Deformed and Destructive Beings

The Purpose of Horror Films

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Why are audiences drawn to horror films? Previous answers to that question have included everything from a need to experience fear to a hunger for psychotherapy. This critical text proposes that the horror film's primary purpose is to present monsters, best understood as deformed and destructive beings. These monsters satisfy the audience's desire to know these beings, 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 filmmaking techniques.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-04-06
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor235
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786463077

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Table of ContentsPreface PART I. THE HORROR FILM ANALYZED1. Purpose 2. Knowing 3. DDB Profile 4. Structure 5. Essential Elements 6. Ethics 7. Meaning and Significance 8. Evaluation of a Good Horror Film 9. Evaluation of a Bad Horror Film PART II. THE HORROR FILM IN CONTEXT10. Genres 11. History: Beginnings to the 1950s 12. History: 1960s to the Present 13. Reputation 14. Taxonomy 15. Techniques 16. Directors 17. Stars and DDBs 18. Other Directions Notes Bibliography Index