Kendall R. Phillips is a Bram Stoker nominated author who writes about horror, science fiction, superheroes and various other topics.

Kendall R. Phillips

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Wayne State University Press, 2022)

Explores the iconic horror television series.

A Place of Darkness (University of Texas Press, 2018)

Explores horror in early cinema.

Dark Directions (SIU Press, 2012)

2012 Bram Stoker Finalist! Explores iconic horror directors of the 1970s.

Horror and Pop Culture

A Cinema of Hopelessness: The Rhetoric of Rage in 21st Century Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

Examines affective dimensions of recent popular films like Cabin in the Woods, Joker, and Avengers: Infinity War.

Controversial Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2008)

Explores the rhetoric surrounding controversial films throughout history.

Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture (Bloomsbury, 2005)

Explores iconic horror directors of the 1970s.

Global Memoryscapes (U of Alabama Press, 2012) co-edited with G. Mitchell Reyes

An edited volume exploring the transnational movement of memories and memory practices.

Framing Public Memory (U of Alabama Press, 2004)

Edited volume exploring various conceptions and approaches to public memory.

The Conceit of Context (Peter Lang, 2020) co-edited with Charles E. Morris III

Edited volume from the 2016 Public Address Conference.

I have a big project brewing. Something very different from my earlier works. Watch this space for announcements!