The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Named for the fictional university in H.P.

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies offers horror film history, theory and production classes with regular branches in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Lovecraft’s literary mythos, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a community-based organization that offers university-level history, theory and production-based workshops for people of all ages. The Miskatonic Institute is an en

deavour through which established horror writers, directors, scholars and programmers/curators celebrate horror history and culture while helping enthusiastic fans of the genre to gain a critical perspective. The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies was founded by film writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse in March of 2010.

Our next online talk: Bug-Loving Freaks: The Entomologists of Horror Cinema presented by Edwin Harris 20 April 2026, 19:...
16/04/2026

Our next online talk: Bug-Loving Freaks: The Entomologists of Horror Cinema presented by Edwin Harris

20 April 2026, 19:00GMT

Next up at we’re very pleased to welcome Dr James Rendell for his lecture ‘Be One of the Good Ones: His House and Colon...
26/03/2026

Next up at we’re very pleased to welcome Dr James Rendell for his lecture ‘Be One of the Good Ones: His House and Colonial Capitalist Hauntings’

7pm on the 14th of April

A pleasure to have Mr Ken Hollings at the Miskatonic for ‘Terminal Desert: From Trinity Site to the Ends of the Earth (v...
20/03/2026

A pleasure to have Mr Ken Hollings at the Miskatonic for ‘Terminal Desert: From Trinity Site to the Ends of the Earth (via Bronson Canyon)’

A big thanks to all who attended! And to Ken for the amazing talk.

On Monday the 16th of March we are very proud to welcome Willow Maclay to the Miskatonic for Gazing at the Trans Femini...
12/03/2026

On Monday the 16th of March we are very proud to welcome Willow Maclay to the Miskatonic for Gazing at the Trans Feminine Grotesque.

This lecture traces how the media spectacle of Christine Jorgensen—a trans woman framed as both curiosity and cautionary tale—became entangled with the lurid revelations surrounding serial killer Ed Gein to produce a cinematic shorthand for trans femininity as deception, monstrosity, and threat. This fusion shaped decades of horror cinema, from Psycho and Dressed to Kill to Sleepaway Camp and The Silence of the Lambs, embedding transmisogynist tropes deep within the genre’s visual language.

This is an online talk, beginning at 19:00 GMT. Tune in from anywhere.

Please check our website for more information about attending our online lectures.

We are very excited to welcome Ken Hollings to the stage for Terminal Desert: From Trinity Site to the Ends of the Earth...
27/02/2026

We are very excited to welcome Ken Hollings to the stage for Terminal Desert: From Trinity Site to the Ends of the Earth (via Bronson Canyon)

Ken will be tracing how the American desert evolved into a home for monsters, violent drifters, and irradiated nightmares. Sounds like a dream! You will not want to miss it.

Our online schedule for 2026.
02/02/2026

Our online schedule for 2026.

Our in person schedule, at the horse hospital.
02/02/2026

Our in person schedule, at the horse hospital.

One for your calendars, our online schedule.
02/02/2026

One for your calendars, our online schedule.

28/01/2026

Find all of our watchlists on Letterboxd.

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28/01/2026

We are launching our spring 2026 semester with an insane lineup of talks - and a new website built by the one and only Bill Bickerstaff, have a browse in the link in our bio

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