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The uncanny is the psychological experience of an event or thing that is unsettling in a way that feels oddly familiar, rather than simply mysterious. This phenomenon is used to describe incidents where a familiar entity is encountered in a frightening, eerie, or taboo context.
The Uncanny is a 1977 British-Canadian anthology horror film directed by Denis Héroux, written by Michel Parry, and starring Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Donald Pilon, Samantha Eggar, and John Vernon.
Freud's general thesis: The uncanny is anything we experience in adulthood that reminds us of earlier psychic stages, of aspects of our unconscious life, or of the primitive experience of the human species.
A horror writer (Peter Cushing) tries to convince his publisher that cats are supernatural creatures by telling three stories of feline terror. The film features Donald Pleasance, Samantha Eggar, and Katrina Holden Bronson, among others, in different segments set in London, Quebec, and Hollywood.
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- Horror
- Denis Héroux
- 1978-04
The Uncanny is a collection of essays by Sigmund Freud that explores the concept of the uncanny, or the return of repressed psychic material. It also analyzes the role of literature, art, and memory in the formation of the human psyche.
Apr 17, 2019 · How does Freud account for the feeling of the uncanny when something seems to confirm a surmounted primitive belief? Learn about his examples, such as telepathy, waxworks, and Jung's bookcase noise, and his alternative theory of the return of the repressed.
Sep 18, 2019 · Learn about Freud's theory of the uncanny, based on the German words heimlich and unheimlich, and how it relates to art, literature and cinema. Explore examples of the uncanny, such as doppelgängers, ghosts, mirrors and the return of the repressed.
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