Helena Bacon

Helena Bacon is a Lecturer and Co-Course Leader for Digital Film Production and Screenwriting at the University of Suffolk's School of Technology, Business and Arts. She holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia, alongside a BA from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA from University College London. Her research focuses on Gothic and horror fiction/film, nuclear cultures, energy humanities, and the Western film genre. She has published widely in journals like Horror Studies, Gothic Studies, and Green Letters, and is currently preparing her monograph Nuclear Gothic: Textual and Cultural Fusions (Anthem Press, 2026).

• Teaching modules include Film Studies One, Researching Film, and Contemporary TV Studies.
• Research projects include nuclear techno-sciences in cultural texts and rethinking Western film classifications.
• Active in academic communities: International Gothic Association member, conference organizer, and podcast contributor.
• Outreach work includes school collaborations to promote humanities and university access.

Recent work explores animation studies (Mexican stop-motion, animal agency in 1980s animation) and Stephen King's energy depictions. She co-edits journal special editions redefining Western film genres and has presented globally at conferences like the International Gothic Association and British Society for Literature and Science.