{"product_id":"deformed-and-destructive-beings-9780786463077","title":"Deformed and Destructive Beings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface      1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. THE HORROR FILM ANALYZED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Purpose      5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Knowing      18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. DDB Profile      28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Structure      38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Essential Elements      47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Ethics      61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Meaning and Significance      72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Evaluation of a Good Horror Film      83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Evaluation of a Bad Horror Film      96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II. THE HORROR FILM IN CONTEXT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Genres      107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. History: Beginnings to the 1950s      117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. History: 1960s to the Present      131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Reputation      143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Taxonomy      151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Techniques      168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Directors      181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. Stars and DDBs      194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Other Directions      201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes      209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography      215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex      219","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038045765975,"sku":"9780786463077","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780786463077.jpg?v=1750938810","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deformed-and-destructive-beings-9780786463077","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}