華語恐怖片從1985年由《暫時停止呼吸》(Mr. Vampire)系列造成殭屍旋風之後，逐漸產生了符號性轉折，由原先依循中國傳統的誌怪元素，到巧妙地創造出文化新真實，在在挑戰著觀眾的文化經驗。到了2000年之後，《見鬼》(The Eye)等片的表述方式已經不再是傳統中嚇人的形象（如殭屍），其中更多的是新時代的焦慮，我們可以從這樣的符號變形中抽離出一些論述革新的軌跡，以及觀看自身悄悄接受符號變體的過程。 Since Chinese-speaking horror film has provoked a fashionable current starting with"Mr. Vampire" series 1985, a semiotic turn emerged from original folklore esoteric elements of the China tradition to exquisitely invented new cultural reality. This turn challenges the cultural experience of the audiences. Beginning year 2000, horror film such as "The Eye" has turned into not as fear-provoking as traditional style like "Mr. Vampire" anymore, but more constituents of anxiety regarding the new age. From the style, we can extricate some innovation tracks of discourse, and thus to gaze the process of semiotic metamorphosis of viewers themselves.
