Folk horror on film: Return of the British repressed

By: Louis Bayman and K. J. Donnelly

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Synopsis: What is folk horror and how culturally significant is it? This collection is the first study to address these questions while considering the special importance of British cinema to the genre’s development.The book presents political and aesthetic analyses of folk horror’s uncanny landscapes and frightful folk. It places canonical films like Witchfinder General (1968), The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973) in a new light and expands the canon to include films like the sci-fi horror Doomwatch (1970–72) and the horror documentary Requiem for a Village (1975) alongside filmmakers Ken Russell and Ben Wheatley.A series of engrossing chapters by established scholars and new writers argue for the uniqueness of folk horror from perspectives that include the fragmented national history of pagan heresies and Celtic cultures, of peasant lifestyles, folkloric rediscoveries and postcolonial decline.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781526164919
Related ISBNs:: 9781526164926, 9781526164933
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/02/24
Copyrighted By:: Manchester University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Horror, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Kevin J. Donnelly
Edited by:: Louis Bayman