Keith McDonald holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and is the Head of Programme for Media, Film Studies and Mass Communications at York St John University, UK. His research interests include popular culture, cult cinema and digital media.Roger Clark taught literature and film in UK Universities for over thirty years and has published on contemporary fiction and film. He was Senior Lecturer in Literature Studies at York St John University, UK, where he is currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1Chapter 1. Influences and Intertexts Chapter 2. Accented Fantasy and the Gothic Perverse Chapter 3. Fan as Filmmaker Part 2Chapter 4. Twisted Genres: Cronos and Mimic Chapter 5. Trauma – Childhood –History: The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth Chapter 6. Gothic Superheroes: Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army Chapter 7. From Development Hell to the Pacific Depths: The Strain and Pacific Rim Bibliography Filmography and Comicography Index

As a scholar of del Toro myself, [after reading Film as Alchemic Art] I found my understanding of this filmmaker enriched by readings of his works that I had never considered and furthermore, my comprehension of contemporary auterism expanded. [...] McDonald and Clark's book lays a solid foundation for whatever work may follow in this impressive and comprehensive reading of del Toro's cinema.

Keith McDonald holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and is the Head of Programme for Media, Film Studies and Mass Communications at York St John University, UK. His research interests include popular culture, cult cinema and digital media.Roger Clark taught literature and film in UK Universities for over thirty years and has published on contemporary fiction and film. He was Senior Lecturer in Literature Studies at York St John University, UK, where he is currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1Chapter 1. Influences and Intertexts Chapter 2. Accented Fantasy and the Gothic Perverse Chapter 3. Fan as Filmmaker Part 2Chapter 4. Twisted Genres: Cronos and Mimic Chapter 5. Trauma – Childhood –History: The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth Chapter 6. Gothic Superheroes: Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army Chapter 7. From Development Hell to the Pacific Depths: The Strain and Pacific Rim Bibliography Filmography and Comicography Index

As a scholar of del Toro myself, [after reading Film as Alchemic Art] I found my understanding of this filmmaker enriched by readings of his works that I had never considered and furthermore, my comprehension of contemporary auterism expanded. [...] McDonald and Clark's book lays a solid foundation for whatever work may follow in this impressive and comprehensive reading of del Toro's cinema.

Keith McDonald holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and is the Head of Programme for Media, Film Studies and Mass Communications at York St John University, UK. His research interests include popular culture, cult cinema and digital media.Roger Clark taught literature and film in UK Universities for over thirty years and has published on contemporary fiction and film. He was Senior Lecturer in Literature Studies at York St John University, UK, where he is currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1Chapter 1. Influences and Intertexts Chapter 2. Accented Fantasy and the Gothic Perverse Chapter 3. Fan as Filmmaker Part 2Chapter 4. Twisted Genres: Cronos and Mimic Chapter 5. Trauma – Childhood –History: The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth Chapter 6. Gothic Superheroes: Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army Chapter 7. From Development Hell to the Pacific Depths: The Strain and Pacific Rim Bibliography Filmography and Comicography Index

As a scholar of del Toro myself, [after reading Film as Alchemic Art] I found my understanding of this filmmaker enriched by readings of his works that I had never considered and furthermore, my comprehension of contemporary auterism expanded. [...] McDonald and Clark's book lays a solid foundation for whatever work may follow in this impressive and comprehensive reading of del Toro's cinema.