Queer Horror Cinema: Heroic Outsiders and Beautiful Freaks

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Panel Discussion with Evan J Peterson (moderator), Amanda Downum, Garrett Cook, Rose O'Keefe

Horror has always meant something a bit different to the LGBTQ fans and creators. From Medusa and Carmilla to the Cenobites and Buffalo Bill, monsters and "perverts" can be the heroes and/or the victims with a little change in perspective. Let's get our hands dirty and talk about this.

In the Classroom.

Blood Covered Velvet: The Costuming of the Corman-Poe Films

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When Roger Corman parlayed his AIP contract into one color movie a year he ended up creating some of the most visually stunning films the company produced. The costuming of these movies is its own visual language that helps the viewer understand the characters and how they fit into the worlds around him. Dominique Lamssies will explore that language and illustrate why blood covered velvet is much cooler than a blood covered t-shirt.

Author Reading 2

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Author reading with Garrett Cook, Amanda Downum, and Chris McMillan

in the classroom.

Writing Workshop

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Ross E. Lockhart presents a scene writing workshop based on prompts from H. P. Lovecraft’s Commonplace Book.

Monster Kid Radio LIVE: The Haunted Palace and the Corman Lovecraft Cycle

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Hosts Derek M. Koch, Chris McMillan, and Dominique Lamssies interview and discuss The Haunted Palace, and what could have been in terms of more Lovecraft films with Roger Corman and Victoria Price.

More Eldritch than Eldritch

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Panel discussion with Garrett Cook (moderator), Cody Goodfellow, Evan J. Peterson, Anya Martin, Sarah Walker

M R James and H. P. Lovecraft

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Panel Discussion with Andrew Migliore (moderator), Scott Connors, Robert Lloyd Parry, Richard Stanley

Lovecraft cites James as a great weird writer in several of his letters. What relationship does this master of the ghostly tale have to Lovecraft's brand of cosmic horror and the Weird?

Home is Where the Horror is

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Panel discussion with Gordon White (moderator), Anya Martin, Brookelynne Warra, Evan J. Peterson, Michael Griffin, Sam Cowan

Author Reading 3

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Author Reading with Adam Bolivar, Ashley Dioses, K A Opperman, D L Myers

in the Classroom

Memorial for Wilum H. Pugmire

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Join us as we fondly remember our colleague, inspiration, and beloved friend Wilum H. Pugmire. Tihs is open to all. Anyone who wishes to say a few words, share a fond memory, or read a favorite passage from Wilum's works will have an opportunity to do so.

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