Journal entry week #2 Keanna Conce

I can imagine if I attended to one of Gaspard Robertson’s “Fantasmagorie” shows in 1797 would have been an exciting experience, particularly in the absence of modern electricity. The interplay of shadows and the frightening nature of the figures would likely have been simultaneously entertaining and somewhat unsettling. Today, a similar form of entertainment elicit the same type of emotions might be found in a horror movie, where viewers are called upon to willingly suspend their disbelief. Despite being aware of the fiction, the experience remains unsettling to some extent with the macabre which definitely fits within the supernatural horror.