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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of 'folk horror, ' with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.

Director

Kier-La Janisse

Year

Genre

documentary, horror

Box Office

N/A

Production

Severin Films

Awards

4 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage

https://woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched.com

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Saw its boulders bare, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Saw its boulders bare,

- When I first used the term folk horror, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- When I first used the term folk horror,

The first usage of it that we know of - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The first usage of it that we know of

And he was discussing the
influence on Wordsworth - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And he was discussing the influence on Wordsworth

So he's relating folk horror
right back to the origins - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So he's relating folk horror right back to the origins

Having used the term folk horror in 2006, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Having used the term folk horror in 2006,

We specifically applied it
to what has since been called - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

We specifically applied it to what has since been called

- In terms of the trinity,
what groups them together - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- In terms of the trinity, what groups them together

"Witchfinder General's" nonsupernatural, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

"Witchfinder General's" nonsupernatural,

- "Witchfinder General's" a true story, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- "Witchfinder General's" a true story,

And he said, "I can detect witches," - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And he said, "I can detect witches,"

Bring forth - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- It's more or less an inquisition story, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- It's more or less an inquisition story,

This man went round - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

This man went round

And whether he was
religious fanatic or not, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And whether he was religious fanatic or not,

- So to me, Michael Reeves
is one of those figures - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- So to me, Michael Reeves is one of those figures

These are people who
were responding to things - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

These are people who were responding to things

And so you have these younger directors - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And so you have these younger directors

- Obviously, all period
films are about the time - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Obviously, all period films are about the time

The way that that injects
Vietnam into a period film - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The way that that injects Vietnam into a period film

If you look at something
like "The Dirty Dozen" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

If you look at something like "The Dirty Dozen"

- We discovered this
halfway through filming, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- We discovered this halfway through filming,

- He anticipates the
westerns of the late '60s, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- He anticipates the westerns of the late '60s,

So many of the things that
we think of as associated - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So many of the things that we think of as associated

There's a brief scene in "Witchfinder" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

There's a brief scene in "Witchfinder"

And that comes before the
opening of "The Wild Bunch" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And that comes before the opening of "The Wild Bunch&qu...

So I think that the darkness,
particularly the misogyny - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So I think that the darkness, particularly the misogyny

It's charlatanism, it's cruelty. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It's charlatanism, it's cruelty.

- But it also has the
sense of nihilism to I, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- But it also has the sense of nihilism to I,

- It sort of takes Nietzsche's aphorism, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- It sort of takes Nietzsche's aphorism,

You took him away from me. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

You took him away from me.

You took him from me,
you took him from me, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

You took him from me, you took him from me,

- In April, 1970, when
Piers Haggard's film - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- In April, 1970, when Piers Haggard's film

- I grew up in a countryside,
I grew up on a farm, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I grew up in a countryside, I grew up on a farm,

- Human remains?
- No, sir, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Human remains? - No, sir,

To me, that tries
to express that it connects - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

To me, that tries to express that it connects

- Holy Behemoth, father of
my life, speak now, come now, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Holy Behemoth, father of my life, speak now, come now,

- I was then told a few years later that, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I was then told a few years later that,

- "The Blood on Satan's Claw" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- "The Blood on Satan's Claw"

- I never want to see
you in this school again. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I never want to see you in this school again.

- Chaos or violence or
a lack of discipline - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Chaos or violence or a lack of discipline

And at the time when that
was written, you know, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And at the time when that was written, you know,

So it tucks into that. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So it tucks into that.

- Mary Bell was a scandalous
story back in the '60s - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Mary Bell was a scandalous story back in the '60s

But I think what made it even
worse was that at the trial - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

But I think what made it even worse was that at the trial

And yet, she was still a child herself, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And yet, she was still a child herself,

It is time to keep your
appointment with the Wicker Man. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.

- I understand you're
looking for a missing girl. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I understand you're looking for a missing girl.

You suspect foul play?
- I suspect murder. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

You suspect foul play? - I suspect murder.

- Horror films as they
were done at the time, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Horror films as they were done at the time,

And we believe that that was
basically the old religion, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And we believe that that was basically the old religion,

And that it would be fun to
try and conceive of a story - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And that it would be fun to try and conceive of a story

- The fact that you have
this pocket of pagan belief - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- The fact that you have this pocket of pagan belief

- And what of the true God, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- And what of the true God,

He had his chance and in
modern parlance, "blew it." - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He had his chance and in modern parlance, "blew it.&quo...

And I think that's something that turns up - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And I think that's something that turns up

And they're trying to sort of preserve - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And they're trying to sort of preserve

What my grandfather - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

What my grandfather

He brought me up the same way, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He brought me up the same way,

To love nature and to fear it. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

To love nature and to fear it.

- A heathen, conceivably, but not, I hope, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- A heathen, conceivably, but not, I hope,

And so I started with a
checklist, as it were, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And so I started with a checklist, as it were,

There were, obviously,
certain entitlements - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

There were, obviously, certain entitlements

So I thought if we fitted up someone - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So I thought if we fitted up someone

- It is very dangerous for people - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- It is very dangerous for people

They can do absolutely terrible things - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

They can do absolutely terrible things

The Christopher Lee, Lord Summerisle, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The Christopher Lee, Lord Summerisle,

♪ Summer is icumen in ♪ - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

♪ Summer is icumen in ♪

It has coiled at the
heart of it a mystery, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It has coiled at the heart of it a mystery,

But it isn't because it's about something - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

But it isn't because it's about something

♪ Now shrilly sing cuckoo ♪
- Damn you! - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

♪ Now shrilly sing cuckoo ♪ - Damn you!

♪ Sing cuckoo ♪ - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

♪ Sing cuckoo ♪

- As a literary tradition
and a cinematic tradition, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- As a literary tradition and a cinematic tradition,

- A lot of these tropes that
we know from folk horror films - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- A lot of these tropes that we know from folk horror films

So the story of the
scholar or the outsider - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So the story of the scholar or the outsider

- An author like Arthur Machen - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- An author like Arthur Machen

Indeed, one of his later stories - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Indeed, one of his later stories

Another maybe less obvious
proponent of folk horror - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Another maybe less obvious proponent of folk horror

- He was probably the most
distinguished ghost story writer - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- He was probably the most distinguished ghost story writer

He didn't take the work
very seriously himself - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He didn't take the work very seriously himself

They are key texts and incredibly
effective works, you know, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

They are key texts and incredibly effective works, you know,

It hints at the dangers
of intellectual pride - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It hints at the dangers of intellectual pride

- You've got this very
British bumbling old guy, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- You've got this very British bumbling old guy,

He's kind of, "ooh, nonsense, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He's kind of, "ooh, nonsense,

Who is coming? - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

We shall blow it and see. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

We shall blow it and see.

How do you conquer - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

How do you conquer

I think there's nothing so terrifying - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

I think there's nothing so terrifying

- Jonathan Miller's "Whistle
and I'll Come to You" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Jonathan Miller's "Whistle and I'll Come to...

If you take a wonderful - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

If you take a wonderful

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A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of 'folk horror, ' with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kier-La Janisse

Writer: Kier-La Janisse

Production: Severin Films

Genre: documentary, horror

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Jun 2022

Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://woodlandsdarkanddaysbewitched.com