Deformed and destructive beings the purpose of horror films /
"This critical text proposes that the horror film's primary purpose is to present monsters. These monsters satisfy the audience's desire to know the extremities of being, in particular those beings too fantastic and dangerous to know in real life. The text illuminates many aspects of the horror film...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers,
2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table des matières:
- Preface
- The horror film analyzed. Purpose
- Knowing
- DDB profile
- Structure
- Essential elements
- Ethics
- Meaning and significance
- Evaluation of a good horror film
- Evaluation of a bad horror film
- The horror film in context. Genres
- History : beginnings to the 1950s
- History : 1960s to the present
- Reputation
- Taxonomy
- Techniques
- Directors
- Stars and DDBs
- Other directions.