In July, Netflix added “Hex” (“The Spell”), a new Taiwanese horror movie that has already become one of the service’s most popular titles.
This is partly attributed to director Kevin Coe, who has already admitted that his grim story may have drawn influence from actual events.
What is the movie “Hex”?
“The Spell” The movie premiered on March 18, 2022, and on July 7, 2022, it became available on streaming services. It seems to have even topped the horror movie “The Black Phone,” which was hailed as the best horror movie of the year.
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The plot revolves around Lee Ronana, a woman who, as she tells in the movie trailer, broke an important religious taboo six years ago, cursing her and her old companions who later perished after she met some kind of malevolent creature face to face. .
Is “Hex” a true story?
Lee, who was pregnant at the time of the tragic accident, must now try to survive and break the curse with her young daughter, who will be complicit in her mother’s grave wrongs.
The film in a parody style, innovatively blends photography from films such as “The Blair Witch Project” s “Supernatural activity”.
Directed by Kevin Koo, “Hex” revealed that it was based in part on an actual Taiwanese event involving a family of cult followers. However, a true origin story that inspired the film has yet to be proven.
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What Koe noticed is that in order to build his narrative, he compiled aspects of online popular culture, such as “damned” email threads, Twitter and Reddit threads, and various frustrating videos from YouTubers.
Is “Hex” based on real events?
Kevin added that he wanted to tell a story that made the audience feel connected to the characters and the human being as well as fear.
He said in the preface to the tape: “I know how to shock the audience with a touching horror sequence, but a decent horror movie is not enough with such tricks.”