FALL 2023 CLASSES
Land Down Under: Australian Gothic Horror (London)
Tue. Dec. 12, 2023 - 7:00 pm GMT - 9:00 pm GMTInstructed by: Lindsay Hallam
The Horse Hospital
In this lecture Lindsay Hallam will explore what is meant by “Australian Gothic” and survey its use in films from the 1970s to the present. She will discuss how the representation of Australia as a Gothic landscape reveals the horror that has been enacted upon it through the process of colonisation.
SPRING 2024 SEMESTER PASSES
Semester passes are no longer available; individual tickets can be purchased via the class description pages.
CLASSES AVAILABLE ON VOD
VAMPIRISM GONE VIRAL: MEDICAL MISINFORMATION AND VACCINE HESITANCY is now available to rent! Join Leah Richards consider the ways that post-AIDS crisis vampires in film and television, from BLADE (1998) to the cusp of COVID-19, have engaged with broad-ranging misunderstandings to demonstrate how people think about and fear infection, contagion, and containment.
The lecture will be available until June 4th. Rental cost is US$10, and once rented, you will have 72 hours to view the lecture.
SPRING 2024 CLASSES
Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology and the Specter of Nostalgia (Online)
Tue. Mar. 26, 2024 - 2:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDTInstructed by: William Burns
This lecture is an introduction to the critical lens of hauntology, a philosophical approach that uses the metaphors of ghosts and hauntings to interrogate nostalgia, which has seeped into many aspects of 21st century horror.
Christ-Figures, Commodity Fetishes, Monsters: The Legacy of Lynching Photography in Contemporary Horror Cinema (London)
Tue. Apr. 9, 2024 - 7:00 pm BST - 8:30 pm BSTInstructed by: Amy Bride
The Horse Hospital
The power and economy of lynchings and it’s impact on cinema.
Architecture of Fear (Online)
Tue. Apr. 23, 2024 - 2:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDTInstructed by: Vincenzo Natali
Filmmaker Vincenzo Natali examines the relationship between character and environment in horror cinema.
Horrorigins: How the Female Gothic Still Haunts Women’s Homes (London)
Tue. May. 14, 2024 - 7:00 pm BST - 8:30 pm BSTInstructed by: Sophie Haywood
The Horse Hospital
Tracing the origins of the Female Gothic from the 18th century novel to modern horror cinema – are women ever really safe from ghosts?
“A Babel of Sound and Filth”: H. P. Lovecraft and New York City (Online)
Tue. May. 21, 2024 - 2:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDTInstructed by: David J. Goodwin
A formative chapter in Lovecraft’s biography has long been overlooked: his two years in New York City, which shaped him into the author known and enjoyed by a contemporary global audience.
The Myth of Harm (London)
Tue. Jun. 18, 2024 - 7:00 pm BST - 8:30 pm BSTInstructed by: Sarah Cleary
The Horse Hospital
Is Horror really harmful? A history of lies.