Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an award-winning Australian film critic, author and academic who has written eight books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema with an emphasis on gender politics. She is a research fellow at RMIT University and an adjunct professor at Deakin University, both in Melbourne, Australia.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Expanding the Prehistory: 1938–1998One. Safety FilmsTwo. Snuff-FictionsThree. TelevisionPart 2: A Critical Chronology: 1998–2009Four. Revisiting The Blair Witch ProjectFive. The Vanishing of the RealSix. Approaching Paranormal ActivityPart 3: Further Discoveries: 2007–2013Seven. Exorcism FilmsEight. The FamilyNine. Nation, History and IdentityConclusion: The Specter of CommercialismNotesBibliographyIndex

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