Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £15.00
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Sun, 24th Oct 2021 @ 19:00 - 21:00
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19:00 - 21:00
In early 1970, rumours began to circulate that a vampire was stalking London's Highgate Cemetery. The ensuing furore lead to a local media frenzy, a near-riot, a prison term and the birth of a legend that refuses to die five decades later.
For this presentation, film and cultural historians William Fowler and Mark Pilkington explore how London's Highgate Cemetery became a locus of supernatural horror, through the confluence of folklore, fiction and cinema. They will look at how horror films, from mondo madness like WItchcraft '70 and no-budget exploitation flick The Bodies Beneath to one of Hammer's finest productions – Taste the Blood of Dracula – and one of their most infamous – Dracula AD 1972 – both shaped and then reflected the developing vampire tale.
Heavily laced with film clips and dramatic illustrations, this is a gloriously eerie venture into the macabre world of cult films, and the even stranger, and more outrageous, real-life events that they inspired.
William Fowler
William Fowler is curator of artists’ moving image at the BFI National Archive and co-author of The Bodies Beneath, with Vic Pratt.
Mark Pilkington
Mark Pilkington runs Strange Attractor Press and is a writer and musician.
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Tickets/Times
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Vampires of London
LMOD Ticket
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19:00 - 21:00 | £15.00 |
Location
Address
The Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, 391 Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5AB
Nearest Station
Ladbroke Grove (Tube)
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Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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