TMC
10-09-2013, 03:46 PM
http://whatculture.com/tv/5-most-disturbing-unknowns-in-television.php
We’ve all been there. Watching some soap opera, a kids’ show, HBO powerhouse when all of a sudden something doesn’t seem right. None of your beloved characters has flat out said it. You haven’t seen any blood. The culprits are technically innocent until proven guilty. But nonetheless, there is still an uncomfortable creep up your spine as if something is just…not okay.
There have been a number of articles and opinion posts about disturbing television scenes, endings, and characters (hello, Trinity…) But what about those scenes when something feels wrong, disturbing, or dangerous, but it’s not essentially in front of your eyes? The genuine scare factor of horror films like The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Paranormal Activity (2007 – the first film only, of course) is the camera fall, the cut to black, the unknown. Our imaginations are sometimes scarier, creepier, and more disturbed than what is on the screen in front of us. The implications of the following five television episodes have left audiences reeling for years after their debuts.
By the way, there are SPOILERS here.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/5-most-disturbing-unknowns-in-television.php#6cApVuOEyZYPb2fw.99
We’ve all been there. Watching some soap opera, a kids’ show, HBO powerhouse when all of a sudden something doesn’t seem right. None of your beloved characters has flat out said it. You haven’t seen any blood. The culprits are technically innocent until proven guilty. But nonetheless, there is still an uncomfortable creep up your spine as if something is just…not okay.
There have been a number of articles and opinion posts about disturbing television scenes, endings, and characters (hello, Trinity…) But what about those scenes when something feels wrong, disturbing, or dangerous, but it’s not essentially in front of your eyes? The genuine scare factor of horror films like The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Paranormal Activity (2007 – the first film only, of course) is the camera fall, the cut to black, the unknown. Our imaginations are sometimes scarier, creepier, and more disturbed than what is on the screen in front of us. The implications of the following five television episodes have left audiences reeling for years after their debuts.
By the way, there are SPOILERS here.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/5-most-disturbing-unknowns-in-television.php#6cApVuOEyZYPb2fw.99