“OOH, THAT’S SCARY!” TV’S HORROR HOSTS
Concluding our six-week course on classic American TV horror, we look at the tradition of the horror host! Starting with carnival barkers and crossing in and out of radio, we move into case studies of Vampira, Ghoulardi and Zacherley, and the impact their shows had on a burgeoning monster-kid culture. PLUS! Kristopher Woofter’s MOM will […]
The Gothic As Soap Opera: Dark Shadows and Uncanny Domesticity
We continue our 6-week course on classic American horror television with Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare’s course on Dan Curtis’ gothic soap opera DARK SHADOWS. For a show with over 1100 episodes, this is sure to be a great historical primer as well as a rousing theoretical discussion. Admission $7. Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 7:00pm-10:00pm The Gothic As […]
THIS WEEK’S CLASS: THE OUTER LIMITS!
Our six-week classic horror TV course continues with visiting instructor Philip L. Simpson’s probe into THE OUTER LIMITS! Admission $7. Week 3: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 7:00pm-10:00pm A ‘Bear’ of a Series: The ‘Wonder’ and ‘Tolerable Terror’ of The Outer Limits Instructor: Philip L. Simpson (*visiting instructor!) First airing in 1963, the ABC-TV network’s […]
This week’s TV class: LIGHTS OUT!, CHILLER, ONE STEP BEYOND and NIGHT GALLERY!
Our six-week horror TV course continues with Kristopher Woofter’s class on the horror “step-children” – those series that never seem to get as much attention as heavy hitters like The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, but were no less pioneering and terrifying in their own right. Registration $7 at the door. Week 2: […]
Miskatonic kicks off spring semester Jan. 22 with a 6-week classic TV horror course!
As we reflect upon the recent popularity of horror melodramas such as True Blood, The Walking Dead and American Horror Story, it becomes essential to explore the influence of earlier examples of TV horror (aka Gothic TV, or what television scholar Helen Wheatley has referred to as ‘telefantasy’). In his book The Pleasures of Horror, […]
