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New source of horror at the Insect Fear Festival: female entomologists

Champaign campus. The evening will begin with activities for children, including face painting, the Beckman Institute’s Bugscope, and an insect petting zoo. Opening remarks will begin at 7 p.m., followed by two family-friendly animated shorts from the (2006-08) Disney Kids TV series “Growing Up Creepie,” which follows the adventures of a human girl who was raised by insects.

A full-length thriller-horror feature will follow: the 2005 Syfy feature “Mansquito.”

“A 2014 feature film, ‘The Duke of Burgundy,’ would have been a good fit for the festival in that it features two female entomologists, but it’s R-rating ruled it out, as did the fact that it’s been favorably reviewed by critics,” Berenbaum said. “Very few art house favorites make it onto the screen at our festival.”

The event is free and open to the public.

To reach May Berenbaum, email maybe@illinois.edu.

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