Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

Director: Kier-La Janisse

Cast: Robert Eggers, Alice Lowe, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer,

Robert Eggers
Robert Eggers
Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe
Ian Ogilvy
Ian Ogilvy
Kevin Kölsch
Kevin Kölsch
Dennis Widmyer
Dennis Widmyer

Plot: Explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films – Witchfinder General, Blood on Satan’s Claw and The Wicker Man – through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre’s revival over the last decade.

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Folk horror and Argentine noir

Folk horror and Argentine noir

The year gets off to an interesting start with a pair of excellent Argentinian films noirs – Román Viñoly Barreto’s The Beast Must Die (1952) and Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems (1956) – beautifully restored by the […]

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