Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer, filmmaker, and script consultant. She is the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a programmer for FrightFest, and a contributing editor for ScreenAnarchy. Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world. She has a PhD in Spanish fantastic film from King’s College London.

• IntroductionBastard Sons: Contemporary Spanish Fantastic FilmChapter 1Álex de la Iglesia: The Father of a GenerationMutant Action and The Day of the BeastChapter 2Heroes and VillainsThe Birthday and The BackwoodsChapter 3Alejandro Amenábar: The Drop-Out AuteurOpen Your Eyes and The OthersChapter 4The Haunting of HousesThe Abandoned and The OrphanageChapter 5Jaume Balagueró: The Horror AficionadoThe Nameless and DarknessChapter 6The Spanish Fantastic WomanSexykiller and HierroChapter 7Guillermo del Toro: The Outside ManThe Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s LabyrinthChapter 8Franchising the Spanish FantasticThe [REC] FilmsChapter 9Nacho Vigalondo, The Illegitimate InheritorTimescrimes and ExtraterrestrialConclusionThe End of an Era?

Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer, filmmaker, and script consultant. She is the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a programmer for FrightFest, and a contributing editor for ScreenAnarchy. Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world. She has a PhD in Spanish fantastic film from King’s College London.

• IntroductionBastard Sons: Contemporary Spanish Fantastic FilmChapter 1Álex de la Iglesia: The Father of a GenerationMutant Action and The Day of the BeastChapter 2Heroes and VillainsThe Birthday and The BackwoodsChapter 3Alejandro Amenábar: The Drop-Out AuteurOpen Your Eyes and The OthersChapter 4The Haunting of HousesThe Abandoned and The OrphanageChapter 5Jaume Balagueró: The Horror AficionadoThe Nameless and DarknessChapter 6The Spanish Fantastic WomanSexykiller and HierroChapter 7Guillermo del Toro: The Outside ManThe Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s LabyrinthChapter 8Franchising the Spanish FantasticThe [REC] FilmsChapter 9Nacho Vigalondo, The Illegitimate InheritorTimescrimes and ExtraterrestrialConclusionThe End of an Era?

Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer, filmmaker, and script consultant. She is the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a programmer for FrightFest, and a contributing editor for ScreenAnarchy. Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world. She has a PhD in Spanish fantastic film from King’s College London.

• IntroductionBastard Sons: Contemporary Spanish Fantastic FilmChapter 1Álex de la Iglesia: The Father of a GenerationMutant Action and The Day of the BeastChapter 2Heroes and VillainsThe Birthday and The BackwoodsChapter 3Alejandro Amenábar: The Drop-Out AuteurOpen Your Eyes and The OthersChapter 4The Haunting of HousesThe Abandoned and The OrphanageChapter 5Jaume Balagueró: The Horror AficionadoThe Nameless and DarknessChapter 6The Spanish Fantastic WomanSexykiller and HierroChapter 7Guillermo del Toro: The Outside ManThe Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s LabyrinthChapter 8Franchising the Spanish FantasticThe [REC] FilmsChapter 9Nacho Vigalondo, The Illegitimate InheritorTimescrimes and ExtraterrestrialConclusionThe End of an Era?