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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.
6.0Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
7.8Scala!!!
2024
6.3The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
2.5A Place Among the Dead
2020
6.9Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
7.1Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
7.0Tales of the Uncanny
2020
5.7From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
7.5The Dalek Tapes
2006
10.0The Trail of Dracula
2013
8.0The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025
9.4Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
6.0Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
5.5Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
6.5Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
7.3Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
6.8Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
7.0Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
8.4He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008