#horror frames

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𝐕/𝐇/𝐒/𝟐 "𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟒𝟗" (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑)

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SKINAMARINK (2022)

Director: Kyle Edward Ball Cinematography: Jamie McRae

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Color in Horror

Scream 4 (2011)

The Green Inferno (2013)

The Purge (2013)

House Of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Happy Death Day (2017)

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Let’s take a minute to appreciate both Jed and John Carpenter’s incredible cinematography in the same post. Jed, as a dog actor, has the incredible talent of NEVER acting like a dog actually does.

He’s incredibly still, incredibly quiet, incredibly focused. He rarely blinks. His posture is... OFF for a dog surrounded by people, especially this kind of dog, which I believe is meant to be an Alaskan Malamute. Malamutes are incredibly playful, friendly dogs, and Jed is practically anti-social outside of the first scene where he licks Clark’s face.

As for cinematography, Carpenter nails a feeling of unease, even before things go wrong, with quiet, subtle shots of empty rooms, doors open to hallways or other rooms.

Nothing is wrong, but something FEELS off.

VERY off.

And that’s when Jed fucking SHINES. This scene, right here is one of the scariest in the film, and it doesn’t even have any major human characters focused on yet, just... Jed. Jed opens this door, which is scary enough, and then we get a great demonstration of how WRONG he acts.

His posture is lower than a dog like this would normally be, and he also seems... Thoughtful, in a way. He looks into this room, but stops. He turns, continues down the hall, and...

Looks into this room with a silhouetted person inside. This framing makes Jed, even though to the first-time viewer they might think he’s just a frightened dog, maybe because he’s part-wolf (which Jed was, fun fact), acting nervous, it still appears like a predatory look towards whoever’s in the room.

Then he steps into the room.

The figure inside turns, and we get a fade to black. It’s ambiguous, creepy, and uses subtle camerawork and good framing to make something as simple as a dog walking down a hallway TERRIFYING.

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𝐆𝐮𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗)

𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝

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𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 (𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒)

𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲

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[some-film-guy]

Color in Horror

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Mandy (2018)

It Follows (2015)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Halloween (2007)

The Ring (2002)

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Color in Horror

Vertigo (1958)

Hellions (2015)

Freaky (2020)

Child’s Play (2019)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Resident Evil (2002)