Tag: The Wicker Man

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021)

Posted on by Keri O'Shea

The phenomenon of ‘folk horror’ has been with us for some considerable time – you might argue for as long as storytelling has existed – but, at least in terms of folk horror cinema, there does seem to have been a real explosion of interest in the last decade or so. This has found expression […]

Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful & Things Strange by Adam Scovell

Posted on by Keri O'Shea

As horror is increasingly picked up by the academic community, with more seminars, papers and conferences emerging yearly, it’s little surprise that the renewed interest in folk horror is also making its way into print via this new wave of academia and its authors. Adam Scovell’s book, Hours Dreadful and Things Strange, is a meticulous […]