A festival of international Gothic horror films will be held over the Halloween weekend at the macrobert theatre, University of Stirling campus. Organisers: Glennis Byron, English Studies; Sarah Neely, Film, Media and Journalism, and Ian Conrich, Birkbeck, University of London.   Further information will be posted shortly, but in the meantime, you can find a schedule and a powerpoint show promoting the event here.  

Jennifer Lawn, Massey University, NZ

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Conference (Halle/Saale, 30th Jan.-1st February 2009)

Text by Ilse M Bussing; Photographs by LeAnne Kline

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