Eminent film critic Mark Kermode will give an illustrated talk exploring why horror matters and what he loves about it, tracing the history of the genre from Nosferatu through The Exorcist to Saint Maud.
He has written many books about film and music, including three volumes for the BFI Modern Classics series, on The Exorcist, The Shawshank Redemption and Silent Running. He was chief film critic for The Observer between 2013 and 2023, and has presented numerous TV and radio shows, including the BBC Two programme The Culture Show. Kermode currently co-hosts the BBC Radio 4 series Screenshot with Ellen E. Jones. His Kermode On Film podcast returns for a new series this month.
Kermode, who wrote his PhD thesis on modern English and American horror fiction, has a longstanding interest in horror. In 2004, he co-curated a History of the Horror Film season and exhibition at the National Film Theatre in London with his wife the film professor Linda Ruth Williams.
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