Laura Kupp-Beerman is a writer and critic, because you can't have one without the other. She is in the early stages of book development on the theme of repetition compulsion within the horror film and film viewing experience. Time stopped when she discovered Dario Argento at Blockbuster Video in 2000, and she still misses MediaPlay. She earned a graduate degree in Early American Literature and is a devotee of both Roland Barthes and Joe Bob Briggs. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her Canadian husband and American kittens.