A video essay on the various ways horror films use the camera to scare you. Directors enjoy playing with your anxiety and blurring the lines between objective and subjective angles to make you fear just about everything.

These effective techniques can be found everywhere, from "Halloween" to "Scream", from "Friday the 13th" to "I Know What You Did Last Summer", from "The Shining" to "Scary Movie". They're specially prevalent in the works of Italian founding fathers of terror Dario Argento and Mario Bava.

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