuzokwenzeka kuye. Isoka lakhe elidala bese livela nevidiyo ka-Alice nabangane bakhe eLake Mungo, okuholela ekutheni bathole ifoni ka-Alice elahlekile enevidiyo esabekayo kuyo.

Kule vidiyo, u-Alice uhamba yedwa ebumnyameni eLake Mungo. Ngokuphazima kweso ukwakheka kwesibalo kuvela kumnyama bhuqe kuza kuye. Kuze kube yilapho umuntu esekude ngamamitha ambalwa lapho sihlangana nesithombe esizothumela iqhwa ngemithambo yakho. Lesi sibalo yisidumbu sika-Alice esiqhakazile nesicashile. Ifana naleyo eyakhishwa edamini emasontweni kamuva. Ayikho incazelo enengqondo ngalokhu, njengoba ividiyo yathathwa isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba u-Alice ashone, ngu-Alice uqobo.

Ngemuva kokuthi umndeni ubone ividiyo evela eLake Mungo, ekugcineni bazizwa benesimo sokuvalwa ekufeni kuka-Alice. UJune uyavuma ukuhlangana isikhathi sokugcina sokuluthwa ingqondo noRay. Kukulesi sikhathi lapho abahleli begcina bephonsa khona ibhomu elikhulu kuwe.

Isikhathi sika-Alice noJuni sokulutheka noRay, esasibanjwa ngokwehlukana, izinyanga ziqhelelene, ngaphandle komunye nomunye azi… sasibukelana. Njengengxoxo eyenzeka phakathi kwabantu ababili abemi emakamelweni ahlukene ngezinsuku ezihluke ngokuphelele.

Ifilimu ivalwa ngabakwaPalmers benza ukuthula ngokushona kuka-Alice, futhi baphume endlini yabo endala lapho kwenzeka khona konke okwenzekile. Sibe sesibona umndeni ushutha isithombe sokugcina ngaphambi kwendlu ngaphambi kokushiya, nesithombe sika-Alice sime ewindini ngemuva kwabo.

Abahleli bachaza izikhathi zokugcina zokuluthwa kwengqondo kithi ekugcineni, ezenzeka ngaphambi nangemva kokufa kuka-Alice. Uma ubheka emuva ezingxenyeni zangaphambili zefilimu, uzobona ukuthi bekukhona eminye imicimbi yokubukisa ngaphambi nangemva kokushona kuka-Alice. Lezi zigcawu zenzeka ziqhelelene kakhulu kwi-movie ukuze izethameli zihlanganise izingcezu khona manjalo. Ngokufana nokuthwebula izithombe komoya ka-Alice okubonwe ngesikhathi samakhredithi, iqiniso belifihliwe ngokusobala ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Ngakho-ke, kwenzekani ngalobo busuku eLake Mungo lapho u-Alice ebona inguqulo yakhe efile? Kubukeka sengathi lesi bekuyisikhathi lapho lezi zigameko ezibukwayo phakathi kwempilo nokufa kuka-Alice zishayisene. Ukuqoshwa kwezwi lika-Alice kukhulume ngokwesaba ukuthi kukhona okubi okwenzekile kuye, futhi kuzokwenzeka kuye.

Ngempela lokhu kwakuyisibikezelo sokufa kwakhe. Futhi kuyini ukubikezela, kepha ukuhlangana kwamanje nekusasa. Le filimu ihlola ukuthi ukufa kubakhathaza kanjani abaphilayo kusuka endleleni okusondela ngayo emkhathizwe kuze kufike ekutheni kusishiya sinosizi kanjani emuva kokuba sekwenzekile. Kubonakala kusukela ngezikhathi zokuluthwa ingqondo kanye nokudutshulwa kokugcina kuka-Alice ewindini, ukufa kungenzeka kungafiki ngokuphela okungazelelwe, kwabafileyo noma kwabathandekayo babo.

IChibi iMungo uzizwa njengendaba enhle yesipoki oyitshelwa njenge-akhawunti yokuqala, yomuntu siqu evela kothile omethembayo. Uhlobo olwenza izinyembezi zigcwale amehlo akho, nezinwele ezingemuva kwentamo yakho ziyasukuma. Abalingisi bakhuluma ngokukholisayo inganekwane ngezwi elizamazelayo, ukumamatheka okuzwisa ubuhlungu ezindebeni zabo, nobuqotho emehlweni abo. Uhlobo lobuqotho okuthi uma othile osondelene nawe ebekhuluma indaba efanayo engajwayelekile, ungabakholelwa isikhashana.

IChibi iMungo yifilimu ezokunamathela isikhathi eside ngemuva kokufakwa kwamakhredithi, futhi ifune ukubukwa okuningi. Kuyadabukisa, kuyethusa itshe eliyigugu elifihliwe. Uma uthanda ukuhamba kancane, okukhwantabalisayo, nokukhaliphile, ngithemba ukuthi uyihlolile le filimu ngaphambi kokufunda lesi sibuyekezo esigcwele okonakele.