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Category Archives: blog
The Faculty of Horror: Episode 4. Do You Like Scary Movies?
In this episode, Andrea, Alex and friends tackle the age-old question, which horror films scare you the most? Using different analytical frameworks we discuss a variety of scary films and scenes while grappling with our own traumas.
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Tagged alexandra west, Faculty of Horror, IT, Pet Sematary, podcast
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The Black Museum Presents – Killer Portraits: Iconography of the Horror Film Poster
Through an examination of poster art from some of horror’s most revered, and not so revered films, a more complete portrait of horror, madness, and violence is born, one that is inextricably linked to the rise and fall of the Hollywood star system, the dissolution of the Hays Code in the late 1960s, and the rise of the Hollywood independent filmmakers of the 1970s and ’80s.
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Tagged Andrea Butler, art, horror movie posters, Killer Portraits, The Black Museum
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The Black Museum Presents – Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils
This lecture will ask how can a movie by one of the most famous filmmakers in the world end up banned, edited, and ignored by the company that owns it?
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Tagged Ken Russell, Richard Crouse, The Black Museum, The Devils
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The Black Museum Presents – Ghosts in the Machine: The Evolution of Found Footage Horror
By examining Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, The Ring, REC, Paranormal Activity and The Last Exorcism, journalist and playwright Alexandra West will discuss how found footage horror grew from its grassroots origins to become a defining horror trope of a young millennium.
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The Black Museum Presents – Tourism in the 4th Dimension: Parallel Realities and Time Loops in Cinema
For this lecture, different theories of time travel will be presented and we will discuss two seminal papers on time travel – namely, David Lewis’ The Paradoxes of Time Travel and Theodore Sider’s Time Travel, Coincidences and Counterfactuals.
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The Black Museum Presents – Primate Panic: Bigfoot on Film 1967 – 1980
This lecture will look at Bigfoot’s evolution on screen throughout the 1970s as a creature of both mystery and fright in films including The Mysterious Monsters, Legend of Boggy Creek, The Capture of Bigfoot and Night of the Demon. This lecture accompanies a screening of creepy cryptozoological classic Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1977).
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The Faculty of Horror: Episode 3. Jennifer’s Body
In this episode, your hosts Alex and Andrea aim their smart-bombs squarely at Diablo Cody’s Jennifer’s Body (2009) and how there’s much more to the film than meets the eye.
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Tagged alexandra west, Diablo Cody, Faculty of Horror, feminism, Jennifer's Body, podcast
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The Faculty of Horror: Episode 2. Valentine’s Day
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we bring you a conversation about Fatal Attraction (1987), Fear (1996) and the kind of love that takes a lot to die.
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Tagged Alex West, Faculty of Horror, Fatal Attraction, Fear, Valentine's Day
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The Faculty of Horror: Episode 1. Halloween vs Black Xmas
Tackling all things horror with a slash of analysis and research, horror journalists and occasional academics Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West are your hosts for brain plumping discussions. Produced independently in Toronto Ontario The Faculty of Horror is your best source for classic and contemporary horror film discussions that will haunt the libraries of your mind.
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Recap of Blood in the Snow
Check out my article on the Blood in the Snow Canadian Horror Film Festival on Planet Fury!
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Last Call of Cthulhu: The Black Museum’s Semester-End Party
Come celebrate the successful end of the Black Museum’s initial run by raising a glass or two with the curators.
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Tagged last call of cthulhu, nocturne, party, The Black Museum
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Unearthed: A Cultural History of the Zombie
I’m happy to report that my lecture went very well last Thursday! I had the good fortune of a very bright and engaged audience, who stuck around after the talk for an excellent discussion.
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Unearthed: A Cultural History of the Zombie
It seems like only yesterday, The Black Museum was just a twinkle in my eye. On Thursday October 11th, it’s my turn! I’ll be presenting the research I did on zombies that earned me a Masters degree and my first publication: When There’s No More Room in Hell. Tickets are available for $12 in advance on The Black Museum website.
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Tagged Architecture of Fear, Black Museum, Paul Corupe, Unearthed, Vincenzo Natali
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Introducing The Black Museum!
It’s finally happening! Co-curator Paul Corupe and I are proud to announce the launch of The Black Museum: Lurid Lectures for the Morbidly Curious!
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Have you met Dr. Gangrene?
Award-winning horror host and radio personality, Larry Underwood (aka “Dr Gangrene”) has been entertaining, enlightening and assaulting the eardrums of horror fans for years.
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