Italy is a country that has a long history of production in the horror genre, and it therefore seemed like the right place to go after last week’s blog post. As I explained, France has only developed something close to an endemic horror tradition in the past two decades. By contrast, Italy’s horror credentials, although they developed relatively late in comparison to Germany, have shown a strong and committed connection to the genre.[1] After the industry’s initial explosion in the 1960s, Italy’s horror output continued unabated throughout the 1970s, when it developed alongside other s

I am delighted to be guest blogger for the month of July. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting a series of four blogs that explore my current thoughts on the state and development of gothic horror in Europe. These derive from very preliminary work on the filmic side of my Spanish Gothic research project, as well as a series of screenings that I recently curated and introduced for the TRAUMA group at Manchester Metropolitan University.[1] I will be focusing more specifically on the outputs of France, Italy and Spain. This decision is made on the grounds that these countries have shown a m

Diane Long Hoeveler's new monograph comes during a fruitful period for scholars of the so-called 'first wave' of Gothic writing.