Unrecognizable familiarity is truly uncanny in Paul Berry’s “The Sandman” supported by the work of Sigmund Freud. Instead of focusing purely on aesthetic, Freud analyzes themes present in literature that make the reader anxious. Freud concludes that the uncanny is not only frightening, but familiar changed into the unfamiliar which is evident in Paul Berry's "The Sandman." Freud explains that an “uncanny effect is produced by effacing the distinction between imagination and reality.” The short film's protagonist attempts to rationalize the happenings in the house, but is unable to do so. The fear of the child of visible as it falls victim to his monster which capitalizes on the old fears of the boy experienced in a more traumatic manner. The
