About the Author

George Ochoa is the author or coauthor of more than thirty nonfiction books. He is currently a medical writer at Applied Clinical Education in New York.

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Preface 1


PART I. THE HORROR FILM ANALYZED

1. Purpose 5

2. Knowing 18

3. DDB Profile 28

4. Structure 38

5. Essential Elements 47

6. Ethics 61

7. Meaning and Significance 72

8. Evaluation of a Good Horror Film 83

9. Evaluation of a Bad Horror Film 96


PART II. THE HORROR FILM IN CONTEXT

10. Genres 107

11. History: Beginnings to the 1950s 117

12. History: 1960s to the Present 131

13. Reputation 143

14. Taxonomy 151

15. Techniques 168

16. Directors 181

17. Stars and DDBs 194

18. Other Directions 201


Notes 209

Bibliography 215

Index 219