Edited by Arif Khan | Music: “From Tokyo to Las Vegas” by Gerardo Iacoucci, available on the compilation CRIMINALE VOL 2: OSSESSIONE

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, the world’s longest-running educational organization devoted to the study of horror history, theory and production, is pleased to announce its Fall 2019 lineup of classes, led by some of the genre world’s most renowned critical, literary and filmmaking luminaries at all three of our branches. In addition to Lisa […]

In conjunction with the Fantasia International Film Festival, film writer/producer/programmer Kier-La Janisse mounted her second Horror Express chartered bus tour, this time through Montreal horror film locations – co-hosted by longtime horror journalist Mike Gingold and presented by the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and Spectacular Optical Publications. Stops included the houses from Of Unknown […]

Thanks to Nathan Boone for this incredible trailer he edited for our upcoming masterclass with Pete Walker at Miskatonic LA on May 9th! Details and tickets for that event HERE >>

We promised it and here it is, the FULL LIST of books mentioned in John Skipp’s class ‘In Your Face Til Your Face Comes Off: The History of Splatterpunk and the Triumph of the Overt’ at Miskatonic LA in March 2019, everything from BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK to NIGHT OF THE ASSHOLES! Note these are […]

Join us for Howard S. Berger’s class on the dummy-death on film, Thurs April 11th at Miskatonic LA. Details HERE >>

Founded in 2010 and named for the fictional university in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary mythos, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is an international organization that offers university-level classes in horror history, theory and production, with branches in New York, London and Los Angeles, as well as hosting special events worldwide. Miskatonic is an endeavor through which […]

Once again we are partnering with the IFC Center’s new genre film festival What the Fest!? to present a brief talk before one of their films, and in this case it couldn’t be more perfect for us, having hosted a masterclass with the late Jack Ketchum (aka Dallas Mayr) as the opening event of our […]

Trailer for Peter Bebergal’s Miskatonic NYC class on March 19, 2019, edited by Nathan Boone.