The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit, community-based curriculum through which established horror writers, directors, scholars and programmers/curators celebrate horror history and culture while helping enthusiastic fans of the genre to gain a critical perspective.

L’Institut Miskatonic d’études sur le fantastique est une organisation sans but lucratif qui offre des programmes de cours donnés par des essayistes, des réalisateurs, des chercheurs et des programmeurs / commissaires reconnus dans le domaine du fantastique et de l’horreur. Les cours ont pour but de célébrer l’histoire et la culture du fantastique et d’aider les amateurs du genre à aborder cet univers d’un point de vue critique.

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Thank You, to Our 2013-2014 Instructors and Students!

Miskatonic thanks the instructors who volunteered their time and expertise for our fantastic slate of 2013-2014 courses, and the enthusiastic and insightful students who attended them.

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“Pure Provocation”: Avant-Garde Horror Cinema(s)

Tue. Mar. 18, 2014 - Tue. Apr. 1, 2014

Date/Time Date(s) – Tue. Mar. 18, 2014 – Tue. Apr. 1, 20147:00 pm – 10:00 pm Location Microcinema [ ÊTRE] Instructor Anne Golden Admission $21 Tuesdays, March 18th, 25th and April 1st (3 weeks) This course will investigate the locus of horror within avant-garde cinema(s). Beginning with canonical films which are examples of Dadaism and Surrealism, […]

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H.P. Lovecraft – From Cosmic Horror to Heavy Metal

Tue. Feb. 4, 2014 - Tue. Mar. 4, 2014

Date/Time Date(s) – Tue. Feb. 4, 2014 – Tue. Mar. 4, 20147:00 pm – 10:00 pm Location Microcinema [ ÊTRE] Instructor Carl Sederholm, Kristopher Woofter, Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare Admission $35 Tuesdays, February 4th & February 11th, 18th, 25th and March 4th (5 weeks) Horror fiction writer, theorist, philosopher, and prolific epistolarian, H.P. Lovecraft is one of […]

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Queer Bites! — January 21st and 28th

Tue. Jan. 21, 2014 - Tue. Jan. 28, 2014

Date/Time Date(s) – Tue. Jan. 21, 2014 – Tue. Jan. 28, 20147:00 pm – 10:00 pm Location Microcinema [ ÊTRE] Instructor Cory Legassic Admission $14 Tuesday, January 21st and 28th (2 weeks) Come sink your teeth into a few queer questions about horror films that rub many queer fans the right way. Let’s take up Halberstam’s […]

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Yuletide Terror!: Trivia Party

Tue. Dec. 17, 2013

Date/Time Date(s) – Tue. Dec. 17, 20137:00 pm – 10:00 pm Location Microcinema [ ÊTRE] Instructor Kristopher Woofter, Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare Admission Free Tuesday, 17 December 2013 Join us for a night of Christmas Horror Trivia! Your hosts, Kristopher Woofter and Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, have devised a ghastly trivia game that will test your knowledge of this […]