The Haunted World of George Moorse

The Haunted World of George Moorse comes to the Clinton Street Theater on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 PM. It's a film screening that pulls from the work of George Moorse, and it's presented as part of the Church of Film series.

The program focuses on Moorse's vampire and Lovecraftian films. If you're not familiar with those names, that's two distinct flavors of the macabre: the vampire side is the classic gothic tradition of the undead, and the Lovecraftian side is the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft, all about ancient, incomprehensible things waking up in the dark. Putting them together in one night gives you a good cross-section of the kind of strange, atmospheric territory Moorse works in.

Since it's part of the Church of Film series, it's a screening rather than a single feature, so you'll see a selection of his work rather than just one movie. That means you get a better sense of how he handles these themes across different pieces instead of just one story. If you've got a thing for old-school horror and the weird side of cinema, this is exactly the kind of thing that works best on a big screen in a dark room.

It all goes down at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland on Wednesday, October 21, starting at 7 PM. If you're into vampire films and Lovecraftian horror, that's the whole pitch.