This is a fascinating topic that (broadly) reminds me of two obscure films. 1) Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Dario Argento, 1971) - Photography is not used to reveal the identity of the killer. However, the killer's image is imprinted on the retina of his victim. This was a common trope in 19th century crime literature and grows out of the notion of the optogram, something like a retinal photograph. Retinal photograph's were also used to justify the inclusion of photographs as evidence in courts. More info at FN29, p. 255- 256 in Anne Friedberg's The Virtual Window (MIT, 2006) 2) Island of Blood (William T. Naud, 1982) - This is a forgettable slasher film about an on-location film crew being menaced. However, it contains a bizarre twist - the final scene reveals that the producers of _another_ movie have been filming all the deaths to use in their own exploitation film, implicitly (and clumsily), the film we have just watched. I believe that Snuff (Michael and Roberta Findlay, 1976) was re-edited by another distribution company at some point and contained a similar film-within-a-film ending. On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:39:20 +0100, Dorothee Birke <[log in to unmask]> 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. > > >------------------------------- >Dorothee Birke and Michael Butter >Junior fellows >Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) > >School of Language and Literature > >Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg > >Albertstr. 19 > >79104 Freiburg >Germany > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0901xClipClub >Windows Live Messenger + MSN Video = MSN ClipClub! >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html