Author

Publication

2011 - McFarland, Jefferson, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

56,750 words, Guess

Page Count

227 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100786463074
  • ISBN-139780786463077
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010052836
  • OCLC Control Number693750989
  • Better World Books9780786463077
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/6164
  • LCCPN1995.9.H6 O25 2011
  • LCCPN1995.9.H6O25 2011

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"--

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