Simon Brown is Associate Professor of Film and Television and Course Leader for the BA Film Cultures Undergraduate Degree. His main areas of research are around film and television history and technology, genre, and adaptation. His recent film research has revolved around the horror genre and adaptation, focussing mainly on films adapted from the written works of Stephen King. In terms of TV, he has written extensively about cult tv shows such as Dexter, The X-Files, Under the Dome, and about cult networks like Showtime and Fox.