Author/editor of numerous books on film, including 1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE (Barrons/Cassell Illustrated), FEAR WITHOUT FRONTIERS: HORROR CINEMA ACROSS THE GLOBE (FAB Press), HORROR INTERNATIONAL (Wayne State UP), HORROR FILM AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: FREUD'S WORST NIGHTMARES (Cambridge UP), 100 EURO-HORROR FILMS (British Film Institute), TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA (Edinburgh UP), UNDERGROUND USA: FILMMAKING BEYOND THE HOLLYWOOD CANON (Wallflower Press), NEW HOLLYWOOD VIOLENCE (Manchester UP), DARK THOUGHTS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON CINEMATIC HORROR (Scarecrow Press), and THE HORROR FILM (TASCHEN).
PhD candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University, and in Cinema
Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Received MA degree in
Philosopy from the University of London.
