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Old 12-04-2012, 12:38 PM
viv viv is offline
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The Voice in Horror (and the horror in Voice)

Hi all.

As discussed in the Theory Thread I am starting a thread on the voice in horror films.

I am very interested in hearing of any particular scenes that you recall a voice/breathing/laughter or scream being particularly unsettling/terrifying/horrifying/weird.

I ask because the voice in horror is an area I am currently researching but I don't want any

I am interested in how presence and corporeality/physicality relate to voice in horror films.

So particular tropes such as:

1 - spectral voices, godly ubiquity (acousmatic - see Chion) e.g. Candyman, Wizard of Oz,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOcPVmS2-_4
The Woman In Black (1989)
Candyman (1992)
Testament of Dr Mabuse (1932)

2 - dislocated/relocated voices (possession, ventriloquism) e.g Regan in The Exorcist, Magic, Dead of Night,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suo3m...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imktf...layer_embedded
Exorcist (1973)
Magic (1978)
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead Silence (2007)

3 - Voice vanishings/mutations that signify a change, especially instances that amplify the guttural bodily voice - e.g the dopplegangers in HHoH ep 12 The Two Faces of Evil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdKxy...layer_embedded

4 - Split Subject Voice - voices from the unconscious, schizophrenic voices, split personalities etc etc
Psycho (1960)
Sisters (1973)

My first goal is to build up examples of these, so really I'd just be happy to get a few recommendations of scary voices/uncanny voices in film scenes.

I realise that there is a history of scary screams and laughs that is already well addressed. The Wilhelm scream, and Vincent Prices laugh

Thanks - really looking forward to watching your recommendations!

Last edited by viv; 12-09-2012 at 03:15 AM. Reason: updates
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