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Film

The Art of the Zombie Movie

Whether George Romero’s implacable, slow-moving monstrosities or the fleet-footed terrors of 28 Days Later, over the last several decades the zombie has ascended into the upper echelon of the of the movie monster pantheon—an elite […]

Non-Fiction

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREAM TRADE

Here’s the classic tale of the Hollywood struggle filtered through the dark light of horror! Like Los Angeles’s famed Mulholland Drive, Lisa’s cinematic (mis)adventures wound through unexpected twists and turns, sometimes lured by the shining […]

Folklore

GHOSTS: A HAUNTED HISTORY

Ghosts: A Haunted History was published by Reaktion Books in 2015. [maxbutton id=”14″] In the history of the numinous there are few things more common than the belief in ghosts. From the earliest writings such […]

Film

THE CINEMA OF TSUI HARK

The Cinema of Tsui Hark, published by McFarland and Co. publishers in fall of 2001 (reissued in 2009 in trade paperback). A complete critical overview of the works of the ultimate Hong Kong auteur, emphasizing […]

Halloween

THE HALLOWEEN ENCYCLOPEDIA

The Halloween Encyclopedia, published by McFarland in Fall 2003; second edition published in 2011. [maxbutton id=”32″ ] The concept of Halloween as a holiday and cultural phenomenon worthy of serious study is only a few […]