The Onset of Global Fear Danny Shipka and Ralph Beliveau   A Topology of Guillermo del Toro Ralph Beliveau   Rahciard Franklin: Ozploitation Auteur, Hitchcock Heir, Cinema Underdog Ben Kooyman   Kiyoshi Kurosawa: J-horror's Master Stylist Leah Larson   Madness and Eroticism: The Films of Juan López Moctezuma Budd Wilkins   The Serious Play of Alexandre Aja Tracy Stephenson Shaffer   The Sapphic, The Sadean, and Jess Franco Will Dodson   Sergio Martino: Master of the Filone Mikel J. Koven   At the Margins of Taste, in the Mouth of Madness: The Case of Lars von Trier Linda Badley   José Mojica Marins and Zé do Caixäo: Nightmares of Frankenstein in Brazil's National Horror Story Jerry Metz   Dreaming Revolt: Jean Rollin and the French Fantastique in the Context of May 1968 Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare   Acquiscence, Canadian Style. The Early Cinema of David Cronenberg Danny Shipka

'International Horror Film Directors edited by Danny Shipka and Ralph Beliveau explores the popularity of horror films as a genre that attracts a fandom across cultures, geographies and audiences. Eleven chapters focus on analyses of work from individual filmmakers, including some well-known, such as Guillermo Del Toro and lesser-known names, such as Alexandre Aja. Shipka and Beliveau seek to explore through these analyses the shared horrors that connect audiences across the globe, as well as the cultural nuances that also make such portrayals distinctive. '