Horror lighting 101: the scariest light is the one you can barely see by
Contrast is fear. The eye fills the dark with worse than you can render. • Underexpose on purpose: `heavy shadows, low key lighting, dim`. • One motivated source — a flashlight, a flickering bulb — and let the rest fall to black. • `eerie atmosphere, fog, volumetric light` sells dread better than gore. • Keep the subject 60% in shadow. Reveal nothing you don't have to. 🩸
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