I'll be speaking at the Fantasci Tenth
Anniversary Convention in Chesapeake, Virginia, this Saturday morning, and I
hope to see some readers there.
I go on at 10:30 am to give a talk I call
"The Horror Genome Project," about the horror films of the 1990s.
The premise is basically that genetic science is to horror films of the
nineties (like Mimic, Deep Blue Sea, Jurassic Park, X-Files: Fight the Future,
etc.) what the atomic bomb was to horror films of the fifties: a galvanizing
theme and a reflection of fears about science (and scientists) run amok.
Check out the link to the party, here, and if you
happen to be close-by, come and see me and watch the presentation! I plan to attend the con from 9:00 to noon, or thereabouts and would love to say hello.
I’m really looking forward to being back at
Fantasci. It was at this show, five
years ago, where I premiered my web series, The House Between (2007 –
2009), which I hope to have fully available – all 21 episodes, newly re-edited –
on DVD and streaming soon.
And remember, if you work at a University or for a convention that would like to have me speak (or deliver one of my seminars, like "Savage Cinema,") contact me at Muirbusiness@yahoo.com and we'll see what we can work out.