Alfred Hitchcock s The Dubbed Master Of Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock – the dubbed ‘Master of Suspense’ – created a theory which revolved around the idea of shock vs. suspense; this theory was called ‘bomb theory’. Within this theory, Hitchcock identifies how if you place a bomb underneath a table – and tell the audience of the bomb’s presence – the audience will be waiting in anticipation for the moment the bomb goes off. The spectator is suspended in a state of anticipation and fear; hence, suspense. Following this theory, Under the Shadow creates Hitchcock’s proverbial ‘bomb under the table’ with a literal warhead crashing through the roof of our protagonist’s home very early into the film. From this point onwards, our sense of control within the film is lost – though the undetonated bomb leaves the film without exploding, a metaphorical bomb remains which we know has go off at some point. This metaphorical bomb being an era-appropriate, a uthentic horror with a supernatural being we do not truly understand. Overall, Under the Shadow is a film which utilizes horror of both the personal and the natural which causes it to have striking aesthetic resemblance to Jenifer Kent’s The Babadook and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. These three films deal with the fear of insanity through the use of the ‘other’; the monsters which plague their minds. However, is there actually a monster or just madness? Editing: Firstly, Babak Anvari – the director of Under the Shadow – is very stylistic in his editing techniques. Similar to Spielberg,Show MoreRelatedPresentational Devices and Visual Images in Hitchcocks Psycho2422 Words   |  10 PagesPresentational Devices and Visual Images in Hitchcocks Psycho Hitchcock stunned the world in 1960 with the horror film that pushed back the boundaries of acceptability. He wanted a reaction, and he got one. Audiences fainted, walked out and boycotted screenings but they wouldnt forget the horror that was Psycho. We have been studying the acclaimed thriller Psycho produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In this essay I will be analysing the two murder scenes and