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. -- .
General
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Editors: |
Kevin J. Donnelly
• Louis Bayman
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5261-6492-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5261-6492-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781526164926 |
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