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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

British Film Forever
2007

Eurotika!
1999

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021

Dracula Unearthed
2022

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025

Fear in the Dark
1991

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

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

A Place Among the Dead
2020

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

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

Shadows of Suspense
2006

The Cult of Star Cops
2006

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
2012

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009

The Trail of Dracula
2013

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010

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

Connie
2016

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008

Robsessed
2009

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010

The Cult of The Tripods
2006

Scala!!!
2024

The Cult of Doomwatch
2006

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012