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Pete Turner
Peter Turner is a senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University where he teaches on the Film, Digital Media Production, and Media, Communications and Culture courses. He is the author of Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach and a monograph on The Blair Witch Project as part of Auteur’s Devil’s Advocates series.
Courses
Explore how British cinema mirrors the UK’s evolving identity, from period dramas to blockbusters. Discover the business and cultural forces shaping Britain’s film industry while reflecting on Oxford as a beloved filming location for many British classics
From psychological thrills to cultural commentary, explore the fascinating world of Horror cinema. Analyse why we seek out fear, how horror reflects society’s deepest anxieties and experience the genre’s power first-hand with a ghost tour of Oxford.