Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Australian film critic, historian, and author specializing in horror cinema and the history of women in film.
What do we know about Alexandra Heller-Nicholas?
Here are the key biographical details about Alexandra Heller-Nicholas:
- Name: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Place of Birth: Australia
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Writer, Thanks
Who is Alexandra Heller-Nicholas?
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic and historian who has written several books in fields like horror film and women in film, including Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2011) and Masks in Horror Cinema (2019). She is co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May (2019).
Heller-Nicholas appears in Alexandre O. Philippe's 2024 documentary Chain Reactions, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, interviewed alongside Stephen King, Patton Oswalt, Karyn Kusama and Takashi Miike.
Her 2020 book 1000 Women in Horror, 1895 - 2020 was made into a feature documentary in 2025 which Heller-Nicholas wrote and appeared in, directed by Donna Davies.
What is Alexandra Heller-Nicholas known for?
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic and historian recognized for her on-screen contributions to documentary cinema. Her notable works include:
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021, Movie)
- The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021, Movie)
- Chain Reactions (2025, Movie)
- 1000 Women in Horror (2025, Movie)
- The Power of Perception (2017, Movie)
- Lake Mungo Revisited (2025, Movie)
- What the Blood Moon Brings: Messiah of Evil, A New American Nightmare (2023, Movie)
- Circumnavigating Ring (2019, Movie)
- Abel Ferrara's Game of Mirrors (Movie)
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