Horror film inspired by Painted Skin
Movie Snake Skin Beauty (Temporarily translated: Snake Skin Beauty) was released on a number of online platforms in China in early April. This film stars Liu Di, Shang Na, Liu Yabin… the plot has some changes. change vs Painted skin (2008) starring Trieu Vy, Chau Tan, and Tran Khon, but the overall look is basically the same.
The film focuses on the love between reality and fiction, between people and lovers. Li Niem (played by Liu Di) is a famous corpse tailor in town. One night, he accidentally went into a deserted village and stitched up a headless female corpse. This helped the demon girl Tieu Mai (played by Thuong Na) revived in human form, with a giant snake inside her skin.
Snake Skin Beauty has a similar plot to Painted Skin (2008). Photo: Weibo.
Since then, serial murders occurred in the town, victims were sucked out of blood and vitality, and died. Ly Niem and his wife did not know the inside story so they kindly took Tieu Mai home, however, she took advantage of Mrs. Ly Niem's kindness to seduce Ly Niem every night. To make Ly Niem love her, she used demon magic. She used a trick to make people misunderstand that Mrs. Ly was a monster in disguise. When she discovered the truth about Tieu Mai's identity, Lady Ly accepted to sacrifice herself to protect her husband.
A cast of not-so-famous actors takes on the main line. “Tieu Mai” Thuong Na took on the main role in a movie for the first time. She was born in 1997, graduated from the Acting Department of the Beijing Film Academy, and played a supporting role in Honey Fragrance Like Smoke, Lotus Flower Tower…
Liu Dich is also a familiar supporting face in many popular films such as Hot weather, Hello Ly Hoan Anh…
Many horror images
Filming process Snake Skin Beauty completed in 2022 but took 2 years to launch to the audience. Within two hours of its release, the film topped the list of new movies on the video platform.
According to QQ , the film has a low budget, lacks creativity in the script but the narrative content is quite complete. The images are quite eye-catching, with many detailed descriptions and more horror than the works Painted skin on screen before. For example, the scene where Tieu Mai's vitality is sucked out has a scary close-up shot, and the scene where Tieu Mai turns into a multi-headed poisonous snake can make people with trypophobia (fear of holes) phobic.
“The work is quite good to watch during the Qingming Festival in China but there are many problems with content that is not suitable for children.”
Other than QQ, Sohu did not appreciate the quality of the movie: “Snake Skin Beauty terrible debut under the guise of a remake of a classic, I hope the audience will pay to watch it.” Many people believe that the work is of poor quality, inspired by a popular movie but still attracts viewers, causing independent film producers to race to release it. “They put gimmicks over quality, anyway the risks are small, the profits are high” – Sohu speak.
Some confusing scenes in Snake Skin Beauty It was shown where Ly Niem's fortune came from. The male lead's inconsistent image of sometimes being rough, sometimes being neat and rich, also makes viewers question. The film's effects were not appreciated, some criticized the giant snake as resembling a web game. The biggest highlight of the film is the female lead with a quite magical and attractive appearance.