Not too long ago, we announced the slate of programming for San Diego's Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, which starts next week. Now the festival wants to entice you with a compelling event both gruesome and forbidden --- cannibalism.
Explored in films and tales such as Alive, Ravenous, Moby Dick's Queequeg, Robinson Crusoe, Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and even Looney Tunes cartoons, cannibalism is a topic that continues to shock and repel us.
At 6:00 pm on Friday, September 9th, the festival will explore our society's fascination with the topic. Dr. Emily Anderson, the curator for the San Diego Museum of Man's "Cannibals: Myth & Reality" exhibit, will lead a panel on the phenomenon of cannibalism in pop culture and the real-world contexts that fuel it. Festival goers will learn about the historical realities of cannibalism, reasons why cannibalism has been present in storytelling for so long, and why this topic remains unexhausted.
Dr. Anderson's "Anthropophagia" panel will take place at The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. Immediately following the discussion, the short film Survival Type (based on the titular Stephen King short story) will screen.
For tickets, passes, schedule, films, and more, head to the HIFF website.