Ken Gelder is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading the Vampire (Routledge 1994) and co-editor of The Subcultures Reader (Routledge 1996)

• Acknowledgements Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. The Fantastic 2. Horror and Psychoanalysis 3. Monstrosities 4. Many Frankensteins 5. Reading the King Vampire 6. Queer Horror 7. Ethnic Monsters 8. American Gothic 9. Reading Splatter/Slasher Cinema 10. Lowbrow/Low-Budget Horror 11. New Regional Horror Bibliography Index

'Gelder is to be congratulated on this selection. If you teach horror then I recommend this, the academic weight here, carefully used, could help students see beyond the gore.' - In The Picture'Will do much to introduce the uninitiated to the cultural fascination of horror while giving the aficionados plenty to keep them ticking over.' - Intensities

Ken Gelder is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading the Vampire (Routledge 1994) and co-editor of The Subcultures Reader (Routledge 1996)

• Acknowledgements Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. The Fantastic 2. Horror and Psychoanalysis 3. Monstrosities 4. Many Frankensteins 5. Reading the King Vampire 6. Queer Horror 7. Ethnic Monsters 8. American Gothic 9. Reading Splatter/Slasher Cinema 10. Lowbrow/Low-Budget Horror 11. New Regional Horror Bibliography Index

'Gelder is to be congratulated on this selection. If you teach horror then I recommend this, the academic weight here, carefully used, could help students see beyond the gore.' - In The Picture'Will do much to introduce the uninitiated to the cultural fascination of horror while giving the aficionados plenty to keep them ticking over.' - Intensities

Ken Gelder is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading the Vampire (Routledge 1994) and co-editor of The Subcultures Reader (Routledge 1996)

• Acknowledgements Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. The Fantastic 2. Horror and Psychoanalysis 3. Monstrosities 4. Many Frankensteins 5. Reading the King Vampire 6. Queer Horror 7. Ethnic Monsters 8. American Gothic 9. Reading Splatter/Slasher Cinema 10. Lowbrow/Low-Budget Horror 11. New Regional Horror Bibliography Index

'Gelder is to be congratulated on this selection. If you teach horror then I recommend this, the academic weight here, carefully used, could help students see beyond the gore.' - In The Picture'Will do much to introduce the uninitiated to the cultural fascination of horror while giving the aficionados plenty to keep them ticking over.' - Intensities