School of Writing, Literature, and Film

Zach Price teaches and researches in the fields of contemporary cinema, visual effects, and medical humanities. His work specializes in the production history of visual effects (VFX) in horror and science fiction films.

He is working on his first book project, Molecular Terror: Visceral Digital Effects in Contemporary Cinema, which investigates a new medical aesthetic -- based on a molecular scale -- used widely within Hollywood and global movie industries. He argues that the digital revolution in visual effects over the last twenty-five years has restructured production practices and therefore the politics of cinema’s immersion in the body. His publications have appeared in Screen, Horror Studies, and JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.