Tag: night of the eagle

Available Now – Celluloid Hex: The Witch in Horror and Genre Cinema

Posted on by Keri O'Shea

My new book, Celluloid Hex, is now available to buy! The book takes a look at ten films about witchcraft and covens across nine detailed, illustrated chapters. Some of these films are well known and loved; some are less familiar. However, in each case, they offer up great opportunities to consider the motif of witchcraft […]

Folk Horror: Fire, Ash, Dirt, Stone and Night of the Eagle (1962)

Posted on by Keri O'Shea

Editor’s note: this article contains a full discussion of Night of the Eagle and as such contains spoilers. “I DO NOT BELIEVE” are the first words both spoken and seen in Night of the Eagle. These words are the crux of a lecture being given by Professor Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde), a rational man who […]