Explores the folk horror phenomenon and its culturally specific manifestations in international horror, from its first wave in the 1970s to today.

It's been hailed as 'stunning' (Diabolique Magazine), 'brilliant' (AV Club) and 'mind-blowingly epic' (Film Threat), and stands as perhaps the definitive genre documentary of our time. From writer/director/co-producer Kier-La Janisse comes 'a seductive mega-text' (Indiewire) through the history of folk horror, featuring clips from over 200 films and interviews with more than 50 filmmakers, authors and scholars that explore the rural roots, occult creeds and cultural lore that continue to shape international cinema. Severin Films presents this 'astounding achievement' (Screen Anarchy) - also featuring an original score by Jim Williams (A FIELD IN ENGLAND), animation by Ashley Thorpe (BORLEY RECTORY) and collage sequences by Guy Maddin (MY WINNIPEG) - that Rue Morgue calls 'an unprecedented journey into where folk horror has been, where it's going and ultimately what it says about humanity.'

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Video Introduction By Writer/Director/Producer Kier-La Janisse

Cast & Crew

•       Kevin Kölsch
•       Dennis Widmyer
•       Piers Haggard
•       Abraham Castillo Flores
•       Adam Scovell
•       Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
•       Alice Lowe
•       Amanda Reyes
•       Gail-Nina Anderson
•       Mariano Baino
•       Geraldine Beskin
•       Richard Blackburn
•       Darren Charles
•       Lawrence Gordon Clark
•       Ian Cooper
•       Laura Loguércio Cánepa
•       John Cussans
•       Samm Deighan
•       Mattie Do
•       Jeremy Dyson
•       Sam Dunn
•       Kat Ellinger
•       Robert Eggers
•       William Fowler
•       Katrin Gebbe
•       Bruce G. Hallenbeck
•       Lindsay Hallam
•       Mitch Horowitz
•       Sean Hogan
•       Howard David Ingham
•       Briony Kidd
•       Chad Crawford Kinkle
•       Mikel Koven
•       Bernice M. Murphy
•       Ian Ogilvy
•       Dejan Ognjanovic
•       Andy Paciorek
•       Mark Pilkington
•       Vic Pratt
•       Dennison Ramalho
•       Carlos Primati
•       John Leman Riley
•       Jonathan Rigby
•       Jasper Sharp
•       Kali Simmons
•       Teresa Sutherland
•       Emma Tammi
•       Pete Tombs
•       Sam L. Waymon
•       Jesse Wente
•       Maisha Wester
•       Robert Wynne-Simmons

Director: Kier-La Janisse

Producer: David Gregory

Producer: Carl Daft

Producer: Winnie Cheung

Additional Details

Label: Severin Films

Genre: Documentary

Language: English

Run Time: 192 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 01/25/22

UPC: 760137826392