Cynthia J. Miller

Cynthia J. Miller is a cultural anthropologist specializing in popular culture and visual media. Drawn to the quirky, offbeat, and overlooked aspects of film and television, her writing includes work on B-movies, horror, and the fantastic. Her book publications include edited collections on the nightmarish side of travel (McFarland, 2023), the role of home in terror tales (McFarland, 2020), the treatment of social forces in contemporary horror films (Lexington, 2019), food in horror films (Bloomsbury, 2017), depictions of the sacred and the supernatural (McFarland, 2017), and the cinematic moment where horror and humor collide (Lexington, 2017).