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Toronto, ON- August 31, 2012

Toronto-based film directors Vincenzo Natali (Splice, Cube) and Steve Kostanski (Father’s Day, Manborg) are slated to headline The Black Museum, a new horror lecture series launching this fall at The Projection Booth – East. Natali is kicking off the series’ limited run on September 27, 2012 with “The Architecture of Fear,” a lecture that examines the use of space in horror cinema classics like The Shining and Suspiria. Kostanski, part of the breakout Astron-6 collective and an animator himself, will present “Terror Frame By Frame: Stop Motion Nightmares on Film” on October 25, to discuss why handcrafted horror effects have endured despite continued CGI advances.

Named after Scotland Yard’s infamous gallery of dark crime and murder, The Black Museum is curated by established horror writers Andrea Subissati and Paul Corupe, who will also be hosting the two- to three-hour lectures. Over the course of the fall, The Black Museum will host five industry professionals who will share their experience, knowledge and love of the horror genre in a casual and interactive atmosphere.

The Black Museum will also feature two differing takes on the place of zombies in the horror genre. On October 11, Subissati will be offering a look at the social history of zombies, while Rue Morgue Magazine podcaster and personality Stuart “Feedback” Andrews will present a look at the history of zombie cinema, dating back to the 1930s. For the final lecture, Corupe will be presenting “Echoes From the Sleep Room,” a look at how real-life medical tragedies have directly influenced the themes of Canadian-made horror films.

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Media Contact: Andrea Subissati (416) 705-4102 [email protected]

The Curators:

Paul Corupe

The creator of Canuxploitation.com, writer and editor Paul Corupe is a regular columnist for Rue Morgue magazine, and has also written about genre film for The Toronto Star, Take One Film and Television in Canada, the Fantasia Festival’s Spectacular Optical online magazine and This Magazine, among others.

Andrea “Lady Hellbat” Subissati

Andrea Subissati is a sociologist and writer on cultural studies and the horror film genre. In 2010, her first book on the social impact of zombie cinema was published under the title When There’s No More Room In Hell: The Sociology of the Living Dead. The book has been reviewed in Rue Morgue and Fangoria magazines, and Lady Hellbat has become a voice in horror journalism thanks to her well-received guest spots on the Rue Morgue podcast. She has also appeared on Fangoria’s Fright Bytes webcast series and makes regular appearances at Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre screenings.