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Chapter 79 This animated film is a little different.
The clock had just struck midnight when the first group of viewers of Spirited Away in the entire country sat in the dark theater.
A peculiar atmosphere permeated the air.
There was both the excitement of successfully securing tickets and the solemnity of fans on a pilgrimage.
Film critic Old K sat in an inconspicuous corner, his laptop already open.
The document's title is strikingly similar to "The Fall of a Genius: A Review of Su Bai and His Animated Farce."
He adjusted his posture, a barely perceptible sneer playing on his lips, preparing to record every childish moment of the film as evidence for his article.
On the other side, several female college students who had come together were discussing quietly.
"Do you think it will be as tear-jerking as Anohana, or as epic as The Outer Side of the Story?"
"Didn't that old scoundrel Su say this time it was a gentle love letter, it's sure to heal!"
"I'm so excited! I even brought two packs of tissues!"
Finally, the giant screen lit up.
As the dragon emblem flashed by, the movie officially began.
The opening scene shows a car driving on a country road.
Inside the car, the little girl Chihiro lay lazily in the back seat, a hint of melancholy on her face as she left her homeland.
"Yeah, a standard road movie opening, nothing new."
Old K typed a line in his notebook, feeling somewhat bored.
The audience also relaxed.
The art style and rhythm are indeed very soothing, fitting the overall family-friendly market environment in China.
However, as the car entered a deep, dark tunnel, the atmosphere in the theater began to subtly change.
The sound of wind came from the speakers, carrying a mournful tone, like the breathing of some kind of creature.
At the other end of the tunnel was an abandoned amusement park.
The red buildings, the mottled walls, the deserted streets—everything was bathed in an overly vibrant sunset, making it seem eerie and unreal.
"This art style is pretty good."
Old K frowned and deleted the dull comment he had just made.
He keenly sensed that beneath the vibrant colors lurked an unsettling chill.
"Why is there nobody here?"
Some audience members murmured quietly.
The relaxed chatter in the theater gradually subsided, and everyone subconsciously sat up straight.
Chihiro's parents were drawn by a strange food aroma, and following the scent, they found an empty food street.
Then, the most unsettling scene unfolded.
The seemingly well-mannered parents pounced on the unattended food like starving ghosts.
They wolfed down their food, making loud, sticky chewing noises.
The sound, delivered clearly to everyone's ears through the theater's top-of-the-line surround sound system, seemed to be right next to them.
A girl instinctively covered her mouth, her stomach churning.
"This is a bit disgusting."
"Why are they eating like that?"
Chihiro looked at her parents uneasily and walked alone towards the bathhouse in the distance.
At this moment, a distant and ethereal background music begins, carrying a hint of eeriness and guiding the audience's hearts.
The sky darkened without us even noticing.
When Chihiro sensed something was wrong and turned to run back to the food street, everyone in the theater felt their hearts pounding faster and faster with her footsteps.
She rushed to her parents' stall and shouted loudly.
"Dad! Mom!"
No one responded.
She reached out and pulled on her father's shoulder.
"Dad, let's hurry, it's getting dark!"
The figure that had its back to her slowly turned around.
At that moment, a girl in the theater let out a half-scream that was tightly covered!
The pen in Old K's hand fell to the ground with a thud!
On the screen, the face that turned around wasn't a human face at all!
Instead, it was a fat, greasy pig face with eyes squinted into slits!
Chihiro retreated in terror, then looked at her mother, who had also turned into a fat pig dressed in human clothes, rooting around for food!
The minds of all the audience members went completely blank, as if a bomb had been detonated.
A boy holding a bucket of popcorn let go, and the popcorn spilled all over the ground.
He was completely oblivious, staring intently at the screen, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg.
The female college students who came with high hopes of being cured instantly lost all color from their faces.
One of them gripped his companion's arm tightly, his nails almost digging into the other's flesh.
"What the hell is this?!"
A rough male voice rang out in the deathly silent theater, filled with uncontrollable shock.
"A horror movie?!"
"What happened to the promised cure! You old liar, Su!"
Before the audience could recover from the shock of their parents turning into pigs, a shopkeeper wielding a whip appeared.
With a snap, the whip lashed hard across the back of one of the pigs!
"Aww!"
The piercing squeals of the pigs broke the silence of the theater and shattered everyone's psychological defenses.
At this moment, no one regarded this as an animated film anymore.
The greasy skin, the greedy eyes, the painful howls—it was so real it sent chills down my spine!
Old K bent down to pick up the pen, only to find his palms were covered in cold sweat.
He looked at his notebook, where the words "the fall of a genius" seemed incredibly ironic at that moment.
He had only one thought in his mind.
What kind of monster animation did Su Bai, that madman, make?!
On the screen, Chihiro frantically flees in terror.
The world behind her is undergoing earth-shattering changes.
As darkness fell completely, lanterns along the streets lit up one by one, emitting an eerie red glow.
On the opposite bank of the river, a huge wooden boat slowly approached the shore, and creatures of various shapes and sizes, wearing masks, stepped off the boat.
The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons has begun.
The whole world came to life, but it was no longer a world belonging to humankind.
Chihiro hid in a corner in a panic when a masked boy named Haku suddenly appeared, covered her mouth, and made her hold her breath.
The tense background music and eerie visuals made the air in the entire theater seem to freeze.
Like Chihiro, everyone instinctively held their breath, afraid of being discovered by the wandering spirits.
Just then, Haku gave Chihiro a pill and told her to eat it.
Chihiro looked down at her hands.
Then, everyone in the theater witnessed a scene they would never forget.
Chihiro's palm is slowly becoming transparent!
She can see what's behind her through her skin!
She is disappearing!
If turning parents into pigs is a visual horror, then the disappearance of the body is a fear of existence itself!
"what!"
One of the audience members finally couldn't help but let out a suppressed gasp.
An unprecedented sense of despair, as if abandoned and swallowed up by the entire world.
Like a tidal wave, it surged from the screen, instantly engulfing everyone in the theater.
At this moment, they were completely captivated.
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