“Folk Horror”
“Folk horror” is one of those categories which is hard to define – but you know it when you see it, like film noir.Two very different features and two dubious documentaries seem to fit the category – Robin Hardy’s […]
Review: Legend of the Witches (1970)
Director: Malcolm Leigh
Cast: Guy Standeven, Alex Sanders, Maxine Sanders,
Guy Standeven
Alex Sanders
Maxine Sanders
Plot: A visual exploration into the origins of witchcraft in the UK and in particular the demystification of symbolism still embedded today within many modern religious artefacts and rituals. X-rated upon its original release, this documentary looks in detail at previously hidden magic rites and rituals. Sharing the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual scrying, the casting of a 'death spell', and the chilling intimacy of a Black Mass.
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