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GHOSTWATCH w/ Bordello Collective!

Thu, Oct 31

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Epsilon Spires

THE APOCALYPSE WILL BE TELEVISED! Live broadcast on Halloween in 1992, this shocking BBC special was so disturbing it was banned for 10 years. Before the film, UK-based artists Vision 25-C and DYAD of the Bordello Collective will present a new multimedia performance inspired by the phenomenon!

GHOSTWATCH w/ Bordello Collective!
GHOSTWATCH w/ Bordello Collective!

Time & Location

Oct 31, 2024, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

About the event

THE APOCALYPSE WILL BE TELEVISED! This Halloween season we offer a trifecta of horror about the power of media climaxing with Lesley Manning’s Ghostwatch, an extraordinary, ground-breaking social experiment and elaborate prank perpetrated upon the British populace. Originally presented as an on-air Halloween Television special in 1992, it professed to be a live paranormal investigation of “the most haunted house in Britain”. Ghostwatch was so terrifying the BBC never showed it again...


Most are familiar with the big hoaxes of pop culture history. Including, of course, Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, and even the low-budget horror film  The Blair Witch Project stirred up plenty of "is it real?" controversy and conspiracy theories during its theatrical release in 1999. Broadcast on Halloween night in 1992, at a time when verité-style horror had yet to become commonplace, The cast included familiar TV personalities, "live" on-the-street interviews…


Tickets

  • GHOSTWATCH w/ Live Performance

    Popcorn & Halloween Tricks and Treats Provided!

    $20.00
  • Sliding-Scale Ticket

    Popcorn & Halloween Tricks and Treats Provided!

    $
  • SUPPORT FUTURE EVENTS!

    Popcorn & Halloween Tricks and Treats Provided!

    $

Total

$0.00

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