Acting
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic and historian who has written several books in fields like horror film and women in film, including Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2011) and Masks in Horror Cinema (2019). She is co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May (2019). Heller-Nicholas appears in Alexandre O. Philippe's 2024 documentary Chain Reactions, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, interviewed alongside Stephen King, Patton Oswalt, Karyn Kusama and Takashi Miike. Her 2020 book 1000 Women in Horror, 1895 - 2020 was made into a feature documentary in 2025 which Heller-Nicholas wrote and appeared in, directed by Donna Davies.
Acting (37)
Chain Discussion
Chain Discussion2026 · Self
Paul Henreid and the Teen Crime Wave
Paul Henreid and the Teen Crime Wave2026 · Self - Narrated by
Many Faces of Death
Many Faces of Death2025 · Self
Chain Reactions2025 · Self
Lake Mungo Revisited2025 · Self
Chain of Thought
Chain of Thought2025 · Self
1000 Women in Horror2025 · Self
The Blair Witch Project: audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
The Blair Witch Project: audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson2024 · Self - Commentator
Lady of the Night: The Feminism of Rosalba Neri
Lady of the Night: The Feminism of Rosalba Neri2024 · Self - Narrated by
Island of Doomed Men: Audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
Island of Doomed Men: Audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson2024 · Self
Body Snatchers and Beyond
Body Snatchers and Beyond2024 · Self
Clean Up Madrid
Clean Up Madrid2024 · Self
What the Blood Moon Brings: Messiah of Evil, A New American Nightmare
What the Blood Moon Brings: Messiah of Evil, A New American Nightmare2023 · Self
Enid's Gaze
Enid's Gaze2022 · Self
The Devil Pulls the Strings
The Devil Pulls the Strings2022 · Self
A Strange Dark Magic
A Strange Dark Magic2022 · Self
Sirocco: Audio Commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
Sirocco: Audio Commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson2022 · Self
Irreversible: Time Destroys All Things
Irreversible: Time Destroys All Things2021 · Self
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman2021 · Self
The Devil Down Under
The Devil Down Under2021 · Self - Hosted by
Together and Apart
Together and Apart2021 · Self
There's Something About Celia
There's Something About Celia2021 · Self
Beyond Window Dressing
Beyond Window Dressing2021 · Self
A Twisted Collage
A Twisted Collage2021 · Self
Bloody White People
Bloody White People2021 · Self
The Found Footage Phenomenon2021 · Self
A Room of One's Own: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Swallow
A Room of One's Own: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Swallow2021 · Self
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror2021 · Self
Circumnavigating Ring: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Evolution of the Ring Series
Circumnavigating Ring: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Evolution of the Ring Series2019 · Narrator
Road to Nowhere: Hitchhiking Culture Goes to Hell
Road to Nowhere: Hitchhiking Culture Goes to Hell2019 · Narrator
Dirty Dolls: Femininity, Perversion and Play
Dirty Dolls: Femininity, Perversion and Play2019 · Actress
Shaman of the Screen: The Films of Gaspar Noé
Shaman of the Screen: The Films of Gaspar Noé2018 · Self
A Certain Piggish Nature: Looking Back at 'Razorback'
A Certain Piggish Nature: Looking Back at 'Razorback'2017 · Self
The Power of Perception
The Power of Perception2017 · Self
A Bicentenary with Bite: Revisiting 'Dark Age'
A Bicentenary with Bite: Revisiting 'Dark Age'2017 · Self
Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101
Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 1012016 · Self
Nature Found Them Guilty: Examining 'Long Weekend'
Nature Found Them Guilty: Examining 'Long Weekend'2016 · Self
Writing (44)
Paul Henreid and the Teen Crime Wave
Paul Henreid and the Teen Crime Wave2026 · written by
1000 Women in Horror2025 · Writer
Pull the Strings: Puppets in Horror
Pull the Strings: Puppets in Horror2025 · Writer
Art Is Where You Find It
Art Is Where You Find It2025 · written by
The Silent Death
The Silent Death2024 · writer
Witches and Sisterhood
Witches and Sisterhood2024 · writer
Lady of the Night: The Feminism of Rosalba Neri
Lady of the Night: The Feminism of Rosalba Neri2024 · written by
Copycat? Black Cat and its Influences
Copycat? Black Cat and its Influences2024 · writer
Body Snatchers and Beyond
Body Snatchers and Beyond2024 · written by
Clean Up Madrid
Clean Up Madrid2024 · written by
Them: Safe as Houses
Them: Safe as Houses2024 · writer
Tank Girl: (Tank) Girl Power
Tank Girl: (Tank) Girl Power2024 · Writer
A Woman for Joe
A Woman for Joe2024 · writer
Knight Chills: Of Satanic Panic and Red Roses
Knight Chills: Of Satanic Panic and Red Roses2023 · writer
Possession: The Failure of Language
Possession: The Failure of Language2023 · Writer
Having Nun of It: Get My Gun and the Rape Revenge Genre
Having Nun of It: Get My Gun and the Rape Revenge Genre2023 · writer
The Real Deal
The Real Deal2023 · writer
The Exploitation of Gina
The Exploitation of Gina2023 · writer
Hidden in Plain Sight: Spirituality in Jacob's Ladder
Hidden in Plain Sight: Spirituality in Jacob's Ladder2023 · writer
Sex, Lies & Purple Envelopes
Sex, Lies & Purple Envelopes2023 · writer
Carnival of the Heart
Carnival of the Heart2023 · writer
Smiling at the Door: Eloy de la Iglesia's Hidden Pleasures
Smiling at the Door: Eloy de la Iglesia's Hidden Pleasures2023 · writer
Only the Brave
Only the Brave2023 · writer
Road to Nowhere
Road to Nowhere2022 · writer
Enid's Gaze
Enid's Gaze2022 · writer
The Devil Pulls the Strings
The Devil Pulls the Strings2022 · writer
A Strange Dark Magic
A Strange Dark Magic2022 · writer
Enter the Sensorium
Enter the Sensorium2022 · Writer
Beyond the Eye of Horus
Beyond the Eye of Horus2022 · writer
Nicoletta Elmi: Italian Cinema's Imp Ascendent
Nicoletta Elmi: Italian Cinema's Imp Ascendent2022 · writer
Irreversible: Time Destroys All Things
Irreversible: Time Destroys All Things2021 · writer
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman2021 · writer
The Devil Down Under
The Devil Down Under2021 · base on her chapter "The Devil Down Under" in the spectacular optical & FAB press book satanic panic: Pop-Cultura Paranioa in the 1980s
Together and Apart
Together and Apart2021 · writer
Beyond Window Dressing
Beyond Window Dressing2021 · writer
A Twisted Collage
A Twisted Collage2021 · writer
Bloody White People
Bloody White People2021 · writer
A Room of One's Own: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Swallow
A Room of One's Own: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Swallow2021 · writer
Circumnavigating Ring: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Evolution of the Ring Series
Circumnavigating Ring: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Evolution of the Ring Series2019 · Writer
Dirty Dolls: Femininity, Perversion and Play
Dirty Dolls: Femininity, Perversion and Play2019 · Writer
Road to Nowhere: Hitchhiking Culture Goes to Hell
Road to Nowhere: Hitchhiking Culture Goes to Hell2019 · Writer
Shaman of the Screen: The Films of Gaspar Noé
Shaman of the Screen: The Films of Gaspar Noé2018 · writer
The Power of Perception
The Power of Perception2017 · writer
Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101
Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 1012016 · writer
Crew (4)
Art Is Where You Find It
Art Is Where You Find It2025 · producer
Projection of the Mind's Eye
Projection of the Mind's Eye2025 · producer
The Costuming Auteur
The Costuming Auteur2025 · producer
Please Don't Say the Word Monster on National Television
Please Don't Say the Word Monster on National Television2022 · producer