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"And where do you live, Simon"? The Asylum and its Patients on Film
Dec
9
7:00 pm19:00

"And where do you live, Simon"? The Asylum and its Patients on Film

Presented by Mikatonic, this talk explores how cinematic representations of the asylum and its patients have reflected real-life developments in psychiatry, including the demolition of Victorian institutions and moves toward community-based care in the late 20th century. We will also see how film itself played a role in these developments, with documentary exposés of asylum life like Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies (1967) revealing the real-life horrors of the institution.

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Televisual Gothic: Mediation, Manipulation and Exploitation in British Broadcasting
Nov
11
7:00 pm19:00

Televisual Gothic: Mediation, Manipulation and Exploitation in British Broadcasting

Brontë Schiltz joins the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies to explore how the Televisual Gothic has imagined television as both a site of horror and a means of resistance—revealing the medium’s power to distort reality, exploit its subjects, and reinforce class hierarchies, but also to challenge and subvert them.

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Mind The Doors: Excavating Horror and Folklore on the London Underground
Oct
14
7:00 pm19:00

Mind The Doors: Excavating Horror and Folklore on the London Underground

Antony Clayton joins the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies to explore a century of horror cinema rooted in the underworlds of fact and folklore, where everyday transit systems become uncanny landscapes of dread. We will trace how myth and rumour entwine with the anxieties of the modern city, shaping films that turn tunnels into sites of fear, claustrophobia, and monstrous intrusion.

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S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary & Panel Discussion
Aug
6
7:00 pm19:00

S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary & Panel Discussion

Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now. With a panel discussion featuring Chadd Curry aka Dahc Dermur VIII.

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