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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

It's based on the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting, it's like another medievaldrama...

It's based on the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting, it's like another medieval
drama with lots of aspects of folk horror that you see
in "Witchfinder General.” And essentially it's depicting how the
survival of folk customs was such a threat to
the dominant religion

Full Transcript

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It's based on
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the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting,
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it's like another medieval drama with lots of aspects
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of folk horror that you see in "Witchfinder General.”
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And essentially
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it's depicting how the survival of folk customs
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was such a threat to the dominant religion.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
02:34:17
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, horror
Production
Severin Films

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Movie Summary

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.
And they were seen as, you know, holding people back - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:11
And they were seen as, you know, holding people back
People then trying to track and document - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:06
People then trying to track and document
The "Savage Hunt - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
The "Savage Hunt
The hostess is obviously disturbed about something, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:07
The hostess is obviously disturbed about something,
He then goes into the forest to look at ancient rituals. - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:05
He then goes into the forest to look at ancient rituals.
Clearly, the story is aimed at saying that science - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
Clearly, the story is aimed at saying that science
And that science will never really understand - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
And that science will never really understand
If you look - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:08
If you look
Japan began - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:20
Japan began
And there was an anthropologist ethnologist - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
And there was an anthropologist ethnologist
And he used to go around to all these sort of ancient, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
And he used to go around to all these sort of ancient,
Sort of in the way, I guess someone like Cecil Sharp - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:13
Sort of in the way, I guess someone like Cecil Sharp
And part of this was these phenomenon called yokai, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:09
And part of this was these phenomenon called yokai,
Norio Tsuruta - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:11
Norio Tsuruta
And this, again, was a girl going back to her - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:17
And this, again, was a girl going back to her
When you're talking about a country like Japan, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:26
When you're talking about a country like Japan,
More about flows of energy and how you're very much a part - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:05
More about flows of energy and how you're very much a p...
So I think if there's any sort of folk horror - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:12
So I think if there's any sort of folk horror
- Lao people believe that besides regular spiritss - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:07
- Lao people believe that besides regular spiritss
And this is actually very similar to, for instance, - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 00:12
And this is actually very similar to, for instance,