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

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

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Kier-La Janisse
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    Self Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
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    Self Alice Lowe
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    Self Dennis Widmyer
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    Self Dennison Ramalho
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    Self Emma Tammi
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    Self / Poem Reader (voice) Ian Ogilvy
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    Self Jeremy Dyson
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    Self Jonathan Rigby

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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