The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Modern Horror Cinema: I Am What Haunts Me

About the Author(s)

Carlos Pitillas, Ph.D., teaches psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at different universities in Spain (he is primarily based at Pontifical Comillas University, in Madrid). He is also a psychotherapist in private practice, and has worked with families affected by social exclusion and trauma. At present, he coordinates the design of un upcoming Master’s Degree in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy that will be taught at Pontifical Comillas University, from January 2025. He has authored scientific papers and some books on trauma, intergenerational transmission, and treatment. He is the co-author of Soy lo que me persigue: el terror como ficción del trauma (the Spanish antecedent to the proposal that is presented here).

Ismael Martín Biurrun is a novelist, has published nine books of fiction (some of them awarded as best book of the year in Spain, always merging genres between horror and psychological thriller) and is the co-author of Soy lo que me persigue: el terror como ficción del trauma. He also teaches writing skills and genre theory at different schools and universities. A few titles of his novels are: Solo los vivos perdonan, Invasiones and Un minuto antes de la oscuridad.