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"Sublime terror rests in the unseen- the ultimate horror. Things seen, fully described, explained, and laid to rest in the last reel or paragraph are mere horrors, the weakest of which are the merest revulsions over bloodshed and dismemberment..."(Rockett, 'Perspective' in Journal of Popular Film and Television volume 10 no 3, Fall, 1982, p132 [cited in 'The Cinema Book' Ed. Pam Cook, BFI, 1985] p102) Consider how the audience is terrorised by the film 'Jaws' making detailed reference to mise-en-scene, editing and sound. The film 'Jaws' exemplifies the statement 'Sublime terror rests in the unseen- the ultimate horror'. Some people would say that dismemberment and gore is needed to terrorise an audience, but this only shocks and disgusts viewers. A horror film should therefore make the audience imagine the terror in order to maximise the fear factor. Many horror films nowadays use similar techniques to those used by Spielberg in the film 'Jaws'....
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