The world’s longest-running horror-centric educational organization – with branches in London, New York and Los Angeles – is pleased to announce its spring lineup of monthly classes in horror history, theory and production. Set against the mystical backdrop of Los Feliz’ storied Philosophical Research Society campus, Miskatonic talks are fun and casual illustrated excursions into horror’s [...]

Miskatonic LA is set to present an evening in conversation with the great British horror and sexploitation director Pete Walker. Starting out in softcore sex shorts in the 1960s before turning to features in 1968 with films like The Big Switch, School of Sex and his breakthrough Cool it Carol! in 1969, Walker then self-financed a decade of [...]

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is an international educational community where writers, directors, scholars, and curators enthusiastically celebrate horror history and culture through their critical perspective. Founded by film writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse in March 2010, the institute has branches in London, New York, and Los Angeles where they hold classes on horror, [...]

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is excited to present "Destructible Man: The Dummy-death and Cinematic Storytelling Language" on April 11th at the Philosophical Research Society. Howard S. Berger goes deep into one of cinema's most overlooked niches: films that include a 'dummy death,' a cinematic illusion that transpires when a living actor is swapped out at [...]

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is proud to present a thrilling class for this month, In Your Face Till Your Face Comes Off: John Skipp on The History of Splatterpunk, and the Triumph of the Overt on March 14th at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz. Award winning author and filmmaker John Skipp guides audiences through the history of Splatterpunk [...]

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is proud to present Mark Jancovich’s class "The Paranoid Woman's Film", which will explore the unique genre of film that chronicled women falling for murderous men. The class will take place on March 7th at The Horse Hospital at 7pm. Lecturer and author Mark Jancovich will introduce students to the horror films [...]

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 [...]