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[GO]

Nice one! Ill be having that this evening.

The 70s man aww yeah

 

[therealjohnny]

Oooh

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I enjoyed this a lot

Caravan creepiness. The second most creepy caravan after

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[therealjohnny]

Pre-Order: The Summerisle Arcana - Wicker Man Inspired Tarot

Celebrating the 50 year anniversary of my all time favourite film with a set of Wicker Man inspired major arcana tarot cards. The Summerisle Arcana i...

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[therealjohnny]

WyrmFlm

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[Jim A. Morrish]

Watch Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched online – Prime Video up on prime now for any thumped subscribers of same

 

[therealjohnny]

I feel a trip to Manchester might be on the cards

Robin/Red/Breast

A chilling adaptation of a cult horror classic from Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight Norah is new to the village. Alone in the house, is that the sound of a mouse scurrying? Or something much more sinister – a woman’s scream muffled by the wind? Perhaps she is just paranoid – or...

www.visitmanchester.com

 

[therealjohnny]

Sounds a little "on the nose"

The Red King review – like a wickedly playful new spin on The Wicker Man

Anjli Mohindra is marvellous as a cop shunted off to a remote island, only to find a strange lawless land full of pagan – possibly satanic – rituals. Then a body turns up and all bets are off

www.theguardian.com

 

[dudley]

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[David Kronenbourg]

Recently I've been reading a lot of folk horror adjacent books...

Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling - Folk horror for kids! Although light on the horror but there's still an eerie vibe to this tale of two kids who meet Puck in a woods and he tells them stories and poems with an occult/pagan twist. Very good

Lord Dunsany Mythos - Big influence on Tolkein this is a pantheon of imagined polytheistic deities by some Anglo irish Lord in the 20s which is short and fucking brilliant but also a bit like that Simpson episode which is like "Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob" but with made up pagan Gods

Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand - knock off of The Secret History. A college student gets embroiled in a secret pagan society that wants to possess this chick with the goddess Diana. Immortal beings and human sacrifices and loads about Greek paganism.

The Land Across by Gene Wolfe - Kafkaesque Eastern European folk horror

The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman. Appalachian folk horror about two "druids" who bring the old religion from Scotland to the hills of Appalachia. Features direct references to Wicker Men.

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Bradley Zimmer. Not really a horror but it's the King Arthur myth told from the POV of The Morrigan and central conceit is the clash between the old pagan religion and Christianity. Stunning.

Hekla's Children by James Brogden. Bunch of kids disappear on a hike and it's connected with a sacrificed bog man that is discovered in Lancashire. Spooky fun, with elements of Picnic at Hanging Rock.

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay. More of a fantasy about a group of modern day Canadians who get whisked off to some kind of Faerie land and there's a subplot about sacrificing a king to bring prosperity. Good stuff.

Also started reading the Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E Howard which is heavily influenced by celtic paganism.

 

[dunderhead]

Went to see All You Need Is Death earlier. Only alright.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

some Anglo irish Lord

Talk about underplaying Dunsany. His work was a huge influence on everyone in the early half of the 20th century. The other big author whose work was heavily indebted to him was Lovecraft, who actually went to see him when Dunsany was doing a lecture tour on myth across the US.

Fun fact, I met the current Lord Dunsany at Swans in the Academy.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Talk about underplaying Dunsany. His work was a huge influence on everyone in the early half of the 20th century. The other big author whose work was heavily indebted to him was Lovecraft, who actually went to see him when Dunsany was doing a lecture tour on myth across the US.

Fun fact, I met the current Lord Dunsany at Swans in the Academy.

Lol, sorry Lord Dunsany.

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

"Don't keep the Wicker Man waiting!" The 25 Best Folk Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked

The best and scariest folk horror movies ever made include The Wicker Man, Midsommar, and Sleepy Hollow.

collider.com

 

[therealjohnny]

I feel a trip to Manchester might be on the cards

Robin/Red/Breast

A chilling adaptation of a cult horror classic from Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight Norah is new to the village. Alone in the house, is that the sound of a mouse scurrying? Or something much more sinister – a woman’s scream muffled by the wind? Perhaps she is just paranoid – or...

www.visitmanchester.com

Off to Manchester next week to see this new production

Robin Redbreast: The terrifying 'lost' 1970s horror that was Britain's answer to Rosemary's Baby

Little-remembered BBC film Robin Redbreast was a chilling parable – about a single, pregnant woman trapped in a sinister village – that was ahead of its time.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Off to Manchester next week to see this new production

Robin Redbreast: The terrifying 'lost' 1970s horror that was Britain's answer to Rosemary's Baby

Little-remembered BBC film Robin Redbreast was a chilling parable – about a single, pregnant woman trapped in a sinister village – that was ahead of its time.

www.bbc.co.uk

ooh let us know how it is!

 

[therealjohnny]

Off to Manchester next week to see this new production

Robin Redbreast: The terrifying 'lost' 1970s horror that was Britain's answer to Rosemary's Baby

Little-remembered BBC film Robin Redbreast was a chilling parable – about a single, pregnant woman trapped in a sinister village – that was ahead of its time.

www.bbc.co.uk

Well this was pretty remarkable. Fantastic set and many memorable scenes. It took place in an amazing high ceilinged room in a reconditioned factory. A skeleton of a wooden house in the centre with the audience on low benches, or sitting on the floor surrounding the stage. The first half saw the main character tell the story of the TV play; describing how she bought a house in the country, her unwanted pregnancy with her ex and how she met and got pregnant again by one of the locals.
All this is performed by a non speaking cast and narrated through headphones in a recording by Maxine Peake. A brass band of teenage girls dressed in red and white punctuated key scenes. It's very effective.
The second half is spoken aloud and shifts here and there further exploring themes of feminism, lust, pregnancy, menopause, abortion, depression and more. If they explored the theme of ritual sacrifice so important to the plot of the TV play I must have missed it.
I've read several reviews and all agree that it's a powerful experience and Maxine Peake is amazing, but if you're not familiar with the TV play you might struggle to grasp what's happening. Certainly a thought provoking experience.
Glad I went.

 

[therealjohnny]

Just watched this. Not exactly Folk Horror, but a companion piece to Robin Red breast with Frida Bamford reprising her role as Mrs Vigo.
Interesting twist.

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Play for Today: A Photograph

By Jon Dear Written by John Bowen, directed by John Glenister and produced by Graeme McDonald. Broadcast on BBC1 at 9.25pm on Tuesday 22 March 1977. The Radio Times listing for A Photograph states:…

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