Robotics professor Masahiro Mori named this phenomenon the “uncanny valley” in 1970: Models that look like human faces but are a bit off bring fear and disgust to many observers. This effect ...

The uncanny valley is what makes the CG animation of ... He also named The Matrix, The Truman Show, and Dark City, films featuring characters who realize they are trapped in an obscene simulacrum ...

as the live-action adaptation does bring in the Seven Dwarves to give the titular character a helping hand. It is in the dwarves that we venture into the Uncanny Valley as the CG creations are a ...