The Valencia Institute of Modern Art (VAT) screens the film 'Black Christmas', considered one of the horror movies slasher most influential, the next 16 December at 7 p.m. within the film series 'Expanded Session'. The feature film, directed by Bob Clark in 1974, has laid the foundations of the slasher, a subgenre of horror cinema characterized by its graphic violence, suspense scenes and the presence of a masked killer.
Before the screening, the doctor in Aesthetics and Contemporary Cinema, Celia Cuenca, will offer a talk about horror movies slasher and will analyze how female roles have evolved within the horror genre.. Celia Cuenca investigates image theory and production design. He has given presentations on contemporary cinema at the University of Granada and Salamanca.. In 2024 published 'Nearby Universes' (Barlin Books) an essay on the history and aesthetics of cinematic science fiction.
The talk is the third session of the film series 'Expanded Session', hosted by Adriana Cabeza and Alexia Guillot, known under the name of Las Entendidas. The project, which included the participation of the journalist and writer Juan Sanguino in the first session, It carries out monthly screenings of films that are usually left out of the city's exhibition circuits and is completed through 'IVAM Cinephilia', a stable film club group that offers the possibility of participating in exclusive thematic sessions.
This initiative is part of IVAM's commitment to new disciplines, like cinema or music. Attendance at each of the sessions of the film series is free until capacity is reached..
