Sound in horror films is especially important as it increases the amount of emotion conveyed to the audience members. This is very effective as it has a greater effect on the audience and makes them even more scared. The sound combined with the film enhances the experience, especially with a jump scare as sometimes the noise alone makes the audience jump. The sound is incredibly important when something terrifying is about to happen, it increases the tension and hints to the audience something bad is about to happen.
When films don't have non-diegetic sound included, the effect is not as good, some scenes may not even look scary anymore. Especially before something bad is about to happen, the audience will not have any hints something dreadful is about to transpire. This will reduce the tension to nothing and may not even scare people when it does eventually happen. When people hear the sounds before the event, many people look away to reduce the effect the film has on them. If there is no tension build up from sound they don't get a pre warning, this does add am element of surprise but without the sound added to the event the outcome isn't the same.
Without music in horror films, the complete experience is not fulfilled to its full potential. The mood, therefore, is not being set by the director. Without the mood being set, the emotion is not transferred to the audience. The emotions trying to be conveyed are anxiety, terror and fear, these prove very effective in transferring the mood to the audience. The whole purpose of the horror film is to create fear, without the music, the purpose is not fulfilled.
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