About the Author

Kendall R. Phillips is professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University. He is also the author of Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture; Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film; A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema; and A Cinema of Hopelessness: The Rhetoric of Rage in 21st Century Popular Culture. He holds visiting appointments at Massey University (New Zealand) and Shanghai University and serves as founding co-director for the Lender Center for Social Justice.

Reviews

Phillips presents an accessible analysis of a cult classic TV series that continues to spawn horror favorites.--Terry Bosky "Library Journal"