Pattern Recognition

using sound to scare at the movies

Documentary

Overview

To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's best-known thriller and horror films, Cockburn makes familiar noises frightening and leaves us wondering... What's that sound? And why won't it stop?

Production companies

Cast

Daniel Cockburn

Directing

Gene Hackman

Acting

Daniel Kaluuya

Acting

John Travolta

Acting