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For me, a scary movie doesn't necessary mean an excessive display of monsters and blood, but more likely, a very well-crafted display of fear. The element that is most important in a horror film is not the cause of the fright, but the fright itself, as a natural human weakness. Special effects are not the key to creating a scary film scene. Examples can be given from the "Psycho" (Sir Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) scene with the famous shower murder, to the "Nightmare on Elm Street" (Wes Craven, 1984) scene where Glen Lantz is sucked into a bed and turned into a blood fountain. Filmmakers, ever ...

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