About the Author
of The Naked and the Undead

Cynthia Freeland is co-editor of Philosophy and Film (Routledge, 1995) and has published on ancient tragedy, the aesthetics of the sublime, and the philosophy of horror. She has spoken on Dracula for the Houston Ballet's Dracula and has curated a horror film series for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. A long-time horror movie fan, she prefers Pinhead to Freddy, but would choose David Cronenberg as her favorite horror film director. His movie Scanners (1980) is still her favorite horror film.