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Reece Goodall

I am one of the Directors of Student Experience and Progression for the Faculty of Arts. I have completed a PhD in French Studies on contemporary horror media in France, funded by an SMLC Doctoral Fellowship, under the supervision of Prof Mary Harrod and Dr Douglas Morrey.

I am also the Communications Officer for WIHEA, and I have teaching responsibilities in the SMLC and the Department of Chemistry.

Research Interests

French/US horror cinema

The history of horror cinema

Genre in French cinema

The interplay between popular media, news and politics

Film music

Parody in film and television

Conference Papers

'Freddy's Scares and Scores: A Musical Analysis of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise' - A Nightmare on Elm Street @ 40, University of Nottingham (November 2024)

''You fuck with my family, you die!': monstrous fathers in the films of Radio Silence' - Cine-Excess: Blood Ties: The Family in Cult and Horror Cinema, Birmingham City University (October 2024)

'Reevaluating Carry On Screaming's (1966) Role in the Horror Parody Canon' - Carry On Conferencing, University of Warwick (May 2024)

''We all go a little mad sometimes': re-evaluating depictions of mental illness in the Psycho sequels' - Nightmare24, The Northern School of Art (April 2024)

Publications

Reece Goodall, 'Game Horror as a Reflection of America', Offscreen 27:6-7 (2023) - link

___, 'What makes a major? Recent books on French studios', French Screen Studies 23:1 (2022): 36-41 - link

___, 'John Kramer for President: the rise of authoritarian horror', Horror Studies 11:1 (2020): 123-140

    Teaching and Responsibilities

    2024-25

    CH169 - Beyond Science: Collaborative Student-Led Challenges (group mentor)

    FR121 - The Story of Modern France (lectures on Jacques Audiard/Un héros très discret and Ladj Ly/Les Misérables)

    FR268 - French Cinema and Society from the First to the Second World War (module convenor)

    LL234 - French 2 (seminar tutor)

    LN323 - Mediterranean Cinema (lectures and seminars on Pépé le Moko/Algeria and Transit/Marseille)

    Previous

    FR335 - Gender and Representation in French Film and Media since 1970 (lecture and seminar on Julia Ducournau/Grave)

    FR340 - States of the Nation: French Cinema & Society from 1995 to the present (seminars on Lucie Aubrac and François Ozon)

    Supervisory experience

    URSS (2023) - project on extreme cinema in France

    World CUR (2023; with Mary Harrod) - project on comparative legal systems in USA and the UK

    Memberships/Associations

    The Fear Network (2024-)

    Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick (2023-)

    BAFTSS Horror Studies Special Interest Group (2020-)

    Producing the Post-National Popular network (2019-2023)