Public security departments, cultural departments, science and technology associations and other departments in some provinces and cities attach great importance to the science and education film "The Witch's Deception", and specially issue documents for it to organize the masses to watch as key films. Some areas have also set up special leading groups for this purpose. As some examples in the film were taken from some areas where feudal superstition activities were rampant in Sichuan, the film received a great response after it was released in Sichuan, and leaders at all levels carefully organized the masses to watch it and held a forum. Before the screening, Yibin county showed the audience the drugs used by witches to deceive people, and made a live performance to thoroughly understand their deception. For example, at the symposium in Yibin County, an ancestral wizard said, "We have been wizards for generations for money, and we know that the tricks we play are fake, just like what is revealed in the movie. From now on, we will never do such unnatural things again. " Many people who have been cheated have also complained and exposed, and received very ideal results.
In Shandong Province, only in the three counties of Sishui, Jiaxiang and Weishan, more than 50 shows were shown/kloc-0 in 20 days, with an audience of135,000. Some farmers said, "I didn't know the trick played by the wizard and Han until I saw the film, and I won't be fooled again." A witch in surabaya county was too scared to get up for two days. After watching it, a god Han said to people, "Everything in the movie is true. Don't believe in superstitious activities in the future, I will wash my hands of it. " The police officer said, "The screening of this film has played a positive role in spreading scientific knowledge, breaking superstition, overcoming ignorance, strengthening spiritual civilization construction and comprehensively managing social order."
Wenling County, Zhejiang Province regards opposing feudal superstition as an important content of party consolidation in rural areas. The film "The Witch's Deception" was taken as the study material, and their experience was affirmed by the Central Party Consolidation Steering Committee. The General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC demanded that "all rural areas should pay attention to solving this problem in the process of party consolidation, quickly stop the unhealthy trend of the revival and spread of feudalism, and strengthen the construction of socialist spiritual civilization in rural areas."
Jia Yong, an audience member from Jiangsu, wrote to China Youth Daily that the science and education film The Wizard's Clip is a rare film, and suggested that the copy circulation of this film be greatly increased, especially in rural areas or mountainous areas. The comrade who signed Shaanxi Qiongguan wrote to Popular Film and said: "The 30-minute science and education film The Witch's Deception has made a good article to break superstition, which is vivid, documentary and convincing. Why is such a good film not promoted? How many more performances? "
By the end of 1986, "The Witch's Deception" had been published 1264 copies, and CCTV often showed this film during the Spring Festival and New Year's Day in those years. It is still shown in various places.
1986 65438+ 10, when Beijing Science and Education Film Studio selected excellent films from the factory of 1985, The Witch's Deception won the most votes, was rated as an excellent film, and was recommended to participate in the National Excellent Film Award. Later, he won the "1985 Government Award for Excellent Science and Education Films". Beike Film Factory's evaluation of the film is: "The good use of the film image and scientific knowledge has effectively exposed the deception of wizards and the harm of feudal superstitious activities, which is convincing and deeply educated by the masses. After the screening, the response was strong and the social benefits were remarkable. To this end, the People's Day Class published a mass comment entitled "A Good Movie Exposing Witches' Deception" on August 4th 1986. On July 28th, 1987, China Legal News commented that "The witch's deception is really a good science and education film".