Deformed and destructive beings the purpose of horror films /

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...

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Main Author: Ochoa, George
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2011.
Subjects:
Horror films > History and criticism.
Monsters in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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300 |a vii, 227 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a "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 genre, including epistemology, ethics, evaluation, history, monster taxonomy, and techniques"--Provided by publisher. 
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