Clark Collis is a British author and journalist best known for his long career at Entertainment Weekly, where he spent 18 years as a senior writer. Clark is the author of two major books on horror: You’ve Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life (2021) and, most recently, Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie (2025).

Screaming and Conjuring is a must-read for horror fans. Spanning the era from Scream to The Conjuring—with a final chapter capturing everything that’s happened since—it’s the closest thing we have to a definitive historical textbook on contemporary horror. At over 500 pages, it’s surprisingly fast-paced, mapping the genre’s waves, franchises, and creative crosscurrents to show why horror keeps coming back—and why it matters now more than ever.

In this conversation, Clark unpacks horror’s recent banner year, explores the genre’s resilience, and traces the movements that shaped it over decades.

On today’s episode of The Nick Taylor Horror Show, here—without further ado—is Clark Collis.

Show Notes

Movies Mentioned

• The Monkey
• Sinners
• Weapons
• 28 Years Later
• Final Destination: Bloodlines
• The Conjuring
• Immaculate
• The First Omen
• Abigail
• Shaun of the Dead
• Grindhouse
• Jimmy and Stiggs
• Barbarian
• Long Legs
• The Mummy
• The Sixth Sense
• The Blair Witch Project
• Stir of Echoes
• Stigmata
• Ravenous
• End of Days
• Resident Evil and 28 Days Later
• Saw

Books and Resources

• Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman, recommended reading for earlier periods of horror history
• The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-collis-98878840/