Deformed and destructive beings
Subtitle: the purpose of horror films
By: George Ochoa
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780786463077
Subjects: Monsters in motion pictures; History and criticism; Horror films
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: The horror film analyzed. Purpose; title: Knowing; title: DDB profile; title: Structure; title: Essential elements; title: Ethics; title: Meaning and significance; title: Evaluation of a good horror film; title: Evaluation of a bad horror film; title: The horror film in context. Genres; title: History : beginnings to the 1950s; title: History : 1960s to the present; title: Reputation; title: Taxonomy; title: Techniques; title: Directors; title: Stars and DDBs; title: Other directions.