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Horror: From the Dark and Weird to the Grim and
Unknown
By Benjamin T. Cecchetto
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Overview● Overview
● Overview– Overview
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●Etymology / Ideology / History●In Literature●In Film●In the Arts●In Games●In Real Life
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Friday the 13th● Combined two superstitions:
– Friday is an unlucky day– Thirteen is an unlucky number
● Gioachino Antonio Rossini knew this and died Friday 13th, 1868
● [Rossini] was surrounded to the last by admiring and affectionate friends; and if it be true that, like so many other Italians, he regarded Friday as an unlucky day, and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday, the 13th of November, he died.
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Horror● Horror serves not to scare into
screaming, it serves to petrify into doing nothing at all
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Etymology● From Latin 'horrere'
– To stand on end– Refers to standing hairs of goosebumps
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History – Ann Radcliffe● Gothic author, distinctly
identified terror in contrast to horror
● Terror: expands the soul and awakens the faculties to a high degree of life
● Horror: freezes and nearly annihilates them with its unambiguous displays of atrocity
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History – Prior to Gothic Era● By the definitions, has always
been around... It's just an emotion.– Greek Mythology– Bible Old Testament– Beowulf– ...
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Ideology● Builds from
– Fear (nothing more fearful than the unknown)– Revulsion– Terror
● “It is the feeling one gets after coming to an awful realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence.”
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Ideology● Builds from
– Fear (nothing more fearful than the unknown)– Revulsion– Terror
● “It is the feeling one gets after coming to an awful realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence.”
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Ben's Take– It's also of an atmospheric device in an artistic
medium to convey the aforementioned feeling of horror
– Very much like Macabre (ghastly atmosphere)– Migrated to a genre that lost a lot of original
intent. Must have 'n' of the following:– Must have blood– Must have shock scenes– Must have gore– Must have monster– Must have rape– ...
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Ben's Take– It's also of an atmospheric device in an artistic
medium to convey the aforementioned feeling of horror
– Very much like Macabre (ghastly atmosphere)– Migrated to a genre that lost a lot of original
intent. Must have 'n' of the following:– Must have blood– Must have shock scenes– Must have gore– Must have monster– Must have rape– ...
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In Story Format● Evolved from an analysis to a tale● Purpose was meant not only to scare, but
to horrify.● Usually built on supernatural elements
(unknown is the most fearful)
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In Literature – Edgar Allan Poe
● Could say father of modern horror genre– Built off Gothic works– The Raven is most
famous tale● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p99rf63jCE
– Also considered inventor of detective fiction and contributed to sci-fi
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In Literature – H.P. Lovecraft● Invented 'cosmic' and 'weird'
horror, and Cthulhu-mythos– Life is incomprehensible to
human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien
● Works were said to be reproductions of his nightmares
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In Literature/Film – Stephen King
● Most popular writer of modern horror
● Books usually made into movies
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In Film – Early Works● If wanna watch, be in right
mindset– Frankenstein (1910)– Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1906, 1909, 1910, 1911)– Nosferatu (1922)– The Monster (1925)– The Phantom of the Opera
(1925)
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In Film – More Modern● Dracula (1931)● Cat People (1942)● Anything oldish with
Christopher Lee● Anything by Alfred
Hitchcock
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In Film – Scifi Horror● Alien Saga● The Thing● Event Horizon● The Shining (sort of scifi)● The Fly● ... oodles more
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In Film: Special Mention M. Night Shyamalan
● Movies great in theory, bad in practice– Tries to use unknown to
infer fear – When you find out the
unknown aspect, 'twists' are often ridiculous and nonsensical
– Solution: Don't reveal the twists.
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In Art● Gothic Art● H.R. Giger
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In Games● System Shock 2● F.E.A.R.● Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth● The Clocktower● Silent Hill● Resident Evil
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Reality– Affects us in real life
● Spanish Inquisition● Salem witch trials● The horror of wars● Unfathomable destruction (nuclear power)
– Should you get desensitized to it to overcome it and act rationally in horrific situations?
– Should you just be overwhelmed and lose your sanity?
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Conclusion● If you've experienced enough horror
(at least in the artistic medium) you get used to it (at least in the artistic medium)– Does help keep your cool a bit in the face
of something unknown● Always listen to Deckard Cain
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Conclusion● If you've experienced enough horror
(at least in the artistic medium) you get used to it (at least in the artistic medium)– Does help keep your cool a bit in the face
of something unknown● Always listen to Deckard Cain
Let us make haste and go for a drink!