Since human civilization, the culture of terror has appeared, but the culture will eventually vary from region to region. The ghost culture of the east and the west is completely opposite. Western ghosts are mostly disgusting, vicious and tangible, that's all. Zombies, mummies, vampires, etc It looks annoying, but seeing them can prepare you mentally. In Hollywood movies, there are often only two forms of ghost images, one is a rotting zombie and the other is an alien creature. Even if a ghost knocks at the door in the middle of the night, it's just a surprise for you to get out of bed to meet it: but ghosts in the East are completely different. It is invisible and erratic. No one knows where it will appear and when it will come behind you. Ghosts in the background of oriental culture are generally the virtual shadows of the dead, which have not changed much compared with their appearance before their death. There are few pictures of bloody and disgusting mucus in Hollywood movies.

Western ghost culture is visual and pays attention to visual impact; The East (especially China, Japan, Thailand and other countries) is idealistic and pays attention to spiritual association. Different horror cultures bring us a surprise and let us see another interesting horror face besides the domineering of Hollywood movies.

Therefore, western horror films often show off stunts and stimulate the eyes of the audience through various bloody and violent scenes. For example, most of the horror films in Hollywood use monster images synthesized by high-tech computers, which only bring people a sense of visual terror. The most obvious examples are, of course, the classic Dead Men Everywhere, Saw and The Shining.

In contrast, China's horror films are much more restrained. The horror in the east is mostly based on the atmosphere of terror, so that the audience can scare themselves. Stimulation often comes from vision, more than vision. Under those seemingly calm narratives, there is a dark undercurrent, and the sense of terror seeps out bit by bit, filling the whole theater. Terror is rooted in the audience's mind and lingers for a long time.