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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

Dracula Unearthed
2022

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021

Scala!!!
2024

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021

Robsessed
2009

A Place Among the Dead
2020

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Shadows of Suspense
2006

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

The Cult of Doomwatch
2006

Fear in the Dark
1991

The Cult of Star Cops
2006

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

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

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010

The Trail of Dracula
2013

The Dalek Tapes
2006

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016

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

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

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

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39
2010

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014

The Greatest Ever 3D Moments
2009

The Kneale Tapes
2003