Roger Luckhurst is Professor of Modern Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. His many books include The Trauma Question (2008), The Mummy's Curse (2012), and 'Zombies: A Cultural History' (2015). He is the author of 'The Shining' in the BFI Film Classics series (2013).

Acknowledgments.- 'Alien'.- Afterword: Growing Up with Alien.- Notes.- Credits.- Bibliography.