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Alien Superstar: The Gender Politics of Extraterrestrial Body Horror (Screening)

October 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The film event will be held on Monday October 28th showing Alien (1979) in Greenlaw 101 from 7pm to 10pm with a discussion facilitated after the movie by Dr. Candice Merritt on the use of gender, body horror, and otherness within the Alien franchise. Afterwards for people who will want to attend the game event, an excerpt from the Alien comics will be sent out before the gaming event to analyze along with the critical play. The game event will be held on Wednesday October 30th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, where attendees will critically play the survival horror game, Alien: Isolation, and discuss not only the use of gender, horror, and otherness, but will also talk about the cross media aspects of the Alien franchise: from film, to comics, and games.

Details

Date:
October 28, 2024
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue

Greenlaw 101