There are slashers, and then there is Pieces. I am going to begin with a confession. I once wrote an article on underrated slashers for a mainstream genre magazine solely so I could promote the idea that you haven’t seen ...

In the field of classic Gothic cinema the Italians really take some beating when it comes to evoking visual beauty from perverse themes. In contrast to classic British Gothic, which blossomed from stagey Gainsborough drama and a subtle sense of ...

When L’assassino’s (1961) protagonist, Alfredo Martelli (Marcello Mastroianni), declares “I am not a perfect man,” you believe him. His girlfriend is dead, he has been accused of killing her. During the murder investigation Martelli is forced to face up to ...

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies London are all set to put on another amazing talk this week (Thursday 16th February, 2017), this time hosted by Asian genre expert Jasper Sharp. Sharp’s talk Lost Treasures of Japanese Genre Filmmaking promises to provide ...

We are very proud to announce the first set of students have been selected to attend the full Spring 2017 semester at Miskatonic Insitute of Horror Studies in London as part of the Diabolique Scholarship. The lucky candidates are as ...

If you are stuck for something to watch this Christmas you won’t go far wrong with Václav Vorlícek’s delightful Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku, 1973). The film has just been released in time for the holidays, in ...

Regardless of how you feel about the film, there is no denying The Vampire Lovers marked an important change in direction for Hammer; the film being one of the first to usher in a fresh, sexually charged era for the ...

After successfully closing out the fall season with author Maura McHugh’s class investigating codes and signs in David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (complete with complimentary doughnuts!), The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – London returns to the ...

1981 was a cracking year for the slasher. The foundations started in forerunners Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980)— incidentally both films saw their first sequels issued in ‘81—started to catch light, resulting in an outpouring of sub genre ...

At the beginning of Kim Ki-young’s seminal The Housemaid (1960), the grim narrative that unfolds is foreshadowed by a simple conversation at the kitchen table between a husband and wife, while their two children play quietly in the background. One ...