Do you remember the first time you set eyes on Karen Black? The cool glow of the television hypnotizing you as The Trilogy of Terror sun a devilishly frightening yarn in the comfort of your own home? Yes. Before VOD and DVD and LMNOP there was the made for television horror film. Although rarely held in high regard by critics, this genre remains an intriguing artifact of network programming.

Any subgenre was up for grabs, and the output was disparate, vast, and surprisingly subversive, often producing a collective memory (or trauma, depending) shared by millions of viewers.

If you are in Los Angeles on February 7th, you would do well to plan on attending The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – LA  as the present BIG SCARES ON THE SMALL SCREEN: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MADE-FOR-TV HORROR FILM.

 

Join us for a retrospective on the golden age of the telefilm and beyond. This event will be hosted by Amanda Reyes, editor and co-author of Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium: 1964-1999.

Date: February 7th 2019
Time: 7:30pm-10:00pm
Venue: Philosophical Research Society
Address: 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Prices: $12 advance ($40 with book) / $15 door

About the Instructor: Archivist by day, film lover by night, Amanda Reyes is also a freelance author who has been published online and in print. She recently edited Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium: 1964-1999 (Headpress, 2017) which celebrates the made for television film, and expands upon her TV movie-centric blog, Made for TV Mayhem and its companion podcast.

About the Author

Norman Gidney is a nearly lifelong horror fan. Beginning his love for the scare at the age of 5 by watching John Carpenter's Halloween, he set out on a quest to share his passion for all things spooky with the rest of the world.