Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

About Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror is a 2021 documentary history film directed by Kier-La Janisse. It runs 193 minutes and was released in September 2021.

The film is filed under folk horror, witchcraft, cinema history, and cinema on cinema.

Abraham Castillo Flores stars as Self, Adam Scovell as Self, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas as Self, and Alice Lowe as Self. The screenplay is by Kier-La Janisse. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AMC+ in the United States.

Night of the Demon, Midsommar, and The Witch make useful companions to Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, all filed under science vs religion.