It Came From Beyond The Screen: The Birth of The Movie Monster 18+

Vampires and golems. Invisible men and giant apes. From cinema’s earliest days audiences have had an almost insatiable appetite for 'creature features'. In this 4-week course we'll look at the history of monsters on screen, and ask why we’re continually drawn to them.

COURSE BREAKDOWN:

Week 1: A Universal Threat - The Early Days of Monster Movies

Week 2: Godzilla Vs Cinema - How Kaiju stories influenced Monster Movies Everywhere

Week 3: Plan 9 - the goofiest monsters and ghouls to trouble the silver screen

Week 4: Just When You Thought it Was Safe - Monsters in the Modern Age

Booking Information:

Price: £55 / £50 conc / £45 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

This 4 week course will run at Phoenix on Mondays, from 13 Oct - 3 Nov, 7pm - 8.30pm.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

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ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician and actor. In 2015, he wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, now available on Netflix.
He also wrote the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder, co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale and Mark Gatiss, co-adapted and co-directed for audio, the lost silent horror film London After Midnight (starring Art Malik) and wrote the Doctor Who musical spin-off Children of the Circus and its novelisation. Somewhere in between he released the triple album Idiopath as Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures.