Kat Ellinger

Movies

Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
Director
The story of French filmmaker Jean Rollin (1938-2010), one of the most singular voices of European cult cinema, deeply misunderstood and widely misrepresented.
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Self
Explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films – Witchfinder General, Blood on Satan’s Claw and The Wicker Man – through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre’s revival over the last decade.
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves
Writer
Although he was only 25 when he died Michael Reeves opened up genre cinema to new possibilities. Now considered one of the forefathers of folk horror for his groundbreaking masterpiece Witchfinder General (1968) Reeves certainly left his mark as a director. The fact he wasn't around long enough to expand on his legacy, let alone celebrate it, is one of the biggest tragedies of British film history.
Sex and Death with a Smile
Herself
A short video essay on giallo and sex comedy icon Edwige Fenech.
A Vicious Circle
Herself
A new video interview with author and critic Kat Ellinger on the career of Hideo Nakata.
Hammer's Women: Mary Merrall
Self
Short documentary on actress Mary Merrall