The Black Museum: Eccentric Exhibits - HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM
The Royal Cinema
608 College St
ON
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Description
From curiosity cabinets to dime museums, houses of wax, and carnival sideshows, the rich tradition of collecting, curating and exhibiting strange objects from around the world has played an important part in shaping North American popular culture since the late 19th century. While ostensibly intended as palaces of enlightenment, these institutions often frightened audiences with unusual and sometimes grotesque exhibits—many beyond rational belief, including the implements of death and depravity housed in Scotland Yard’s infamous Crime Museum (colloquially known as The Black Museum).
Toronto’s Black Museum lecture series returns to the Royal with a screening of the mid-century shocker Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), in which a private exhibition of savage souvenirs are put into contemporary use for what has been called the “most gory, gruesome and shocking film made in the 1950s.” Before the screening, join us for an extended introduction with series co-founder Paul Corupe on the history of such bizarre collections and their role in horror cinema.
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Start:
2017-09-09T20:30:00-04:00
End:
2017-09-09T22:30:00-04:00
Category
Film
Tickets
ADVANCE TICKETS
13.19
CAD
370