The film "Nosferatu" in 1922 is a black and white silent movie that uses music to create the scary atmosphere. Set in the 1800s, the movie utilizes a wide camera angle to get a feel of the environment. In 1980, "The Shining", differs in the fact that it is in color and uses not only music but its acting to create suspense. This movie follows Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic, who takes a job at a hotel where he becomes insane due to supernatural forces and attempts to murder his son and wife who are trapped inside due to a snowstorm. It also uses a wide angle to create the tone, but follows each character as if we are behind them watching. In 2013, "The Conjuring" was released, which follows a family who moves into a haunted/cursed house in 1971. It uses music, sound effects, and precise acting to create the creepy/eerie feeling that dwells within the watching area while playing combined with wide 3rd person camera angles.
Personally, I feel that "The Shining" created the most effective creepiness because of he way they approached the viewer. They instill a sense of fear by showing a bystander in the movie dying to the main antagonist, combined with the suspenseful music and a sense of danger to the innocent child/mother it creates a perfect feeling. Although the technology at the time is inferior compared to those used in "The Conjuring", I feel that it did a better job at portraying the eeire feeling
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