John Hough, Justin Harries

Live From Miskatonic - John Hough In Conversation.

From 60s TV series The Avengers and salacious Hammer Horror Twins Of Evil to 70s gearhead staple Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry and children’s classics Escape To Witch Mountain and The Watcher In The Woods, British filmmaker John Hough has had an eclectic and storied career behind the camera. He considers himself a craftsman rather than an auteur, but is responsible for some of the most beloved films in horror history – most notably his 1973 adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel Hell House.

In this special instalment of Live From Miskatonic, Hough will participate in a lengthy on-stage conversation with guest interviewer Justin Harries, the curator of London’s popular FilmBar70.

The conversation will cover Hough’s early television career, his work with Hammer Films and Disney, his interactions with 1970s renegade Hollywood and his work with screen giants such as Orson Welles, Roddy McDowell, John Cassavetes, Max Von Sydow, Sophia Loren, Rod Steiger and so many more. The talk will be punctuated punctuated by film clips and there will be a Q and A period following the formal discussion.

Justin Harries

Justin Harries is the co-creator and curator of Filmbar70, a London based film-club that specialises in screening anomalies drawn from the last gasp of European genre cinema, and has contributed visual and written essays to a number of DVD releases – especially those that lean toward the more glamourous side of the giallo genre.

Named for the fictional university in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary mythos, The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is a non-profit, community-based organization that started in Canada, founded by Kier-La Janisse in March of 2010. The school currently has branches in Montreal and London, with Miskatonic London operating under the co-direction of Kier-La Janisse and Electric Sheep Founder/Editor Virginie Sélavy.