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English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternate fictional versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.

Eurotrash
1993

Prisoners of Gravity
1989

Eurotika!
1999

British Film Forever
2007

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006

Dracula Unearthed
2022

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025

The Trail of Dracula
2013

The Cult of Star Cops
2006

A Place Among the Dead
2020

Robsessed
2009

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010

Fear in the Dark
1991

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012

Connie
2016

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009

Scala!!!
2024

Hiding in Plain Sight
2021

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010

Shadows of Suspense
2006

The Cult of The Tripods
2006

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008

The Cult of Doomwatch
2006