Paranormal activity (USA, 2009) and the assemblage of time and space categories to produce a horror narrative

Authors

  • José Luís de Oliveira e Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí/ IFPI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2010n18.8074

Keywords:

horror, space, time

Abstract

The present paper reflects upon how time and space categories, unique to the subjects’ historical experience, are coated with menacing features in Paranormal Activity. Therefore, its proposition consists in considering how such categories act together to create, among the film’s characters, a psychological horror that is also felt by its viewers.

Keywords: horror, space, time.

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Author Biography

  • José Luís de Oliveira e Silva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí/ IFPI

    Licenciado em História pela Universidade Estadual do Piauí; Especialista e Mestre em História do Brasil pela Universidade Federal do Piauí; Doutorando em História pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. Professor do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí/ IFPI.

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Published

05-06-2018

Issue

No. 18 (2010): Dossiê História e Cinema

Section

Dossiês

How to Cite

SILVA, José Luís de Oliveira e. Paranormal activity (USA, 2009) and the assemblage of time and space categories to produce a horror narrative. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 18, p. 87–102, 2018. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2010n18.8074. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/8074. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.