Folk Horror : Hours Dreadful and Things Strange

"What exactly is Folk Horror? Is it the writing of M.R. James and Alan Garner? Is it the television scripts of Nigel Kneale, John Bowen and David Rudkin, the films of David Gladwell and The Blood on Satan's Claw? Or could it be the Paranoid Public information films of the 1970s; The Advisory Circle reminding us to 'Mind how you go!'; or perhaps a contemporary story of two hit-men caught unknowingly in a class-saturated ritual of violence? Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the wyrd is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (The Wicker Man), Piers Haggard (Blood on Satan's Claw), and Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley (Kill List), as has the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes. Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its "sacred demon of ungovernableness" rises yet again in the twenty-first century." -- Publisher's description What exactly is Folk Horror? Is it the writing of M.R. James and Alan Garner? Is it the television scripts of Nigel Kneale and David Rudkin, the films of David Gladwell and The Blood On Satan's Claw? Or could it be the paranoid Public Information Films of the 1970s; the Season Of The Witch; The Advisory Circle reminding us to 'Mind how you go!'; or perhaps a contemporary story of two hit-men caught unknowingly in a class-saturated ritual of violence? Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the wyrd is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy, Piers Haggard and Michael Reeves have arisen again, as has the Spirit of Dark of Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes. Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of Hauntology and Topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television and multimedia as its sacred demon of ungovernableness rises yet again in the twenty-first century Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the "wyrd" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (The Wicker Man), Piers Haggard (Blood on Satan's Claw), and Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley (Kill List), as has the Spirit of Dark of Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes.Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts n the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its "sacred demon of ungovernableness" rises yet again in the twenty-first century. Adam Scovell's Folk Horror is an excellent primer on the cultural mode . . . Folk Horror well reflects the emerging 'newness' of the discipline, st... Publisher description Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the "wyrd" is on the rise.The furrows of Robin Hardy (The Wicker Man), Piers Haggard(Blood on Satan's Claw), and Michael Reeves(Witchfinder General) have arisen again, most notably inthe films of Ben Wheatley (Kill List), as has theSpirit of Dark of Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxoncrowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers,time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, andmalicious stone tapes. Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And ThingsStrange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts n thelatter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories ofpsychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into thegenre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its "sacreddemon of ungovernableness" rises yet again in the twenty-firstcentury

Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the "wyrd" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy ( The Wicker Man ), Piers Haggard ( Blood on Satan's Claw ), and Michael Reeves ( Witchfinder General ) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley ( Kill List ), as has the Spirit of Dark of Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes.

Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its "sacred demon of ungovernableness" rises yet again in the twenty-first century.

Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the "wyrd" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy ('The Wicker Man'), Piers Haggard ('Blood on Satan's Claw'), and Michael Reeves ('Witchfinder General') have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley ('Kill List'), as has the Spirit of Dark of Lonely Water, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes. Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its "sacred demon of ungovernableness" rises yet again in the twenty-first century. Interest in the ancient, the occult, and the “wyrd” is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (__The Wicker Man__), Piers Haggard (__Blood on Satan's Claw__), and Michael Reeves (__Witchfinder General__) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley (__Kill List__), as has __The Spirit of Dark of Lonely Water__, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes. This book charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its “sacred demon of ungovernableness” rises yet again in the twenty-first century. Adam Scovell is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Liverpool, a short film-maker, and an authority in the field of folk horror. He blogs at celluloidwickerman.com. PER004030,Performing Arts/Film & Video/History & Criticism,PER004020,Performing Arts/Film & Video/Guides & Reviews 'Hours dreadful and things strange' -- Trilogy -- Topographies -- Rurality -- Occultism, hauntology and the urban 'wyrd' -- 'Sumer-is-icumen-in' : modern folk horror.