International Horror Film Directors

Danny Shipka is assistant professor of mass communication and affiliate member of the School of International Studies at Oklahoma State University.Ralph Beliveau is an associate professor in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and an affiliate faculty of Film and Media Studies and the Women’s and Gender Studies programs at the University of Oklahoma.

'International Horror Film Directors edited by Danny Shipka and Ralph Beliveau explores the popularity of horror films as a genre that attracts a fandom across cultures, geographies and audiences. Eleven chapters focus on analyses of work from individual filmmakers, including some well-known, such as Guillermo Del Toro and lesser-known names, such as Alexandre Aja. Shipka and Beliveau seek to explore through these analyses the shared horrors that connect audiences across the globe, as well as the cultural nuances that also make such portrayals distinctive. '

• The Onset of Global FearDanny Shipka and Ralph Beliveau A Topology of Guillermo del ToroRalph Beliveau Rahciard Franklin: Ozploitation Auteur, Hitchcock Heir, Cinema UnderdogBen Kooyman Kiyoshi Kurosawa: J-horror's Master StylistLeah Larson Madness and Eroticism: The Films of Juan López MoctezumaBudd Wilkins The Serious Play of Alexandre AjaTracy Stephenson Shaffer The Sapphic, The Sadean, and Jess FrancoWill Dodson Sergio Martino: Master of the FiloneMikel J. Koven At the Margins of Taste, in the Mouth of Madness: The Case of Lars von TrierLinda Badley José Mojica Marins and Zé do Caixäo: Nightmares of Frankenstein in Brazil's National Horror StoryJerry Metz Dreaming Revolt: Jean Rollin and the French Fantastique in the Context of May 1968Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare Acquiscence, Canadian Style. The Early Cinema of David CronenbergDanny Shipka