Deformed and Destructive Beings

The Purpose of Horror Films

By: George Ochoa

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Paperback | 6 April 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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"a lively and interesting read...contains many rare film stills. Monster movie addicts will love it"-starburstmagazine.com "when it comes to horror films, Ochoa knows his stuff"-Scarlet.

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