So far I’ve published four books on horror film and television. You might like them.

Book cover titled 'Women Make Horror' edited by Alison Peirse, with words 'Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre' at the top, in bold red, white, and black colors.

Women Make Horror is designed to inspire dialogue between critics, filmmakers, industry gatekeepers, festival programmers and horror film fans. With this book we can transform how we think about women filmmakers and genre.

Winner, Best Edited Collection, BAFTSS

Winner, Best Non–Fiction, British Fantasy Awards

Finalist, Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, Bram Stoker Awards

Shortlisted, Book of the Year, Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

Colorful book cover with a grid of black letters on yellow, pink, blue, and black background squares, spelling out "Rewriting Television" and the author's name, Alison Peirse.

Rewriting Television suggests that it is time for a radical overhaul of television studies. If we don’t want to merely recycle the same old methods, approaches, and tropes for another twenty years, we need to consider major changes in why and how we do our work. This book offers a new model for doing television (or film or media) studies that can be taken up around the world.

Book cover titled "Korean Horror Cinema," edited by Alison Peirse and Daniel Martin, featuring a woman with black hair in a leather jacket reaching out from a dark, wooden surface with a tense, fearful expression.

This is the first English-language book on Korean horror cinema. It explores the importance of folklore and myth on horror film, the impact of political and social change upon the genre, and films little-known outside Korea, including 마의 계단 / The Devil’s Stairway and 여곡성 / Woman’s Wail.

Vintage horror movie poster for 'After Dracula,' a 1930s film. Features a vampire with glowing eyes and a bat silhouette, a woman in distress, and a man with a surprised expression. Text includes the film's title, genre, and star Alison Peirse.

This book proposes that Dracula (1931) has been canonised to the detriment of other innovative and original 1930s horror films in Europe and America. These neglected films include Werewolf of London, The Man Who Changed His Mind, Island of Lost Souls and Vampyr. After Dracula brings these films to light, focussing on the intriguing, the obscure and the underrated.