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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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Come away, oh, human child,
to the waters and the wild, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Come away, oh, human child, to the waters and the wild,

For the world's more full of weeping - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

For the world's more full of weeping

In March, 2011, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

In March, 2011,

And I think it was "The News of the World" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And I think it was "The News of the World"

And I remember noticing that and thinking, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And I remember noticing that and thinking,

And then I wasn't quite
prepared for the degree - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And then I wasn't quite prepared for the degree

- One of the big mistakes I think I made - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- One of the big mistakes I think I made

So I think the best way
to see it is as a mode, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So I think the best way to see it is as a mode,

And so folk horror works like
this along with other modes, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And so folk horror works like this along with other modes,

When we go through - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

When we go through

As we did in the 1960s, there's that sense - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

As we did in the 1960s, there's that sense

In the 1990s, Francis
Fukuyama wrote this book - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

In the 1990s, Francis Fukuyama wrote this book

And then September the
11th, 2001, happened, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And then September the 11th, 2001, happened,

Jacques Derrida - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Jacques Derrida

The ghost is the idea
of an unresolved past. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The ghost is the idea of an unresolved past.

Hauntology and folk horror - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Hauntology and folk horror

Perhaps both of those
things are ideas that we, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Perhaps both of those things are ideas that we,

- One of the reasons that folk
horror has so much resonance - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- One of the reasons that folk horror has so much resonance

So theater is a very
ancient form of storytelling - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So theater is a very ancient form of storytelling

So it evolved from the
religious or spiritual rituals - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So it evolved from the religious or spiritual rituals

In the horror genre, that sense of ritual - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

In the horror genre, that sense of ritual

He knows you would, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He knows you would,

The cultural industries,
academic industries, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The cultural industries, academic industries,

So really what goes on in the countryside - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So really what goes on in the countryside

So I think maybe that's
why there's a resurgence - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So I think maybe that's why there's a resurgence

We're so busy living in the moment - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

We're so busy living in the moment

I made this short film - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

I made this short film

And I think one of the reasons
that I became interested - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And I think one of the reasons that I became interested

You can't check your phone,
you're not getting rolling news. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

You can't check your phone, you're not getting rol...

It would take ages for a
message to come to you, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It would take ages for a message to come to you,

And so I think that was why, you know, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And so I think that was why, you know,

So I think definitely
something like "The Witch" - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

So I think definitely something like "The Witch"

Maybe that's what we're
all going towards anyway - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Maybe that's what we're all going towards anyway

And we'll all be in, you
know, leather jerkins, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And we'll all be in, you know, leather jerkins,

He also has a nightmare - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He also has a nightmare

He sleeps on some clover,
he says it's six feet high, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

He sleeps on some clover, he says it's six feet high,

- Far from this bastardly.
- All of the atrocities - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- Far from this bastardly. - All of the atrocities

And so I think that folk horror - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And so I think that folk horror

When Jud says, "To the
soil the man's heart - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

When Jud says, "To the soil the man's heart

- There's a direct echo of the world - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- There's a direct echo of the world

And that was very much present in the '70s - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And that was very much present in the '70s

You know, there were
famously rubbish piled up - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

You know, there were famously rubbish piled up

There was a great sense of
environmental destruction - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

There was a great sense of environmental destruction

I talked about how - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

I talked about how

And if those things don't sound familiar, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And if those things don't sound familiar,

Suddenly, we get to a period
where there's terrorism, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Suddenly, we get to a period where there's terrorism,

And we have this unresolved
past, this hauntology - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And we have this unresolved past, this hauntology

And we're expressing this,
partly in the way the occult - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And we're expressing this, partly in the way the occult

- I think there's just a
huge need in our society - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I think there's just a huge need in our society

I think people feel lonely. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

I think people feel lonely.

I think people feel out of touch - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

I think people feel out of touch

- In the 21st century,
the renewed interest - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- In the 21st century, the renewed interest

People living in their own little worlds, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

People living in their own little worlds,

- And often in these kinds of situations, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- And often in these kinds of situations,

It may not be religion anymore, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It may not be religion anymore,

- I think there is this
urge to find something that, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

- I think there is this urge to find something that,

And perhaps you can call
that spirit or soul, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

And perhaps you can call that spirit or soul,

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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.

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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