Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
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2021
3h 13m
7.6(29 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.

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Severin Films

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58 members
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Abraham Castillo Flores

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Adam Scovell

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
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Alice Lowe

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Alice Lowe
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Amanda Reyes

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Andy Paciorek

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Bernice M. Murphy

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Briony Kidd

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Bruce G. Hallenbeck

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Carlos Primati

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Chad Crawford Kinkle

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Darren Charles

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Dejan Ognjanović

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Dennis Widmyer

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Dennis Widmyer
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Dennison Ramalho

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Emma Tammi

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Emma Tammi
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Gail-Nina Anderson

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Geraldine Beskin

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Howard David Ingham

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Ian Cooper

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Ian Ogilvy

Self / Poem Reader (voice)

Ian Ogilvy
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Jasper Sharp

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Jeremy Dyson

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Jeremy Dyson
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Jesse Wente

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John Cussans

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John Leman Riley

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Jonathan Rigby

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Jonathan Rigby
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Kali Simmons

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Kat Ellinger

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Katrin Gebbe

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Katrin Gebbe
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Kevin Kölsch

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Kevin Kölsch
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Kier-La Janisse

Self

Kier-La Janisse
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Laura Loguercio Cánepa

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Lawrence Gordon Clark

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Lawrence Gordon Clark
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Lindsay Hallam

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Maisha Wester

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Mariano Baino

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Mariano Baino
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Mark Pilkington

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Mattie Do

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Mattie Do
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Mikel Koven

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Mitch Horowitz

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Pete Tombs

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Piers Haggard

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Piers Haggard
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Richard Blackburn

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Richard Blackburn
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Robert Eggers

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Robert Eggers
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Robert Wynne-Simmons

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Sam Dunn

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Sam Waymon

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Samm Deighan

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Sean Hogan

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Teresa Sutherland

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Vic Pratt

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Vic Pratt
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William Fowler

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Linda Hayden

Poem Reader (voice)

Linda Hayden
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Anthony Shaffer

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Shaffer
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Robin Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Robin Hardy
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Self (archive footage)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

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