“Experiencing Trauma”: Aesthetical, Sensational and Narratological Issues of Traumatic Representations in Slasher Horror Cinema

In the field of horror film studies, question trauma is generally related to spectator’s experience. The images occurs in context socio-cultural actualization. degree violence involved images, either graphic or symbolic, implies an experience that marks viewer. Trauma, this way, acts as a sensitive perception, image being event. We start from theoretical point but decide take our object study only films where horrific based on figurative representation trauma. Therefore, we want detach ourselves symbolic reading image, leaving aside psychological implications image’s effect. adopt phenomenological and enactive order include spectatorial sensations narrative aesthetic analysis representations issues Thus, corpus, does not intervene cognitive formation spectator built into filmic corpse according visual continuity specific films. designate two types traumatic events occur corpus films: Halloween II; Friday 13th: A New Beginning. try understand emergence feeling within demonstrate experienced by viewer arises aims films, mirroring symptoms wounds characters.