Siyakwamukela futhi kolunye uhlelo lwamasonto onke lwe-Late to the Party, uchungechunge lokubuyekeza oluqhudelana ababhali be-iHorror nenkolo yakudala nezintandokazi zabalandeli esingakaze sizibone ngandlela thize. Leli sonto limayelana nokuthatha kukaDavid Cronenberg kunoveli kaStephen King, Uhlu Lokufa. Lesi sakudala sango-1983 sifaka uChristopher Walken, uTom Skerritt, uMartin Sheen, kanye nezindawo eziningi ezihlafunwayo.

Bengifuna ngempela ukubuyekeza Abafileyo Indawo ngoba yashuthwa edolobheni lapho ngichitha khona isikhathi esibi, i-Niagara-on-the-Lake (e-Ontario, Canada).

Ngakho lokho okushiwo, ake siqale ngeqiniso elijabulisayo. I-gazebo (evezwe efilimini njengendawo lapho owesifazane osemusha abulawa ngesihluku yi-Castle Rock Killer) yakhelwe ngokukhethekile ifilimu futhi yanikelwa edolobheni. Manje isiyindawo ethandwa kakhulu izithombe zomshado kanye nentandokazi yabavakashi yezidlo zasemini zepikiniki ezijwayelekile.

Uhlu Lokufa futhi ihlanganisa isigcawu endaweni edume kabi Umhubhe omemezayo! Izimpawu zendawo zendawo - zinhle kakhulu kunalokho ucabanga!

Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, Uhlu Lokufa iyifilimu ethathelwe inoveli yesihlanu kaStephen King eshicilelwe ngaphansi kwegama lakhe (inoveli yakhe yesikhombisa lapho ehlanganisa lezi ezimbili ezishicilelwe ngaphansi kukaRichard Bachman). Kuphinde kube inoveli yokuqala egxile edolobheni eliqanjiwe laseCastle Rock, eMaine (esigqugquzele oluzayo lwe-anthology).

Ukujwayela kochungechunge lweTV okwalandelwa ngo-2002 okwadonsa amasizini ayisithupha, kwaphela ngo-2007. Izinkathi eziyisithupha! Kuyahlanya lokho.

Noma kunjalo, qhubekela kufilimu.

Itulo lithinta uJohnny Smith (Christopher Walken), uthisha wesikole owabandakanyeka engozini yemoto emshiya equlekile iminyaka emihlanu. Lapho u-Johnny evuka, uthola ukuthi unamakhono athile engqondo amvumela ukuthi abone izenzakalo ezibuhlungu ekuphileni kwalabo abathintayo.

U-Johnny uyakwazi ukusebenzisa ikhono lakhe elisha ukuze asindise izimpilo zalabo abamzungezile futhi asikhanyisele ngezimfihlo ezidlule. Lokhu kumsinda kakhulu, futhi ngemva kokuba esebhaliselwe ukusiza ukulandelela umbulali olandelanayo (okugcina ngendlela enyantisayo, njengoba besingayilindela kuDavid Cronenberg), uJohnny ukhetha ukuhlala yedwa ukuze agweme ukuhlukumezeka esikhathini esizayo.

Igama elithi “dead zone” libhekisela endaweni yobuchopho buka-Johnny eye yalimala ngenxa yengozi. Le “ndawo efile” iqalekisa uJohnny ngale mibono enobudlova, kodwa futhi imnika ithuba lokushintsha umphumela walokho akubonayo.

Lokho, empeleni, i-crux kanye nomvuthwandaba wefilimu. UJohnny ubona ikusasa lapho usombusazwe oguquguqukayo, uGreg Stillson, (odlalwa uMartin Sheen) ewina isikhundla sikamongameli. Kulo mbono, u-Stillson uyala isiteleka senuzi ngokumelene neSoviet Union esiholela ekuqothulweni kwezikhali zenuzi. UJohnny ulwa nokucindezela kokwazi lomphumela ongase ube khona futhi unquma ukuthi kumelwe enze okuthile ukuze avimbele le nhlekelele yomhlaba wonke.

Ifilimu yenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokusonga indaba ngendlela eyanelisayo (uma kungenjalo, mhlawumbe, ngokuzumayo).

Uhlu Lokufa weluka umhlaba omangalisayo wemilingo kanye nemimoya neqiniso lempilo yansuku zonke ngaphandle komthungo. Izigcawu zemibono ka-Johnny zizizwa zijulile eqinisweni, okuzenza zishaqise nakakhulu futhi zingethuki.

Ngokuvamile, ungacabanga ukuthi lesi sipho singafiseleka, kodwa kulula ukubona umthelela wezithombe ezihlukumezayo ezinawo ku-Johnny. Akumangazi ukuthi angafuna ukuziqhelelanisa nalokho.

Ukusebenza kukaChristopher Walken njengoJohnny Smith kuvusa uzwela nokuqonda kwabalaleli. UMartin Sheen njengoGreg Stillson, ngakolunye uhlangothi, akaguquki ngokuphelele. U-Stillson usopolitiki ohlakaniphile ojabulisa isixuku onesisusa sezinwele sokuqubuka kwemizwa. Kuyinto… ijwayeleke ngendlela emangalisayo kulezi zinsuku (into enhle ukuthi lokhu bekungaphambi kwe-twitter).

Phakathi nezigcawu no-Stillson emzileni womkhankaso, isixuku sihlokoma ngengoma ethi “Stillson! Stillson! Indodana!". Ngenxa yokugcizelelwa okunamandla kuhlamvu lokuqala, lezi zikhalo zizwakala kakhulu njengokuthi “Bulala! Bulala! Bulala!”, okuyinto empeleni ephelele.

Sekukonke, ifilimu ehehayo evela kumqondisi wenganekwane enabalingisi abamangalisayo, esuselwe kunoveli yombhali wohlobo oluningi wesikhathi sethu.

Ngeke ngempela wenze iphutha lapho.

 

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