Roger Luckhurst is the author of many books on the Gothic, horror and science fiction, writing on both literature and cinema; he 'mixes pop cultural connoisseurship with scholarly rigour to great effect' (Daily Telegraph). His previous books include Zombies: A Cultural History, Corridors: Passages of Modernity and The Shining (BFI Film Classics). He is Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck, University of London.
'Wonderful. A book as vivid, strange and rich as its topic' - China Mieville