{"product_id":"folk-horror-on-film-return-of-the-british-repressed-9781526164926","title":"Folk Horror on Film: Return of the British","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book presents political and aesthetic analyses of folk horror’s uncanny landscapes and frightful folk. It places canonical films like \u003ci\u003eWitchfinder General \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), \u003ci\u003eThe Blood on Satan's Claw\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) in a new light and expands the canon to include films like the sci-fi horror \u003ci\u003eDoomwatch \u003c\/i\u003e(1970–72) and the horror documentary \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Village \u003c\/i\u003e(1975) alongside filmmakers Ken Russell and Ben Wheatley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by John Das\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: what makes the folk horrific? – Louis Bayman and K.J. Donnelly\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Debating \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1973)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The context of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e – Ronald Hutton\u003cbr\u003e 2 A deeply religious people: \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, contemporary paganism, and Dracula reversed– Laurel Zwissler\u003cbr\u003e 3 Folk horror: a discursive approach, with application to Robin Hardy’s \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) and Neil Jordan’s \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) – Mikel J. Koven\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Return of the British repressed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 The folk of folk horror – Derek Johnston\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003ci\u003eDoomwatch\u003c\/i\u003e: sacrifice zones and folk horror – Dawn Keetley\u003cbr\u003e 6 My ancestors died here:\u003ci\u003e Requiem for a Village \u003c\/i\u003eand the rural English horror of modernity and socio-cultural change – Paul Newland\u003cbr\u003e 7 Outsider history, or outside of history – K. J. Donnelly\u003cbr\u003e 8 Anglo creep and Celtic resistance in \u003ci\u003eApostle\u003c\/i\u003e – Beth Carroll\u003cbr\u003e 9 Women’s folk horror in Britain: history, industry, style – Amy Harris\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Folk horror’s cultural landscapes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 Ritualistic rhythms: exploring the sensory effect of drums in British folk horror cinema – Lyndsay Townsend\u003cbr\u003e 11 ‘Nature came before man’: human as subject and object within the folk horror anti-landscape – David Evans-Powell\u003cbr\u003e 12 Hieroglyphics: Arthur Machen on screen – Mark Goodall\u003cbr\u003e 13 Albion unearthed: social, political and cultural influences on British folk horror, urban wyrd and backwoods cinema – Andy Paciorek\u003cbr\u003e 14 ‘Isn’t folk horror \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e horror?’: a wyrd genre – Diane A. Rodgers\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041031520599,"sku":"9781526164926","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526164926.jpg?v=1750948675","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/folk-horror-on-film-return-of-the-british-repressed-9781526164926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}