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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

Terrifier 2025 - University of Warwick (May 2025) - organiser

''My palate will die happy' - sensorial viewership in The Menu' - BAFTSS 2025, University of Warwick (March 2025)

Publications

Reece Goodall (ed.), Horror Spoofs and Parody: Dying of Laughter (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, forthcoming)

___, French Horror: Media, industry and culture (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming 2025)

    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)