TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ochoa,George
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Deformed and destructive beings: the purpose of horror films 
AV  - PN1995.9.H6 O25 2011eb
U1  - 791.43/6164 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers
KW  - Horror films
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Monsters in motion pictures
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10455001
ER  -