using sound to scare at the movies
To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's best-known thriller and horror films, Cockburn makes familiar noises frightening and leaves us wondering... What's that sound? And why won't it stop?
Daniel Cockburn
Director
Daniel Cockburn
Self (voice)
Gene Hackman
Self (archive footage)
Daniel Kaluuya
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta
Self (archive footage)
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180° South72%
A Plastic Ocean75%
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Report61%
The Cheshire Murders65%
McQueen74%
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Directed by John Ford70%
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