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Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

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Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Irish
Languages
English
Residence History
Dublin, Ireland → Manchester, United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
Reader in Film Studies, Academic
Active Years
2009-2024
Affiliations
Manchester Metropolitan University
Memberships
British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies

Education

University College Dublin
Arts (History and Politics)
Degree: BA
Country: Ireland
BA in Arts (History and Politics) and MA in American Studies
Manchester Metropolitan University
Higher Education
Degree: MA
Country: United Kingdom
MA in Higher Education
Trinity College Dublin
English
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: Ireland
PhD thesis: 'I am the Dark Mirror; the vampire of my own heart': the postmodern vampire in fiction, film and culture 1975-2008

Awards

Lord Ruthven Award
2020
Work: Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture
Category: Non-Fiction
Result: Winner
BAAS Research Assistance Awards
2023
Work: It’s About Time: the creative partnership of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Organization: British Association for American Studies
Result: Winner
Harry Ransom Research Fellowship
2023
Organization: Harry Ransom Center
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture

2019 Non-fiction

A study of postmodern vampires in film, fiction, and popular culture.

VampiresGothic

The Worlds of Back to the Future

2010 Critical Essays

Critical essays on the Back to the Future films.

Science Fiction FilmAmerican Cinema

Clive Barker: Dark Imaginer

2017 Biography

Study of horror author Clive Barker.

HorrorGothic

Twentieth-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion

2022 Edited Volume

Edited with Bernice M. Murphy, companion to twentieth-century Gothic.

Gothic Literature

Bibliography

  • Our Monstrous (s)kin: Blurring the Boundaries Between Monsters and Humanity (2009)
  • The Worlds of Back to the Future (2010)
  • Clive Barker: Dark Imaginer (2017)
  • Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture (2019)
  • Twentieth-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Academic AnalysisGothic Studies
Recurring Motifs
VampiresHorror Film1980s Culture

Legacy

Specialist in vampire fiction, horror film, and gothic studies; Reader in Film Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.

In Popular Culture

  • Appears in upcoming documentary Teen Screams.

Trivia

  • Huge music fan with eclectic taste from Irish traditional fusion to classic rock.
  • Particular love for all things rooted in the 1980s (music and film scores).