The Legacy of Horror with Carl Abrahamsson, Begins August 24
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Sundays August 24 - September 14, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$100 Paid Patreon Members / $125 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
The legacy of horror haunts us throughout our lives. From terrifying children's tales to teenage horror film rebellion, from mature refinements and curations of controlled titillation to the relentless horrors of contemporary times and the violent aesthetics of news and politics. More than ever before, it seems, we are immersed in deep-rooted aspects of horror as well as our conflicted reactions to them.
Over the course of four class sessions, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson will take us on a dark journey through the history of horror. We will begin with the origins of horror, in which we examine its historical foundations. We will examine horror across media in which we trace its formal evolution of form, turn our eye to contemporary horror as expressions of modern fears, and end with horror in reality, with the news as horror narrative. Through image-rich lectures and class discussion, we’ll explore early myths, horror literature, films, radio, mergers with the horrors of "real" life (often media induced or controlled) and contemporary media in a gruesome and bloody Danse Macabre that will, perhaps, lead us all the way to the Apocalypse.
Carl Abrahamsson is a Swedish author and filmmaker focused on occulture, creativity, and magic as a transformative power.
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Sundays August 24 - September 14, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$100 Paid Patreon Members / $125 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
The legacy of horror haunts us throughout our lives. From terrifying children's tales to teenage horror film rebellion, from mature refinements and curations of controlled titillation to the relentless horrors of contemporary times and the violent aesthetics of news and politics. More than ever before, it seems, we are immersed in deep-rooted aspects of horror as well as our conflicted reactions to them.
Over the course of four class sessions, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson will take us on a dark journey through the history of horror. We will begin with the origins of horror, in which we examine its historical foundations. We will examine horror across media in which we trace its formal evolution of form, turn our eye to contemporary horror as expressions of modern fears, and end with horror in reality, with the news as horror narrative. Through image-rich lectures and class discussion, we’ll explore early myths, horror literature, films, radio, mergers with the horrors of "real" life (often media induced or controlled) and contemporary media in a gruesome and bloody Danse Macabre that will, perhaps, lead us all the way to the Apocalypse.
Carl Abrahamsson is a Swedish author and filmmaker focused on occulture, creativity, and magic as a transformative power.
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Sundays August 24 - September 14, 2025
1:00 - 3:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$100 Paid Patreon Members / $125 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
The legacy of horror haunts us throughout our lives. From terrifying children's tales to teenage horror film rebellion, from mature refinements and curations of controlled titillation to the relentless horrors of contemporary times and the violent aesthetics of news and politics. More than ever before, it seems, we are immersed in deep-rooted aspects of horror as well as our conflicted reactions to them.
Over the course of four class sessions, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson will take us on a dark journey through the history of horror. We will begin with the origins of horror, in which we examine its historical foundations. We will examine horror across media in which we trace its formal evolution of form, turn our eye to contemporary horror as expressions of modern fears, and end with horror in reality, with the news as horror narrative. Through image-rich lectures and class discussion, we’ll explore early myths, horror literature, films, radio, mergers with the horrors of "real" life (often media induced or controlled) and contemporary media in a gruesome and bloody Danse Macabre that will, perhaps, lead us all the way to the Apocalypse.
Carl Abrahamsson is a Swedish author and filmmaker focused on occulture, creativity, and magic as a transformative power.