Dr Leon Hunt
Senior Lecturer - Arts and Humanities
Gaskell Building 160
- Email: leon.hunt@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266586
- Film & Television
- Theatre, Music and Film/TV
- Arts and Humanities
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Hunt, L. (2022) 'Mario Bava The Artisan as Italian Horror Auteur'. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISSN 10: 1501356526 ISSN 13: 9781501356520
Hunt, LR. (2018) 'Danger: Diabolik'. New York: Columbia University Press. ISSN 10: 0231182813 ISSN 13: 9780231182812
Hunt, LR. (2017) 'Una diva non come le altre: Le streghe (The Witches) and the paradoxical stardom of Silvana Mangano', in Yu, S. and Austin, G. (eds.) Revisiting Star Studies: Cultures, Themes and Methods. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. pp. 240 - 258. ISBN 10: 1474404316. ISBN 13: 9781474404327.
Hunt, LR. (2016) 'Kings of Terror, Geniuses of Crime: giallo cinema and fumetti neri', in Baschiera, S. and Hunter, R. (eds.) Italian Horror Cinema. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. pp. 145 - 159. ISBN 10: 1474419682. ISBN 13: 978-0748693528.
Hunt, LR. (2014) 'Enter the 2-disc Platinum Edition: Bruce Lee and Post-DVD Textuality'. JOMEC Journal, 0 (5). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2049-2340 Open Access Link
Hunt, L., Lockyer, S. and Williamson, M. (2014) 'Screening the undead: Vampires and zombies in film and television'. London: I.B.Tauris. ISSN 13: 9781848859234
Hunt, L. (2011) 'Dragons forever: Chinese martial arts stars', in Lim, SH. and Ward, J. (eds.) The Chinese Cinema Book. British Film Institute/Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 141 - 149. ISBN 13: 9781844573448.
Hunt, L. (2010) 'Heroic chivalry, heroic sacrifice: "Martial arthouse" as epic cinema', inThe Epic Film in World Culture. Routledge. , Forthcoming - 2011. pp. 63 - 81. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-99018-9.
Hunt, L. (2008) 'The league of gentlemen'. British Film Institute / Macmilliam Publishers Limited. ISSN 13: 9781844572694
Hunt, L. and Wing-Fai, L. (2008) 'East Asian cinemas: Exploring transnational connections on film'. London: I.B. Tauris. ISSN 10: 1845116151 ISSN 13: 978-1845116156
Hunt, L. (2008) 'Asiaphilia, Asianisation and the gatekeeper auteur: Quentin Tarantino and Luc Besson', in Hunt, L. and Wing-Fai, L. (eds.) East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film. IB Tauris. pp. 226 - 236. ISBN 10: 1845116151.
Hunt, L. (2008) 'From carnival to crumpet: low comedy in the 1970s', in Biressi, A. and Nunn, H. (eds.) The Tabloid Culture Reader. McGraw-Hill/Open University Press. pp. 122 - 132. ISBN 13: 978-0335219315.
Hunt, L. (2008) 'Han's island revisited: Enter the Dragon as transnational cult film', in Mathijs, E. and Mendik, X. (eds.) The Cult Film Reader. Open University Press. pp. 301 - 308.
Hunt, L. (2007) 'Zhang Ziyi, 'Martial arthouse' and the transnational nuxia', in Andris, S. and Frederick, U. (eds.) Women willing to fight: the fighting woman in film. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 144 - 160. ISBN 10: 1-84718-142-2.
Hunt, L. (2005) 'Ong-Bak: New Thai cinema, Hong Kong and the cult of the 'real''. New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 3 (2). pp. 69 - 84. ISSN: 1474-2756
Hunt, L. (2005) 'Hell in a cell and other stories: violence, endangerment and authenticity in professional wrestling', in King, G. (ed.) The spectacle of the real: from Hollywood to 'reality' TV and beyond. Bristol: Intellect. pp. 117 - 127. ISBN 10: 1-84150-120-4.
Hunt, L. (2003) 'Kung Fu cult masters: from Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger'. London: Wallflower Press. ISSN 10: 1-903364-63-9
Hunt, LR. (1998) 'British Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation'. Routledge.