Shellie McMurdo

Shellie McMurdo lectures in film and television at the University of Hertfordshire and is co-convenor of the BAFTSS Horror Studies Special Interest Group. She is the author of Blood on the Lens: Trauma and Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), and Devil’s Advocates: Pet Sematary (Auteur/Liverpool University Press, 2023). Shellie has previously presented and published work on true crime fandom and American Horror Story, post-peak torture horror, and the role of found footage horror in Blumhouse Productions. Her current research focuses on the use of pre-digital media and special effects in the contemporary horror genre.