Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark Days and Days Bewitched explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films – Witchfinder General (1968), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973) – through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre’s revival over the last decade. Touching on over 200 films and featuring over 50 interviewees, WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED investigates the many ways that we alternately celebrate, conceal and manipulate our own histories in an attempt to find spiritual resonance in our surroundings.

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Credits

Director:

Kier-La Janisse

Executive Producer:

David Gregory, Carl Daft

Producer:

Kier-La Janisse, David Gregory, Winnie Cheung

Screenwriter:

Kier-La Janisse

Cinematographer:

Jim Kunz, Sarah Appleton, Neil Edwards, Jacqueline Castel

Editor:

Winnie Cheung and Benjamin Shearn

Sound Designer:

Mark Raskin

Music:

Jim Williams

Principal Cast:

Piers Haggard, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Jeremy Dyson, Alice Lowe, Robert Eggers, Jonathan Rigby, Kat Ellinger, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Adam Scovell, Maisha Wester

Additional Credits:

Animation: Ashley Thorpe, Special collage sequences: Guy Maddin, Poem Readings: Linda Hayden, Ian Ogilvy, Associate Editor: Jamie Landsdowne, Archival Assistant: Laird Jimenez, Titles Coordinator: Amy Voorhees Searles, Colorist: Steven Peer, Camera: Justin McConnell, Camera: Ray Loyd, Camera: Laird Jimenez

Contact

Distributor:

David Gregory
david@severin-films.com

Public Film Contact:

Kier-La Janisse
Severin Films
bigsmashproductions@gmail.com

Publicity Contact:

Josh Johnson
josh@severin-films.com
512-419-8749

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2021
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Runtime:
193 mins