Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Your very own horror nonna is here to help

Contributor at FANGORIA, since 2022

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is a film critic, filmmaker, recovering academic and the author of ten books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema. In 2024, she was the recipient of the 2024 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Writer of the Year Award. Her 2020 book 1000 Women in Horror was adapted in 2025 into a feature documentary from Shudder of the same name (directed by Donna Davies), and Heller-Nicholas also appears in Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary Chain Reactions alongside Stephen King, Karyn Kusama, Takashi Miike and Patton Oswalt, which marked the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and won the Best Documentary on Cinema Award at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.

Also at: Alliance of Women Film Journalists Senses of Cinema

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