Mechaniczne efekty specjalne a groza deformacji
Mechanical Special Effects And The Fear Of Deformation

Summary/Abstract: In 1980s the continuous improvement of the cinema’s technical possibilities corresponded to new trends in horror and attempts at redefinition of the phenomenon of film reception using cognitive science. Authors of the body horror genre have proposed a unique mechanism for exploring the world presented. The narrative of the bodily horror film required a detective like engagement from the viewer in investigating the cause of events, and at the same time consistently bringing the viewer closer to spectacular images of the destruction of the body. Balancing between the hidden and the exposed, the horror of physical sensations has turned out to be a carrier of hybrid histories in which counterpoint to drastic literalism has been made of a nuanced study of monstrosity. The horror spectacles directed by John Carpenter and David Cronenberg, destroying basic categorical schemes, besides the fear accompanying the understatement, awakened the physiological aversion resulting from the disclosure of bodily abomination. Thanks to mechanical special effects, the cinema projection machine, which is an apparatus of psychic interaction, has also begun to act as a stimulator of physical sensations.

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