Uncanny in the Horror Film: A Reconstructive Study of the Digital Puppet, Ondel Ondel

Abstract

Uncanny's theory is one of the theories that is often used to produce a sensation of attraction in an individual's emotional state, often used in horror film formulas. The definition of uncanny itself in horror films can be interpreted as supernatural, unreal events, irrational, or something beyond human reason. This will produce feelings of unnatural, terror, even frightening. One of the objects that experience uncanny is puppets, in horror films puppets are often also used as antagonist roles to scare the audience. Ondel-ondel is also a giant puppet made by the Betawi people. This research method is qualitative with learning to uncanny theory through observation of horror films using puppets. The data collected will be used as a reference and reconstructed using digital 3D Ondel-ondel. The purpose of this study is to find out what factors affect the uncanny feeling in horror films, which will produce these factors as a formula that can be recommended to reconstruct horror film scenes.

Keywords: Horror, Puppet, Reconstructive, Uncanny

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/99-04

Publication date: February 28^th 2022