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We’re All Alone Inside Our Skulls: Ramsey Campbell Wants To Drive You Mad
Grady Hendrix, author of Paperbacks From Hell and Horrorstör, writes on the oeuvre and impact of horror giant Ramsey Campbell, who appears in conversation at Miskatonic London on February 15th, 2018. Ramsey Campbell writes the way crazy people think. His characters can’t trust their perceptions, inanimate objects exhibit consciousness, living creatures behave like automatons, personalities […]
February 15, 2018
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We’re All Alone Inside Our Skulls: Ramsey Campbell Wants To Drive You Mad
Grady Hendrix, author of Paperbacks From Hell and Horrorstör, writes on the oeuvre and impact of horror giant Ramsey Campbell, who appears in conversation at Miskatonic London on February 15th, 2018. Ramsey Campbell writes the way crazy people think. His characters can’t trust their perceptions, inanimate objects exhibit consciousness, living creatures behave like automatons, personalities […]
February 15, 2018
Viewing list/Bibliography from Howard David Ingham’s SECRET POWERS OF ATTRACTION class Jan 18th
Select Bibliography: Daily Express Archive Daily Mirror Archive Adam Scovell, Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange (2018) Peter Haining, Witchcraft and Black Magic (1971) Brian Ward, McDonald Guidelines: ESP (1977) Francis X King, Magic: The Western Tradition (1975) Erich von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods? (1969) Doris Stokes, Voices in My Ear (1980) Paciorek […]
January 29, 2018
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Viewing list/Bibliography from Howard David Ingham’s SECRET POWERS OF ATTRACTION class Jan 18th
Select Bibliography: Daily Express Archive Daily Mirror Archive Adam Scovell, Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange (2018) Peter Haining, Witchcraft and Black Magic (1971) Brian Ward, McDonald Guidelines: ESP (1977) Francis X King, Magic: The Western Tradition (1975) Erich von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods? (1969) Doris Stokes, Voices in My Ear (1980) Paciorek […]
January 29, 2018
The Dreyer Connection in Alan Clarke’s Penda’s Fen (1974)
By Martyn Conterio (Note: This content was created exclusively for the Miskatonic newsletter. Each newsletter will contain original writing adjacent to our classes and so we are sharing this here to let you know what kinds of treats are in store if you sign up! Sign up to the monthly newsletter HERE >>) It might […]
January 9, 2018
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The Dreyer Connection in Alan Clarke’s Penda’s Fen (1974)
By Martyn Conterio (Note: This content was created exclusively for the Miskatonic newsletter. Each newsletter will contain original writing adjacent to our classes and so we are sharing this here to let you know what kinds of treats are in store if you sign up! Sign up to the monthly newsletter HERE >>) It might […]
January 9, 2018
THE MISKATONIC INSTITUTE OF HORROR STUDIES UNVEILS SPRING 2018 LINEUP FOR LONDON AND NEW YORK BRANCHES, THE DIABOLIQUE SCHOLARSHIP AND NEW LONDON CO-DIRECTOR
Following the successful conclusion of our 2017 winter semester with seasonal classes on Christmas Horror on Film and Television at both our London and New York branches, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is pleased to announce our spring curriculum and instructors, as well as exciting new developments. Coming up in 2018 we’ll guide our […]
January 3, 2018
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THE MISKATONIC INSTITUTE OF HORROR STUDIES UNVEILS SPRING 2018 LINEUP FOR LONDON AND NEW YORK BRANCHES, THE DIABOLIQUE SCHOLARSHIP AND NEW LONDON CO-DIRECTOR
Following the successful conclusion of our 2017 winter semester with seasonal classes on Christmas Horror on Film and Television at both our London and New York branches, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is pleased to announce our spring curriculum and instructors, as well as exciting new developments. Coming up in 2018 we’ll guide our […]
January 3, 2018
Farewell to co-director Virginie Sélavy
Miskatonic London simply would not exist without Virginie Sélavy. It would never have gone from an “I wish” idea to a reality and thrived for the last three years without her dedication, enthusiasm and curatorial guidance, not to mention her own brilliant lecturing (which you can see more of in her four-week course on Surrealism […]
December 23, 2017
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Farewell to co-director Virginie Sélavy
Miskatonic London simply would not exist without Virginie Sélavy. It would never have gone from an “I wish” idea to a reality and thrived for the last three years without her dedication, enthusiasm and curatorial guidance, not to mention her own brilliant lecturing (which you can see more of in her four-week course on Surrealism […]
December 23, 2017
Happy Holidays from the Miskatonic Institute!
We’ll be back in January with a new semester of classes (check out the upcoming events listed in the right hand column) but until then Happy Holidays! Tickets and season passes will be on sale soon (passes will be available on the Registration page, individual tickets will be available on the individual event pages shortly). […]
December 15, 2017
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Happy Holidays from the Miskatonic Institute!
We’ll be back in January with a new semester of classes (check out the upcoming events listed in the right hand column) but until then Happy Holidays! Tickets and season passes will be on sale soon (passes will be available on the Registration page, individual tickets will be available on the individual event pages shortly). […]
December 15, 2017
Robert Morgan and Chris Shepherd to appear at Nov 9th Horror Animation class!
Just added: Animators Robert Morgan (BOBBY YEAH) and Chris Shepherd (DAD’S DEAD) will appear at the class in person to discuss their work! Too little attention has been paid to animated horror and yet animation is uniquely qualified as an art form to fully explore all our fears and anxieties, through visuals crafted by some […]
October 19, 2017
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Robert Morgan and Chris Shepherd to appear at Nov 9th Horror Animation class!
Just added: Animators Robert Morgan (BOBBY YEAH) and Chris Shepherd (DAD’S DEAD) will appear at the class in person to discuss their work! Too little attention has been paid to animated horror and yet animation is uniquely qualified as an art form to fully explore all our fears and anxieties, through visuals crafted by some […]
October 19, 2017
Rue Morgue plugs our PAPERBACKS FROM HELL class!
Thanks to Mike Gingold – not only a veteran horror journalist (who was managing editor of Fangoria Magazine for decades), but also one of our former Miskatonic NYC instructors (New York State of Horror – December 2016) – our Sept 19th PAPERBACKS FROM HELL event with Grady Hendrix has gotten a plug on the Rue […]
August 17, 2017
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Rue Morgue plugs our PAPERBACKS FROM HELL class!
Thanks to Mike Gingold – not only a veteran horror journalist (who was managing editor of Fangoria Magazine for decades), but also one of our former Miskatonic NYC instructors (New York State of Horror – December 2016) – our Sept 19th PAPERBACKS FROM HELL event with Grady Hendrix has gotten a plug on the Rue […]
August 17, 2017
NEW MISKATONIC LONDON PROGRAMME REVEALED FOR AUTUMN 2017
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – London returns to the Horse Hospital from September to December this year for a new term of film seminars, covering a range of exciting and esoteric topics, led by renowned critical luminaries from the world of fantastique and horror cinema. After closing the spring season last May with […]
August 11, 2017
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NEW MISKATONIC LONDON PROGRAMME REVEALED FOR AUTUMN 2017
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – London returns to the Horse Hospital from September to December this year for a new term of film seminars, covering a range of exciting and esoteric topics, led by renowned critical luminaries from the world of fantastique and horror cinema. After closing the spring season last May with […]
August 11, 2017
New Trailer for Jon Towlson’s “SYNTHETIC FLESH /ROTTEN BLOOD” March 16
Check out this trailer we put together for Jon Towlson’s upcoming class on the turn to “gruesomeness” in 1930s horror , which explores violence, cruelty and disfigurement in a variety of films, from favourites to obscurities. The class takes place this coming Thursday March 16th, 2017 and will also act as a launch for Jon’s […]
March 12, 2017
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New Trailer for Jon Towlson’s “SYNTHETIC FLESH /ROTTEN BLOOD” March 16
Check out this trailer we put together for Jon Towlson’s upcoming class on the turn to “gruesomeness” in 1930s horror , which explores violence, cruelty and disfigurement in a variety of films, from favourites to obscurities. The class takes place this coming Thursday March 16th, 2017 and will also act as a launch for Jon’s […]
March 12, 2017