مجلة النص
Volume 12, Numéro 2, Pages 579-591
2025-12-02
The Sound Of Fear: Silence As Narrative And Symbol In Contemporary Horror Cinema
Authors : Azzouz Amina .
Abstract
Silence, often seen as the absence of sound, emerges as a powerful presence in modern horror cinema. This article examines its role as a narrative, psychological, and symbolic device in Hush (2016) and A Quiet Place (2018). Through a phenomenological reading of Hush and a semiotic analysis of both films’ posters, the study explores how silence is embodied, manipulated, and weaponized to evoke fear. The findings reveal that silence is active rather than passive: it unsettles, isolates, and amplifies dread. By analyzing cinematic language and visual rhetoric, the article shows how silence transforms into a central agent of horror.
Keywords
Horror Cinema ; Silence ; Sound ; Psychological Device ; Visual Rhetoric
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