Director-cinematographer Mario Bava often used the image of children smiling outside dirty windows to invoke a feeling of dread. Therein lies the key element of horror: dread.ĭread as a visual device can take many forms. But it’s the irrational that lies at the heart of true horror, the deviation from what we know and accept as real and controllable. It’s a genre that relies on the filmmaker forming a connection with the viewer in a way that exposes the deepest parts of both their fears. More than any other form of filmmaking, a horror movie requires the cinematographer to tap into primal emotions - the kind we normally suppress as being irrational. Three cinematographers dissect the chilling imagery they created for this trio of unsettling feature projects.
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