We're exploring the twisting path of folk horror by discussing Kier-La Janisse's amazing documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, and Ari Aster's daylight horror film Midsommar!

MEDIA WE MENTIONED:

• The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), directed by Piers Haggard (movie)
• The Wicker Man (1973), directed by Robin Hardy (movie)
• Witchfinder General (1968), directed by Michael Reeves (movie)
• The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), directed by Wes Craven (movie)
• Pet Sematary (1989), directed by Mary Lambert (movie)
• Creepshow 2 (1987), directed by Michael Gornick (movie)
• The Wind (2018), directed by Emma Tammi (movie)
• Jug Face (2013), directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle (movie)
• Deliverance (1972), directed by John Boorman (movie)
• Eve's Bayou (1997), directed by Kasi Lemmons (movie)
• Hereditary (2018), directed by Ari Aster (movie)
• Pearl (2022), directed by Ti West (movie)
• X (2022), directed by Ti West (movie)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018), directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman (movie)
• YellowBrickRoad (2010), directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton (movie)
• Dress To Kill (1999), performed by Suzy Eddie Izzard, (stand up comedy special)
• Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss (2012), directed by John Das (TV movie)
• Children of the Stones (1977), directed by Peter Graham Scott (miniseries)
• Moondial (1988), directed by Colin Cant (miniseries)
• The Children of Green Knowe (1986), directed by Colin Cant (miniseries)
• A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010), directed by John Das and Rachel Jardine (miniseries)
• "A Ghost Story for Christmas" (1971-1978), BBC series
• "Cruel Summer" (2021), Freeform series
• "The Walking Dead: Dead City" (2023), AMC series
• "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979), ITV series
• "Penny Dreadful" (2014 - 2015), Showtime series
• "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" (2020), Showtime series
• "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson" (2019 - 2023), Netflix series
• "Arrested Development" (2003 - 2006, 2013 - 2019), Fox/Netflix series
• "Breaking Bad" (2008 - 2013), AMC series
• "Children of the Stones" (2020), BBC 4 Radio series
• "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water" (1973), directed by Jeff Grant (COI PSA)
• "Apaches" (1977), directed by John Mackenzie (COI PSA)
• "Robbie" (1979), directed by Ronald Dunkley (COI PSA)
• "Midsommar's Audiovisual Tricks" - Spikima Movies, YouTube
• "How Midsommar Brainwashes You" - Acolytes of Horror, YouTube
• "Men Writing Women: Ari Aster" - Girl On Film, YouTube
• Ghost Eaters: A Novel by Clay McLeod Chapman (book)
• A Song of Ice and Fire (Book 1) by George R. R. Martin (book)
• Penny Dreadful written by Chris King, illustrated by Jesus Hervas (comic book series)
• Final Girl (board game)
• In Times New Roman ... (2023) by Queens of the Stone Age (album)
• "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"by The Smiths (song)
• The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino (Substack blog)

CLIPS:

• "MIDSOMMAR | Bear in a Cage | Official Promo HD | A24", A24
• "MIDSOMMAR | Official Teaser Trailer HD | A24, A24

CLIPS FROM MEDIA SOURCES:

Used under the Fair Use Act for the purpose of criticism, comment, scholarship, and research.

• "First Use of Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Blood on Satan's Claw", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Indiginous People's Place in Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Rural vs Modern", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Colonizers' Fears", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Voodoo in Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "American Folk Horror vs British Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "The Wind", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Southern Gothic Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "It's All an Indian Burial Ground", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Australian Bicentennial", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "A Martyr's Death", from The Wicker Man (1973)
• "M.R. James", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "I am the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water", from "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water" (1973)
• "The Dangers of Memeing", from "South Park" (2012)
• "Stonehenge", from Dress to Kill (1999)
• "Rural American Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Deliverance", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Midsommar", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
• "Christian Gaslights Josh", from Midsommar (2019)
• "Christian Gaslights Dani on the Phone", from Midsommar (2019)
• "Christian Gaslights Dani in a Field", from Midsommar (2019)
• "Mark has a Bad Trip", from Midsommar (2019)
• "Mark Pisses on the Tree", from Midsommar (2019)
• "Grief Wail", from Midsommar (2019)

MUSIC CLIPS:

• "Children of the Stones Theme" by Sidney Sager and The Ambrosian Singers
• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by Frankie Valli
• "In Birth" by Witch Fever
• "To the Throat" by Feminazgul
• "Last Word" by Baroness
• "Emotion Sickness" by Queens of the Stone Age
• "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" cover by Ondara
• "Hit Like a Girl" by Meet Me @ The Altar

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