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Bug-Loving Freaks: The Entomologists of Horror Cinema
Online

Bug-Loving Freaks: The Entomologists of Horror Cinema

Edwin Harris

20 April 2026

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Blood Work: The Craft and Culture of Gore Cinema
London

Blood Work: The Craft and Culture of Gore Cinema

Shellie McMurdo

12 May 2026

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Mansion of Gloom: the Unsettling Legacy of Poe’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
Online

Mansion of Gloom: the Unsettling Legacy of Poe’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’

Antony Clayton

18 May 2026

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Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies presents physical, in person presentations at the Horse Hospital in London, and online. We cover various aspects of the horror genre and beyond, from classic gothic literature to video games, comic books to Expressionist cinema, we leave no gravestone unturned.