Ian Olney is Associate Professor of English at York College of Pennsylvania, where he teaches film studies. His publications on European cinema and horror film include articles in Quarterly Review of Film and Video and Literature/Film Quarterly.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on Film TitlesPart 1. Toward a Performative Theory of Euro Horror Cinema1. Academic Hot Spots and Blind Spots: Horror Film Studies and Euro Horror Cinema2. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: The Academic Case against Euro Horror Cinema3. Playing Dead, Take One: Euro Horror Film Production4. Playing Dead, Take Two: Euro Horror Film Reception5. Return of the Repressed: Euro Horror Cinema in Contemporary American CulturePart 2. Case Studies in Euro Horror Cinema6. Blood and Black Lace: The Giallo Film7. The Whip and the Body: The S&M Horror Film8. Cannibal Apocalypse: Cannibal and Zombie FilmsConclusion: From the Grindhouse to the Arthouse: The Legacy of Euro Horror CinemaWorks CitedIndex

Olney does a superb job tracking modern European horror films from Italy, Spain and France, in a style that is at once academically rigorous and at the same time absolutely accessible; in short, this is a theoretical text that doesn't drown itself in artificial systematizing or outdated jargon. Instead, this is a lively, informed, authoritative text on a group of films that have become increasingly influential in horror filmmaking in the United States.(Frame by Frame) Olney's wide knowledge and fresh perspective on Euro horror is authoritative and interesting. He complicates conventional views on genre films as well as film criticism in general. This book does film studies a great service in itsvserious consideration of the art and reception of Euro horror, and offers readers much to think about, and explores numerous films that are clearly worthy of further study.(Quarterly Review of Film and Video)