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\"The-Devils\"<\/a>
The Devils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nMiskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – London<\/B>

\nInstructors:<\/strong> Virginie Sélavy

\nDate:<\/strong> 14 April 2016

\nTime:<\/strong> 7-10pm

\nVenue: <\/strong>Horse Hospital<\/A>

\nAddress: <\/strong>Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD

\nPrices:<\/strong> \u00a310 advance \/ \u00a38 concs<\/A> \/ \u00a311 on the door

\nMiskatonic website<\/A>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 1960s-70s saw copious amounts of on-screen self-flagellation, brutal witch-hunting, delirious possessions and sadistic exorcisms, culminating into the so-called \u2018nunsploitation\u2019 genre. Beyond the desire to shock and titillate, many of these films, most notably Ken Russell\u2019s The Devils<\/I><\/B> (1971), were part of the time\u2019s questioning of all power structures, pitching repressive, corrupt and hypocritical religious authorities against individual freedom and morality. In particular, films such as Gianfranco Mingozzi\u2019s Flavia the Heretic<\/I><\/B> (1974) denounced the oppression of women in patriarchal society, and pictured their revolt through disobedience and deviant sexuality. This deviant sexuality was also sometimes part of an alternative form of worship connected to natural forces, as in Juan L\u00f3pez Moctezuma\u2019s Alucarda<\/I><\/B> (1977). For Moctezuma, as for his fellow Panique associate Alejandro Jodorowsky, spiritual initiation involved an element of violence, although not the same kind of violence as that of the Catholic Church, as depicted in many of these films. The lecture will explore the various ways in which desire, cruelty, power and religion are configured in the cinema of the period.<\/p>\n

Please note there will be no admission after the lecture has started at 7.30pm.<\/I><\/p>\n

About the instructor<\/B><\/p>\n

Virginie Sélavy is the founder and editor of Electric Sheep, the online magazine for transgressive cinema. She has edited the collection of essays The End: An Electric Sheep Anthology<\/I>, and has contributed to World Directory Cinema: Eastern Europe<\/I> and written about Victorian London in Film Locations: Cities of the Imagination \u2013 London<\/I>. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Sight&Sound, Rolling Stone France, Cineaste<\/I> and Frieze<\/I>.<\/p>\n

About the Miskatonic Institute:<\/B><\/p>\n

Named 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\u00e9lavy. <\/p>\n

All classes take place at the historic Horse Hospital, the heart of the city\u2019s underground culture. Individual class tickets are \u00a310 advance \/ \u00a311 on the door \/ \u00a38 concessions and will be available 30 days in advance of each class. Season tickets are \u00a340. <\/p>\n

The course dates of the Spring 2016 semester are 7 January, 11 February, 10 March, 14 April, 12 May. For the full details of the course please check the Miskatonic website<\/A>. For all enquiries, please email Miskatonic.london[at]gmail.com.<\/p>\n

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Virginie Sé explores authority, worship and ecstasy among the disobedient nuns, priests and sadistic witch hunters of mid-20th century 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