In London, the next course on the block at The Horse Hospital is David Kerekes Its Not Real, But Its Reality: The Story of Custom-Made Sex and Horror, taking place this Thursday, May 12th, from 7:00PM-10:00PM.

Lovecraft mythos has hosted pop-up courses, lectures and screenings all over the world, with regular curriculums operating yearly in Montreal, Canada and London, England.

Founded by Kier-La Janisse (author of HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF FEMALE NEUROSIS IN HORROR AND EXPLOITATION CINEMA and Festival Director & Head Programmer for Melbournes Monster Fest, the Miskatonic Institute named after the Arkham University of H.P. The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit forum for established horror writers, directors, scholars, film programmers and curators to discourse with genre fans in a critical, curriculum-based, academic setting. The Hardback Edition is available direct from the Headpress website (EMBED LINK: ), with the paperback edition to follow in June 2016. Slater & Kerekes earlier co-authorship, the critically acclaimed KILLING FOR CULTURE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DEATH FILM FROM MONDO TO SNUFF (1994), has recently been revised and greatly expanded for a new 2016 edition, under the title KILLING FOR CULTURE: FROM EDISON TO ISIS A NEW HISTORY OF DEATH ON FILM. A co-founder of Headpress, the British publishing house specializing in invaluable and essential texts on unpopular culture, Kerekes two books co-written with fellow Headpress architect David Slater are exhaustive and indispensible: SEE NO EVIL: BANNED FILMS AND VIDEO CONTROVERSY (2001) investigates Britains video nasties moral panic, with an opening chapter offering the best thorough summary Ive yet read on the rise, popularization and dominance of home video (from a UK perspective). On the cusp of his Miskatonic London lecture, SHOCK talks to author and Headpress co-founder David Kerekesĭavid Kerekes is an authority on death and sex on screen.

Killing for Culture by David Kerekes