Scream issue #67 - out soon!

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

The Babadook - Limited Edition. Released June 21st 2021.

 I am very pleased to contribute a booklet essay for this limited edition of The Babadook, released on June 21st 2021 by Second Sight Films.

Summoning Candyman: A Panel Discussion of the Cinematic Urban Legend

 

SCREAM Issue # 66 out April 5th.

 

SCREAM Issue # 66 is out April 5th. I had fun writing about the bonkers HORROR HOSPITAL (1973).

Staring into the pit: Q&A with Chad Crawford Kinkle

 

An ARROW Stories Original and exclusive to ARROW. Writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle sits down with film critic Jon Towlson to discuss the origins of JUG FACE (2013) in this newly filmed interview from January 2022. Now streaming on Arrowplayer.com

Karloff at Columbia - released 19th April.

 

Delighted to contribute a booklet essay to this fantasic Eureka release of Columbia's 'Mad Doctor' series starring Boris Karloff!

Global Horror Cinema Today - released July 23, 2021

 

The horror film is thriving worldwide. Filmmakers in countries as diverse as the USA, Australia, Israel, Spain, France, Great Britain, Iran, and South Korea are using the horror genre to address the emerging fears and anxieties of their cultures. This book investigates horror cinema around the globe with an emphasis on how the genre has developed in the past ten years. It closely examines 28 international films, including It Follows (2014), Grave (Raw, 2016), Busanhaeng (Train to Busan,2016), and Get Out (2016), with discussions of another 100. Each chapter focuses on a different country, analyzing what frightens the people of these various nations and the ways in which horror crosses over to international audiences

SCREAM #63 - OUT NOW!

The new SCREAM is out now and available for WH SMITH, HMV and all good newsagents. Includes my looks at CREEPSHOW and RE-ANIMATOR.

Global Horror Cinema Today - coming 2021!

 

I am pleased to have an essay in this 150 page book that is part of Second Sights Films' forthcoming release of DAWN OF THE DEAD. The book includes essays by fifteen or so writers from the worlds of academia and film criticism. Here's what the back cover says about the book: 

'George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead has long been considered one of the high points of the zombie genre. Like its predecessor, Night of the Living Dead, it blends extreme horror with broad social commentary. Much has been written about Dawn of the Dead as a critique of consumerist society. However, as this collection of contemporary writing demonstrates, it is much more than that. Here, leading voices from both genre publications and academia bring a diverse range of new perspectives to Dawn of the Dead. In addition to fresh takes on the gender, race and class aspects of the film, there are also essays which explore the Gothic roots of Dawn of the Dead, its rocky reception in cinemas and home video in the UK and how it spawned an entire subgenre in Italian exploitation cinema. Thanks to these bold meditations, Dawn of the Dead emerges as more brilliant, outrageous and contemporary than ever before.'