by Stephanie A. Graves   “It is through Art, and only Art, that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.” —Oscar Wilde Like most highly-contested matters where the notion of “taste” is concerned, camp   

(Image: “Burke and Hare Grave Robbers and Murderers”, an original Watercolour painting by James E McConnell) By Gina Freitag Some 14 years ago, I travelled with a couple of friends to the UK and Europe for a few months.   

Across last night’s presentation “Storytelling and Horror Through and Indigenous Lens”, author Nathan Adler referenced a wealth of Indigenous and non-indigenous stories in various formats — almost too many to take notes on! But never fear – he   

By Gina Freitag While co-editing and contributing to a book on Canadian horror cinema some years ago, it was important (and necessary) to recognize that while the collection of essays assembled for the project captures substantial pieces of horror film   

Some of our favourite entries in the horror genre feature astonishing characters whose abilities exist in the fantastic. As you know, the depiction of ‘otherness’ plays a central role in horror, distinguishing between the degrees of ‘heroic’ and   

By: Maddi McGillvray  There has been a noticeable resurgence of evil older women (or crones) in contemporary horror films, particularly within the found footage subgenre. My virtual lecture will look at two prominent examples of this trend: M.   

By: Maddi McGillvray  Although elder horror narratives typically project anxieties of growing older onto women, there are some films that also delve into the horrors of men’s aging. Unlike representations of elderly women in horror that emphasize the   

By Maddi McGillvray  “If you want to strike fear into the hearts of both men and women, bring out the crone.” – Kristen Sollée in Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive If you are familiar with fairy   

By Gina Freitag This Halloween season, we’re keeping things dark and chilling with tarot reader Laura Hokstad as she leads our next lecture, The Hanged Man: Tarot Archetypes in Horror. You may have caught a glimpse of her on   

By David Demchuk Writers and filmmakers around the world are using the tools and language of folktales to tell new stories to their audiences about the world we live in today. But how do you create new legends