As with horror films, it is inevitable to compare horizontally. Compared to the well-made “Genetic Doom” and “A Quiet Place”, “Boarding School” even scary shooting is very cheap, but horror movies can get 7.4 on high scores (7.2 for Genetic Doom, 6.3 for Quiet Place) all due to cult spoilers that his sword went tilted and playing cards made no sense.
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The story takes place in New York in the 90's. The protagonist Jacob is a 13 year old boy. At school, he was often bullied as a sissy because of his pretty appearance and walking like a girl. At home, he often got lost. His father when he was young, was scolded by his mother, luckily his kind stepfather always comforted him all the time.
Like many horror films, Jacob often dreamed of strange scenes, but every time he woke up and screamed, what greeted him was not his mother's relief, but a relentless scolding.
The troubled parent decides to send Jacob to a boarding school for a two-week education and study to get rid of the strange problem from his frequent nightmares.
This pesantren has very few students, with only 7 children. Except for Jacob's frequent nightmares, the other children also had different degrees of "disability":
Phil, who was damaged by the fire; Elwood, who was mentally abnormal; Frederick, who had "Tourie's disease" and couldn't control his vows.
Kristen, who is said to have killed her brother and mother;
And the twins Lenny and Kevin who look completely normal but are actually a couple of children out of wedlock;
It is not only the students who are strange, but also the principal of this school, and at the same time the only teacher - Dr. Sherman.
Dr. Sherman has prepared three books for students, but she never teaches anything other than the Bible in class, and she really likes corporal punishment on students.
The secluded school, the strange student, the surly teacher, all had strange breaths, and as expected, Frederick, who was full of swear words, was found hanged in the bathroom!
Frederick's death caused the school to panic for a while, dr. Sherman immediately called security, asked him to wrap his body, and asked Mrs. Sherman to take him to the hospital with evidence.
After Dr. Sherman was relieved and had the assurance that everyone would be able to call his mother the next day, Jacob, who was haunted by all kinds of restless thoughts, reluctantly falling asleep.
In the middle of the night, Jacob was awakened by the roar of footsteps. He wakes up in despair to find that Elwood is smothered in bed with a pillow.
Jacob, who will come down to tell Dr. Sherman about Elwood's death, happened to hear a dispute between Sherman and Mrs. Sherman complaining that Dr. Sherman is too gentle with these children, and Dr. Sherman blamed her for being too impatient, and ordered her to immediately put Elwood's body in the basement, and she would accept Elwood's mother, Mrs. Ramsay.
Jacob, who goes into hiding and accidentally, hears that the corpse is about to be dumped, and rushes to the basement, where he finds the bodies of Frederick and Dr. The real Sherman in the fridge. He also found a certificate that should have been turned over to the police. The objects were randomly thrown into the dungeon.
It turns out that these kids were all killed by Sherman.
After learning the truth, Jacob decided to warn the other children who were still alive. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out of the basement, he ran into Dr. Sherman received Mrs. Ramsey who had just visited. She asked to meet Him as soon as she entered the door. My son is Elwood, but he doesn't expect to see him. Instead, he heard the news of Elwood's death. Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Ramsey looked very sad.
After seeing this, Dr. Sherman said coldly:
"What you are saying now is the very opposite of what you are saying in my office."
Hearing what Dr. The unrelenting Sherman, Mrs. Ramsay doesn't keep pretending. After admitting her son's death, she suddenly felt more relaxed. Only relief and joy remained on his face, and he could no longer find it. sad expression.
Before leaving, Mrs. Ramsey couldn't help asking Dr. Sherman:
"I understand that you can deceive me with accidental death, but how can you make all seven children die accidentally?"
At this point, I'm sure everyone understands that the real killer isn't someone pretending to be Dr. Sherman.
It turned out that the man disguised as Dr. Sherman is a professional killer who is responsible for helping troubled parents solve their problems, and the problem is, obviously, their children with various "deficiencies", meaning ——
Their closest and dearest parents who really wanted to kill these children.
Just because their child is born with a disability, or even just a nightmare, they will disturb their sleep from time to time, these parents can ignore their relatives and kill them.
Sometimes human nature really is darker and more fragile than you think. If even close intimate relationships can be ignored, then what else cannot be betrayed?
Stop it, don't you dare think again ...
It can be said that until Mrs. Ramsey's visit, this film could only be considered a second-rate perverted murder film, but after Mrs. Ramsey visited and used her mouth to tell the truth, the plot changed quite quickly. of the best.
Compared to the bizarre horror that originates from the mysterious cult belief in "Genetic Doom" and the horror of survival brought by monsters hidden in the dark and threatening human lives all the time in "Silent Place", the horror of "Boarding School" originates from The Darkness in the section. The deepest part of everyone's heart springs from the hypocritical sadness that appeared on Mrs. Ramsey's face when she heard the news of her son's death.
It turns out that British writer Nick Hornby mentioned in "Suicide Club" that "Old people are a scourge" and that the group with the same name that appeared on Douban in 2008 was not on purpose to vent their anger ...
If you were used to managing everything by your parents from a young age, how can you guarantee that this community is not the "boarding school" your parents are contacting?