Author/editor of numerous books on film, including 1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE (Barrons/Cassell Illustrated), FEAR WITHOUT FRONTIERS: HORROR CINEMA ACROSS THE GLOBE (FAB Press), HORROR INTERNATIONAL (Wayne State UP), HORROR FILM AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: FREUD'S WORST NIGHTMARES (Cambridge UP), 100 EURO-HORROR FILMS (British Film Institute), TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA (Edinburgh UP), UNDERGROUND USA: FILMMAKING BEYOND THE HOLLYWOOD CANON (Wallflower Press), NEW HOLLYWOOD VIOLENCE (Manchester UP), DARK THOUGHTS: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON CINEMATIC HORROR (Scarecrow Press), and THE HORROR FILM (TASCHEN).