Troy Howarth

Troy Howarth is a Rondo Award-nominated writer who specializes in European Cult cinema. His books include: The Haunted World of Mario Bava: Revised and Expanded Edition, Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films, the three volume series So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Real Depravities: The Films of Klaus Kinski, Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy, and Assault on the System: The Nonconformist Cinema of John Carpenter. He has also contributed audio commentaries,...See more

Troy Howarth is a Rondo Award-nominated writer who specializes in European Cult cinema. His books include: The Haunted World of Mario Bava: Revised and Expanded Edition, Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films, the three volume series So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Real Depravities: The Films of Klaus Kinski, Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy, and Assault on the System: The Nonconformist Cinema of John Carpenter. He has also contributed audio commentaries, audio essays, and liner notes to over one hundred DVD and Blu-ray releases from the U.S., the U.K., and Germany. His books Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy and the first volume of So Deadly, So Perverse, as well as his commentaries on the Arrow Video edition of Don't Torture a Duckling, the Blue Underground edition of Zombie, the Synapse edition of Suspiria, and the Scorpion Releasing edition of Assignment Terror were all nominated for Rondo Awards. He resides in Pennsylvania. See less