The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit, community-based scholastic curriculum through which established horror writers, directors, scholars and programmers/curators help enthusiastic fans of the genre to gain a critical perspective. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 04:28:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fan(g) Scholarship: Q+A with the minds behind Academic Conference “TV FANGDOM” http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/06/fang-scholarship-qa-with-the-minds-behind-academic-conference-tv-fangdom/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/06/fang-scholarship-qa-with-the-minds-behind-academic-conference-tv-fangdom/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 04:25:18 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?p=459
Miskatonic’s Kristopher Woofter talks vamp TV on the FANGORIA Website! And since I got to pick all the photos, I managed to sneak in pic of Rudiger from cheapo Edmonton show The Little Vampire! Canada represent!
]]> http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/06/fang-scholarship-qa-with-the-minds-behind-academic-conference-tv-fangdom/feed/ 0 Miskatonic Fall Semester Begins September 2013 http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/05/miskatonic-fall-semester-begins-september-2013/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/05/miskatonic-fall-semester-begins-september-2013/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:57:56 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?p=440 Stay tuned for curriculum and registration info (as we go into our fourth year of operation!), to be posted here in August, as well as a possible summer one-off. Make sure you join our Facebook page to get updates!

]]> http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/05/miskatonic-fall-semester-begins-september-2013/feed/ 0 See All Our Past Courses + Events Here! http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/05/see-all-our-past-courses-here/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/05/see-all-our-past-courses-here/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:53:59 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?p=446 The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies has been offering weekly courses throughout the regular school calendar since 2010. See below for a link to all the courses we’ve offered thus far, from Universal and Hammer films to giallo and rape-revenge!

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]]> http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/04/check-out-the-trailer-for-dreaming-revolt-jean-rollin-the-french-fantastique-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Miskatonic and TriStar want to send you to see “EVIL DEAD”! http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/03/miskatonicand-tristar-want-to-send-you-to-see-evil-dead/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/03/miskatonicand-tristar-want-to-send-you-to-see-evil-dead/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:15:55 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?p=424 The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies wants to send a lucky handful of our students and members-at-large to see director Fede Alvarez’s reboot of Sam Raimi’s cult classic EVIL DEAD, thanks to our friends at TriStar!

TRISTAR[1]Produced by Raimi, Robert Tapert and original DEAD series star Bruce Campbell, the new EVIL DEAD is a hotly anticipated horror film, with glowing reviews spilling from its recent SXSW debut, where its go-for-broke gore and outlandish nightmare imagery had audiences howling for more.

And if you live in Montreal, we’re going to give you the chance to see it early, at a special advance screening at 7:00pm on Wednesday April 3, 2013 at Montreal’s Scotiabank Theatre.

To win one of 10 double passes to the sneak screening, make sure you “Like” our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/miskatonicinstitute) and then email bigsmashproductions@gmail.com with the words “I’LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!” in the subject line. First come, first served! Only winners will be contacted.

EVIL DEAD opens everywhere on April 5th.

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]]> http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/2013/03/check-out-the-trailer-for-stepping-through-time-the-science-of-time-travel/feed/ 0 UNIVERSAL HORRORS http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/universal-horrors/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/universal-horrors/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:16:46 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?post_type=event&p=402 Blue Sunshine
3660 Boul. St. Laurent
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Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed. Oct. 5, 2011
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Blue Sunshine

Instructor
Charlie Ellbé

Admission

Wednesdays, Oct 5, 12 + 19, 6pm-9pm

This course will examine the main themes and stylistic characteristics of the horror films produced by Universal Studios during the 1930s. In order to offer an efficient analysis of the themes and stylistics of Universal horrors, each of the four classes will be specifically devoted to the study of one film from the first horror cycle.

 

 

 

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]]> http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/universal-horrors/feed/ 0 ADAPTING LOVECRAFT FOR THE SCREEN: A MASTER CLASS WITH STUART GORDON AND DENNIS PAOLI http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/adapting-lovecraft-for-the-screen-a-master-class-with-stuart-gordon-and-dennis-paoli/ http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/events/adapting-lovecraft-for-the-screen-a-master-class-with-stuart-gordon-and-dennis-paoli/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:04:28 +0000 admin http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/?post_type=event&p=400 Blue Sunshine
3660 Boul. St. Laurent
Montreal]]>

Date/Time
Date(s) - Sun. Jul. 18, 2010
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location
Blue Sunshine

Instructor

Admission

Sunday July 18th, 2pm-4pm

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies has recently found a permanent home at Blue Sunshine, and who better to christen the new pad than the writing/directing team behind the most beloved HP Lovecraft film adaptations of all time?

Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli ( Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon) will be the inaugural instructors at Miskatonic’s new home, and will be delivering a two-hour masterclass on adapting Lovecraft to the screen – the challenges, the  techniques and some insight as to why their films stand out amidst a sea of historically troubled counterparts.Their masterclass will be happening at Blue Sunshine (3660 St-Laurent, 3rd Floor) on Sunday July 18th from 2pm-4pm and will be followed by a Q&A period.  Seating is limited, as Blue Sunshine is a small space (max 50 people!), so it is a rare chance to be in an intimate environment with some of the genre’s leading lights.

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Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli – along with cult icon and Re-Animator star Jeffrey Combs – will be in Montreal for the Fantasia Festival to present their one-man play “Nevermore: An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe”. More details at the Fantasia website! 

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3660 Boul. St. Laurent
Montreal]]>

Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue. Oct. 5, 2010 - Tue. Oct. 12, 2010
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Blue Sunshine

Instructor
Kier-La Janisse

Admission

Tuesday Oct. 5 + Tuesday Oct. 12, 6-9pm

Miskatonic director and longtime horror writer/film programmer Kier-La Janisse kicks off the Miskatonic season with this 2-evening course on horror film criticism for teens aged 14+. The course will focus on developing an aptitude for critical interpretation, using Jack Smight’s 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story as a focal point. Examples of various historical schools of writing and interpretation will accompany open discussion in class, as well as individual review assignments. Each participant will be given a movie to take home and review using the tools and insider tips discussed in class, and these reviews will be posted on the Fangoria Magazine website’s Miskatonic Blog!

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3660 Boul. St. Laurent
Montreal]]>

Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue. Oct. 19, 2010 - Tue. Nov. 2, 2010
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Blue Sunshine

Instructor
Kristopher Woofter

Admission

Tuesdays, Oct. 19, 26 + Nov. 2 – 6-9pm

This course looks at a popular sub-genre of horror films that blend a documentary aesthetic with traditional horror conventions to produce a hybrid form of horror cinema. Characterized by such films as The Blair Witch Project (1999), George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2007), Cloverfield (2008) and Paranormal Activity (2009), ‘reality horror’ films seem particularly suited to expressing millennial and/or post-9/11 anxieties regarding not only individual and social security, but also ambivalent attitudes towards technology, new media and online databases such as YouTube and Google Video. The continued popularity of this trend also constitutes an important aesthetic shift in horror cinema. In this course, we will look at some of the trends, conventions and themes in horror cinema that have informed the ‘reality horror’ film. Some of the questions we will start with are: To what extent do these horror films renegotiate the intersection between horror and documentary? In what ways do these films link the forbidden unknowns typical of horror to fears of being lost in a virtual reality? What is these films’ relationship to other reality styles, such as ‘Mondo’ films, snuff films, gothic documentaries, found-footage films, reality TV and home movies. Required reading for the course will be in the form of articles related to the films we view. Required viewing for the course will include a variety of clips, two films screened in class, and a field-trip screening of Paranormal Activity 2. (admission included in course cost)

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