When I talk about sound in horror films in my film classes, I often use
the opening scene of Brian DePalma's _Blow Out_. Though Blow Out is not
a horror film per se, John Travolta plays a sound editor working on a
B-grade horror film. However, in the opening scene, we appear to be
watching a slasher film with all of the usually sound elements of the
genre--heavy breathing, ominous music, etc--and we're only taken out of
it by the girl in the shower's pathetic scream at the end of the scene.
Dr. Andrew J. Kunka
Assistant Professor of English
Division of Arts and Letters
University of South Carolina Sumter
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Hallo you horror-film fans, does anyone by chance have any hot tips
regarding the special relation between horror movies and their
soundtracks or especially regarding the role of voices in horror? I've
been asked to do a talk on sound/voice in horror films and am trying
to
establish which films might be particularly good examples thereof.
Thanks for any suggestions,
A. Lagaay
Institut für Philosophie
Freie Universität Berlin
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