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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
7.0Dracula Unearthed
2022
6.3The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
6.0Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
7.1Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
2.4A Place Among the Dead
2020
7.0Tales of the Uncanny
2020

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
8.0The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
6.9Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
6.0Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
9.0Fear in the Dark
1991
8.4He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
7.6Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
10.0The Trail of Dracula
2013
7.6Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
5.0Connie
2016
9.3Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
7.0The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010