Re: Photography in horror films
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:28:19 -0500
I don't know that you'd quite call it horror, but One Hour Photo
centralizes photography and makes several references to photographers.
-chad
On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Dorothee Birke wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> This is a question for horror film buffs: we are
> currently trying to compile a corpus of horror films in which
> photography is used in order to show things that are invisible to the
> naked eye. Examples would be The Omen, in which smudges on photographs
> foreshadow the deaths of the people in the picture, or Shutter, in
> which photos reveal the presence of a ghost.
>
> Can anybody think of horror films featuring photographs or
> photographers? We would greatly appreciate your help!
>
> With many thanks in advance and best wishes
>
> Dorothee and Michael
>
> PS: Other films that already came to mind were Ring, The Shining and
> The Asphyx.
>
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