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Horror film 'sexual taboos' topic of Bookshelf Cinema discussion

Film critic and former host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, Thom Ernst, will join Professor Doug Cowan on Oct. 20
The Bookshelf Cinema
The Bookshelf Cinema

Film critic and former host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, Thom Ernst, will take part in a public discussion hosted at The Bookshelf Cinema, 41 Quebec St., on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.

Professor Doug Cowan will also join the discussion. He is the author of The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror and the Religious Imagination.

The discussion will follow a screening of Brian DePalma's horror classic, Carrie, and will focus on the common theme of sexual taboos prevalent in many horror films.


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