Dr James Aston
| Biography | James Aston's principal research interest lies in the field of extreme horror. He has published numerous articles in this research area including co-editing To See the Saw Movies: Essays on Torture Porn and Post-9/11 Horror. He has also written a monograph on the horror filmmakers Fred Vogel, Shane Ryan, and Lucifer Valentine, entitled Hardcore Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Production, Marketing, and Consumption (McFarland, 2018) |
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| Research Interests | 21st Century Horror Post-War Japanese Cinema Japanese New Wave Cinema Abjection and Horror Extreme Cinema 1960s American Underground Film The American coming-of-age film |
| Teaching and Learning | East Asian Cinema (Japan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea) Global Horror American Alternative, Independent, and Exploitation cinema (1960s to present day) |
| Scopus Author ID | 56451542400 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Horror cinema, particularly extreme horror and contemporary North American horror. Completed PhDs Martin Hall, 1960s British and European Art cinema. Adam Chapman, The Great Game of History: An Analytical Approach to and Analysis of, the Videogame as a Historical Form. Lee Freeman, 'The Mild Revolution': The Politics of Ealing Studios. Emma Horrex, The Representations of the Girl Gang in American Films of the 1990s and 2000s. Current PhD supervisions Supervising four PhD researchers whose topics are Folk horror, Italian gothic horror, memory and aging in teenage dystopian fiction and cinema, and the Disney princess franchise. Also second supervisor for a Sheffield Hallam PhD student as part of NECAH. The thesis is on British Horror Cinema and the Production of Space. |