Audrey Rose - Pre-order now

 

I was delighted to record an audio commentary for this lovely new release from Arrow. Release date: 7th November 2022. Pre-order HERE

Dawn of the Dead (Devil's Advocates) (Auteur/ Liverpool University Press)

Here is a short piece I wrote on the Liverpool University Press blog to mark the publication of my book on Dawn of the Dead.

Edge of Sanity

Very pleased to have written a booklet essay for this new release from Arrow!

 

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

"Be Warned... It's Alive!" I am delighted to have contributed a booklet essay for this Arrow release. Out 28 March 2022.

 

Enter the Void

I am very pleased to contribute a booklet essay for the Arrow limited edition of Gaspar Noe's phantasmagoric ENTER THE VOID. Released on 30th May 2022.

 

At The Rondos - I have been nominated for "Best Magazine Article"!

I am delighted that I have been nominated for another Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award (My sixth nomination!) This one is for my article "More Than a Normal Person Can Endure" - about the makings and restorations of DOCTOR X and MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM, published in THE DARK SIDE #222.

You can vote here.

 

My new book on Dawn of the Dead (1978) is released this spring

 

I am delighted to announce that my new book on Dawn of the Dead (1978) is released this spring. Here are the full details.

"Towlson elegantly weaves together critical analysis, production background, and film history to provide the definitive volume on Romero's Dawn of the Dead." - Kendall R. Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University and author of Dark Directions: Romero. Carpenter, Craven, and the Modern Horror Film.

Shivers in Scream Magazine - Issue #71

 In the latest Scream (Issue #71), I take a look at David Cronenberg's SHIVERS.

THE IMAGINATION OF DISASTER 2.0: REVISITING SUSAN SONTAG IN THE AGE OF THE PANDEMIC HORROR NARRATIVE

 

Considering Susan Sontag's "The Imagination of Disaster", and modern apocalyptic narratives, are sci-fi and horror narratives still "inadequate responses" to our world?

In an essay written especially for Popmatters I ask this question.

SCREAM issue # 70 - I look at George A. Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD

 

In issue 70 of SCREAM I take a look at George A. Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD. In shops December.

My Book 'The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1031-1936' included among Best Horror Films Books of All Time.

 

Fear 2000

 Looking forward to giving a talk on Susan Sontag's The Imagination of Disaster at this year's FEAR 2000 conference.

SUBURBIA (1982) - 101 Films

 Very proud to contribute a booklet essay to this fantastic new release of  the Penelope Spheeris classic.

What Sleeps Beneath - Interview

WHAT SLEEPS BENEATH interviewed me about my new book GLOBAL HORROR CINEMA TODAY. Click on the above for a link to the interview.

Cold War Creatures: Four Films By Sam Katzman

 

I have just receive my contributor copy of this beautiful boxset from Arrow. Four Films by producer Sam Katzman. Included is my booklet essay on Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

SCREAM Issue # 69 - BEWARE THE POD PEOPLE!

 

The Halloween issue of Scream magazine is out in the UK in early October and includes my in-depth look at INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) and its various remakes. Available from WH Smith and McColls in the UK; in the USA, you can find it in Barnes and Noble from mid-December.

Dementer & Jug-Face

 

Arrow Films have released Chad Crawford Kinkle's Dementer on Blu-ray with a bonus disc in the Limited Edition featuring Jug-Face. I am very pleased to contribute the DVD extra 'Staring into the Pitt' featuring an interview between myself and Chad Crawford Kinkle.

Suburbia & The Boys Next Door.

Very proud to contribute booklet essays for these two cult Penelope Spheeris movies for 101 Films.
 

Global Horror Cinema Today

 My new book Global Horror Cinema Today has arrived! Available from bookstores everywhere.

Scream issue #67 - out soon!

 In Scream issue #67 I take a close look at George A. Romero's THE CRAZIES (1973).