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Speakers
Speakers
Antony Clayton
Antony Clayton is the author of several books including Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London, Secret Tunnels of England: Folklore & Fact and Netherwood: Last Resort of Aleister Crowley, His latest book is Mansion of Gloom: The Unsettling Legacy of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Born in London, he now lives in Hastings.
Biographic Note
Antony Clayton is the author of several books including Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London, Secret Tunnels of England: Folklore & Fact and Netherwood: Last Resort of Aleister Crowley, His latest book is Mansion of Gloom: The Unsettling Legacy of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Born in London, he now lives in Hastings.
Shellie McMurdo
Dr Shellie McMurdo is a senior lecturer in film and television at the University of Hertfordshire, and a founding member of the Horror Studies Special Interest Group for the British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies. She is the author of Blood on the Lens: Trauma and Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and Devil’s Advocates: Pet Sematary (Liverpool University Press, 2023). She had also published and presented on a variety of horror media including post-peak torture horror, American Horror Story and Fangoria Magazine. She is currently researching and writing her third monograph: Splatter Matters: Gore and Practical Effects in American Horror Cinema (forthcoming).
Biographic Note
Dr Shellie McMurdo is a senior lecturer in film and television at the University of Hertfordshire, and a founding member of the Horror Studies Special Interest Group for the British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies. She is the author of Blood on the Lens: Trauma and Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and Devil’s Advocates: Pet Sematary (Liverpool University Press, 2023). She had also published and presented on a variety of horror media including post-peak torture horror, American Horror Story and Fangoria Magazine. She is currently researching and writing her third monograph: Splatter Matters: Gore and Practical Effects in American Horror Cinema (forthcoming).
Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington is the author of the book and documentary film 'Mirage Men' and 'Far Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science's Outer Edge'. He has written for The Guardian, The Wire, Sight and Sound, Electric Sheep, Fortean Times, Frieze and The Quietus amongst others. He founded and runs Strange Attractor Press and regularly speaks on esoteric and fringe culture topics. www.strangeattractor.co.uk / www.miragemen.com
Biographic Note
Mark Pilkington is the author of the book and documentary film 'Mirage Men' and 'Far Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science's Outer Edge'. He has written for The Guardian, The Wire, Sight and Sound, Electric Sheep, Fortean Times, Frieze and The Quietus amongst others. He founded and runs Strange Attractor Press and regularly speaks on esoteric and fringe culture topics. www.strangeattractor.co.uk / www.miragemen.com
