From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

Bad instincts are often correct.

Tommy was losing control. They were watching "Seven" in the cinema, and Tommy was pointing and shouting at the movie screen, defiantly provoking the audience who protested.

Tensions were high, and a conflict was imminent.

Keller could no longer bear it and silently left the theater.

Evan caught up and tried to comfort Keller, but unexpectedly discovered that Keller's shoulder was injured. It turned out that George blamed Keller for everything and brutally beat him, to the point where Keller also believed he deserved it.

Evan awkwardly tried to comfort Keller, finally summoning the courage to express his feelings.

"Do you really not know how beautiful you are?"

With her heart stirred, Evan and Keller couldn't help but share their first kiss.

This scene fell into Tommy's eyes, and he was utterly furious.

Tommy stared intently at Evan, his eyes as if fixed on a corpse; but unexpectedly, a big boy playfully tripped Tommy, accidentally saving Evan. Tommy vented all his anger on the big boy.

A flurry of punches and kicks left the big boy bleeding, eventually falling unconscious.

The cinema security guards forcibly dragged Tommy away, but Tommy kept staring at Evan, his eyes filled with madness.

The aftermath of the mailbox explosion was beyond imagination. The entire community was shrouded in shadow. Andrea realized that the subsequent negative impact would not easily disappear. After careful consideration, she decided to leave this town.

This made Evan particularly melancholic.

The budding, innocent love was about to be completely severed.

Fortunately, Lonnie was discharged from the hospital. At least before moving away, Evan could see his friend again.

Evan and Keller secretly found Lonnie. Lonnie confirmed that Tommy wasn't around before agreeing to go out with Evan and Keller to breathe some fresh air.

They unexpectedly discovered abnormal thick smoke rising from the abandoned junkyard. The three of them instinctively rushed over, worried about an accident.

But they found Tommy stuffing Evan's pet dog, Crockett, into a burlap sack, then pouring gasoline on the sack, next to a raging bonfire.

Evan went completely crazy, rushing forward without thinking, completely unaware that Tommy had picked up a wooden stick and raised his hand to swing it directly.

Evan instinctively dodged, but Tommy's swing hit Keller hard.

Keller fainted.

Familiar memories flooded Evan's mind. He was completely stunned. Tommy, in a fit of rage, blamed everything on Evan, not only knocking Evan down but also starting to punch and kick him, giving Evan a severe beating.

Turning around, Tommy pulled a piece of firewood from the bonfire, revealing a devilish smile.

Evan completely lost his mind, stood up, and lunged at Tommy.

But then, Tommy raised his hand and swung the firewood stick straight at him.

Everything, so immersive, the firewood stick swung towards the big screen.

Hugh.

Nicholas was completely pinned to the chair, his back pressed firmly against the seat, but he found that he had nowhere to retreat; he reflexively closed his eyes, with only a roar in his eardrums—

Compared to the cinematic experience brought by the camera movements, what is truly terrifying is the dramatic tension.

There is nothing more terrifying than seeing a twelve or thirteen-year-old child showing a ferocious and ruthless violence, which is undoubtedly a shock and provocation to the moral bottom line.

It is because of this that "Sinister" was able to cause such a wide reaction when it was released. What if the demon is not a healthy adult, but a defenseless child?

Crockett!

Evan let out a heartbreaking cry.

… …

Eyes, opening and closing, what appeared on the big screen was a university classroom, a group of young people were taking an exam, and the young man in the center of the camera was writing furiously. After drawing a period, he confidently looked up and looked around.

Obviously, he finished the paper ahead of time.

That, surprisingly, was Anson.

Finally! Almost thirty minutes into the movie, Anson finally appeared again.

Nicholas thought that there might be cheers in the theater. There were indeed quite a few enthusiastic movie fans who appeared at the Wilshire Theater tonight.

However, there wasn't.

The entire theater was completely immersed in the continuous impact of the plot. The handling of five consecutive "memory gaps" was slightly simple and crude; however, the trivial clues were hidden in the corners of the plot, ensuring that the same handling would not cause disgust, but instead be swept into the storm of dramatic tension. Everyone could notice different details, but could not piece them together in a short time, creating a lot of suspense.

At this moment, when Anson finally appeared, what the audience saw was not Anson, but Evan, as expected—

Seven years later.

Evan has grown into a college student and is majoring in psychology. The topic of his graduation thesis is contemporary society's understanding of memory.

From the dialogue, it can be learned that Evan has not had a blackout for seven years. He seems to have finally escaped the shadow of his father's possible genetic disease and started his life again, like all college students:

Study hard, party harder.

Life has finally continued to move forward.

It's just that, between the lines, you can still feel the traces left by the past. He is still trying to figure out what is going on with his brain, and he is still trying to figure out what is hidden behind those blackouts.

And, in the gaps, he occasionally awakens the memories of Keller, Lonnie, and Tommy. Those former friends are now scattered all over the world.

Even when returning to the dormitory with a beautiful girl, finally able to put a perfect end to the night of revelry, he still inadvertently loses his mind, and Keller's shadow flashes in his mind.

He once promised her that he would go back to find her.

But he didn't.

The beautiful girl dragged Evan's attention from his memory back to reality. Evan quickly took a deep breath, ready to continue enjoying the night.

But unexpectedly, the beautiful girl accidentally discovered Evan's notebook hidden under the bed. When she learned that this was Evan's childhood diary, she excitedly asked Evan to read a short passage for her to listen to.

Evan hesitated, looking at the diary, somewhat dazed.

As if possessed, he still opened the diary and randomly found a passage to read.

Memories, like a tide, surged in, and he seemed to return to that afternoon again—

Crockett was struggling, tied up in a burlap sack, and Tommy was holding a torch and grinning evilly. He tried to stop Tommy, but found that he couldn't move.

Everything was too real, just like... just like he was experiencing it again.

Immersively.