{"id":2947,"date":"2015-01-14T18:54:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T17:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2015-08-05T00:54:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T23:54:22","slug":"i-eat-cannibals-atavism-exoticism-and-atrocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2015\/01\/i-eat-cannibals-atavism-exoticism-and-atrocity\/","title":{"rendered":"I Eat Cannibals: Atavism, Exoticism and Atrocity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2948\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2947]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19-594x265.jpg\" alt=\"Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19\" width=\"594\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19-594x265.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19-300x134.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Man.From_.Deep_.River_.1972.Uncut_.DVDRip.19.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man from Deep River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<B>Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies &#8211; London<\/B> <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nInstructor: Mark Pilkington <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nDate: 12 February 2015<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nTime: 7-10pm <br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nVenue: <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.thehorsehospital.com\">Horse Hospital<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nAddress: Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD<br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\nPrices: <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/299642\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a310 advance<\/A> \/ \u00a311 on the door \/ \u00a38 concs \/ <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/305248\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a350 full season ticket<\/A><br style=\"line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.miskatonic-london.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miskatonic website<\/A>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><I>With a screening of <B>Man from Deep River<\/B> (Umberto Lenzi, 1972)<\/I><\/p>\n<p>The late 1970s and early 1980s saw a proliferation of increasingly gruesome jungle-set horror thrillers emerge from Italy\u2019s teeming pulp cinema studios. A postscript of sorts to the ever-popular, and equally ethically challenged, Mondo cycle, the cannibal genre was prematurely seeded by <I>Man from Deep River<\/I>, Lenzi\u2019s gut-busting homage to the international hit <I>A Man Called Horse<\/I> (1970).<\/p>\n<p>Although it would be another five years before the genre really took off (with Ruggero Deodato\u2019s <I>Last Cannibal World<\/I> in 1977) <I>Man from Deep River<\/I> contains all the vital ingredients for a cannibal feast \u2013 racism and ethnic exploitation, animal abuse, nudity, sex and extreme violence, all presented in the guise of dispassionate ethnographic cinema.<\/p>\n<p>On February 12, Miskatonic London will screen Lenzi\u2019s rarely seen film followed by a series of classic cannibal film trailers to uncover the genre\u2019s roots in the West\u2019s growing interest in environmentalism, atavistic cultures, lost worlds and the perils of the green inferno. Bring a plate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5-ra57Rh-zs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><B>About the instructor:<\/B><br \/>\nMark Pilkington is the author of the book and documentary film <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.miragemen.com\" target=\"_blank\"><I>Mirage Men<\/I><\/A> and <I>Far Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science\u2019s Outer Edge<\/I>. He has written for <I>The Guardian, The Wire, Sight and Sound, Electric Sheep, Fortean Times, Frieze<\/I> and <I>The Quietus<\/I> amongst others. He founded and runs <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.strangeattractor.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Strange Attractor Press<\/A> and regularly speaks on esoteric and fringe culture topics. <\/p>\n<p><B>About the Miskatonic Institute:<\/B><br \/>\nNamed for the fictional university in H.P. Lovecraft\u2019s literary mythos, The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit, community-based organization that started in Canada, founded by Kier-La Janisse in March of 2010. The school currently has branches in Montreal and London, with Miskatonic London operating under the co-direction of Kier-La Janisse and Electric Sheep Founder\/Editor Virginie S&#233;lavy. <\/p>\n<p>All classes take place at the historic Horse Hospital, the heart of the city\u2019s underground culture. Registration for the full season is \u00a350 and available from <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/f\/8681\" target=\"_blank\">WeGotTickets<\/A>. Individual class tickets are \u00a310 advance \/ \u00a311 on the door \/ \u00a38 concessions and will be available 30 days in advance of each class.  <\/p>\n<p>The next course dates are 12 March, 9 April, 14 May, 11 June. For the full details of the courses please check the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.flatpackfestival.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Miskatonic website<\/A>. For all enquiries, please email Miskatonic.london@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second lecture of Miskatonic London, Mark Pilkington looks at Italian cannibal films of the 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