Watch NowWoodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
09/09/2021
Documentary, History
3h 13m
- 74% (25 votes)
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Overview
An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.
- Kier-La JanisseDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- voodoo
- new age
- paganism
- witchcraft
- science vs religion
- vampirism
- folk horror
- religious persecution
- cinema history
- british cinema
- nazi occultism
- southern gothic
- occultism
- british folklore
- hoodoo
- macumba
- religious fanaticism
- neo-paganism
Top Billed Cast
Abraham Castillo Flores
Self
Adam Scovell
Self
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Self
Alice Lowe
Self
Amanda Reyes
Self
Andy Paciorek
Self
Bernice M. Murphy
Self
Briony Kidd
Self
Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Self
Carlos Primati
Self
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