Writer. Editor. Film Scholar. Script Consultant
I am currently working on a book on sado-masochistic themes in 1960s-70s cinema, looking at films such as La prisonnière, The Story of O, The Night Porter and In the Realm of the Senses as well as the work of Jess Franco and Alain Robbe-Grillet, and exploring the way they revisit the themes laid out... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed contributing a video essay on Jodorowsky and surrealism to the Umbrella Entertainment Alejandro Jodorowsky box-set, masterfully shot and edited as always by Jonathan Zaurin. Thanks to Kat Ellinger for asking me to be part of this release.
I contributed an essay on French Fantastique cinema to the Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema box-set released by Radiance Films. The films include the great La nuit fantastique, Le Golem and Three Lives and Only One Death.
On Friday 11th September 8-9pm, I host a discussion of the Tubi FrightFest festival on ResonanceFM 104.4 with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, who guide us through their festival highlights and what they reveal about the current horror film landscape.... Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of interviewing some of the filmmakers attending Tubi FrightFest 2026 in a new series of short interviews on Instagram, including Larry Fessenden, The Adams Family, Chris Schwab, James Branson and Taylor Thompson, Kyle Mangione-Smith, Jason and Brett Butler, Juan Martin Alonso, Tom Mes and the brilliant Graham Humphreys, who created this... Continue Reading →
I'm honoured to have been asked to take part in the 'Mean Girls: Claude Chabrol’s dangerous women' panel alongside the brilliant Prano Bailey-Bond and Catherine Wheatley. The event is on 23rd September and is part of the BFI Southbank season Claude Chabrol – Elements of Crime, curated by Catherine Wheatley, which runs from 1st September... Continue Reading →
I will be introducing Herschell Gordon Lewis's slice of gory insanity Blood Feast at BFI Southbank on 2nd April 2026. The screening is part of the season Trash! The Wildest Films You've Ever Seen curated by William Fowler and Justin Johnson, running at BFI Southbank 30 March-30 April 2026.
I had the pleasure of doing a commentary with the brilliant Lindsay Hallam for the Radiance Films 4K restoration of Harry Kumel's exquisite Daughters of Darkness (1971), out now. More information on the Blu-ray on the Radiance Films website.
Congratulations to Jonathan Zaurin and the rest of the team on the release of their second feature film Derelict! Also included on the Blu-ray as an extra to Jonathan's superb, complex and haunting exploration of grief and revenge is The Petting Zoo, the short film I directed with huge help from Jonathan and much of... Continue Reading →
In this episode of the Straight On Till Morning Show, I host a programme on the FrightFest festival, which took place from 21st to the 25th August 2025 in London. I talk to Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel, who guide... Continue Reading →
Honoured to have contributed a video essay, 'Material vampires and the defeat of science', to the limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray of Trouble Every Day, released by Eureka Entertainment. The essay was masterfully edited by Jonathan Zaurin, my thanks to him for doing such a wonderful job. More details on the Eureka website.
