SEE! HEAR! CUT! KILL!

Clayton places foundational academic horror texts in conversation with recent scholarship to produce compelling critical observations about the franchise. . . . .contains a treasure trove of information that caters well to general readers, students, and scholars. Sean Woodard, Horrorbuzz.com

Overall, Clayton’s book is an excellent and well-detailed critical analysis of the Friday the 13th franchise, proving beyond a doubt that these films—as well as their slasher brethren—are well worth academic consideration and that the viewer experience is a complex and variable phenomenon. . . . See! Hear! Cut! Kill! is an excellent resource for the casual fan, the horror aficionado, and the film scholar alike. Alyssa Burger, Journal of Popular Film and Television

Wickham Clayton is arguably one of, if not the, eminent scholar of slasher films arising out of the recent generation of film scholars. . . . See! Hear! Cut! Kill! provides an outstanding contribution to the existing literature in slasher studies and horror film studies. His work offers a novel theoretical take on analyses of the slasher film and provides readers with a fresh lens through which to view these films. I believe this book belongs on the bookshelves of every slasher scholar, horror scholar, film scholar, film student, and horror film enthusiast. Khara Lukancic, Film and History

Through its cogent and convincing examination of the long-maligned Friday the 13th franchise, SEE! HEAR! CUT! KILL! proves that low-budget genre cinema is worth taking seriously. Blair Davis, author of The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema

Providing a witty and chatty but deeply serious and comprehensive analysis of the slasher franchise Friday the 13th, Wickham Clayton offers arguments about using the series to explore developing aesthetics of several decades of cinema. Something for both fans and cinephiles. Janet Staiger, professor emeritus, University of Texas at Austin