Freud
Three stages of the unconscious mind
id: raging emotions, drives, and feelings – buried below the surface of the conscious mind. We are largely unaware of id impulses which surface in the form of dreams and nightmares.
ego: our personality, which is molded by environment, and upbringing.
superego: our conscience, our sense of guilt and knowledge of right and wrong developed by parents and society.
Horror stories have a strong cathartic effect
Sacred witness
Explains the connection between fear and the amygdala
amygdala- an almond shaped mass in the temporal lobe, often activated when frightened
Stephen King On Fear
Sin eater
"Fear makes us blind"
Moral Allegory
Brake a rule, get punished, usually a good and evil aspect involved.
Psychological Thriller
Deals with deviant or abnormal psychology
The Fantastic
This source of horror often comes from not knowing
Cartoon
Setting
Haunted house
Plot types
Young couple moves into a haunted house
that seemed to goo to be true.
Characters
Shifty Real-estate agent, young couple, ghost.
The Fantastic
1975
8.0 rating on IMBD
Directed by Stephen Spielberg
Stared: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss
Elements Of Film
Camera Angles/ shot types
Lighting
Visual effects
Sound effects/ sound tracks
Psychological Thriller
Edgar Allan Poe(1843)
Retell
The vulture eye