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.
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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
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)