Daughters of Darkness: Women in Horror
Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue. Oct. 17, 2017 - Tue. Nov. 21, 2017
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Microcinema ÊTRE
Instructor
Alanna Thain, Anne Golden, Karen Herland, Kristopher Woofter, Rosanna Maule
Admission
$35 / $7 per class
In this five-week course, five different instructors focus on issues related to women’s and gender issues in horror. Topics include horror films by female directors, feminist horror, feminist readings of horror, and female performances of abjection in horror. Films include CARRIE (Brian De Palma, 1976), TÉSIS (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996), JENNIFER’S BODY (Karyn Kusama, 2009), THE BABADOOK (Jennifer Kent, 2014), and EVOLUTION (Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2015).
Tuesday nights, 7-10pm
17 October – Kristopher Woofter, on CARRIE (1976)
24 October – Alanna Thain, on EVOLUTION
31 October – Halloween Break
7 November – Rosanna Maule, on TÉSIS
14 November – Karen Herland, on THE BABADOOK
21 November – Anne Golden, on JENNIFER’S BODY
