Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

2021

Action / Documentary / Horror

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 47 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91%
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 2128 2.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Kier-La Janisse Photo
Kier-La Janisse

Top cast

Ian Ogilvy Photo
Ian Ogilvy as Self
Linda Hayden Photo
Linda Hayden as Self
Kier-La Janisse Photo
Kier-La Janisse as Self
Alice Lowe Photo
Alice Lowe as Self
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3 hr 12 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 8 / 10

A great documentary

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED is the folk horror documentary that many of us didn't even know we wanted. It's often a tour-de-force bit of filmmaking with a running time that flies past despite coming in in the region of three and a half hours. The first half is particularly good, charting the usual likes of THE WICKER MAN, WITCHFINDER GENERAL and BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW before looking at the origins of the genre and then moving to study the format in America and Australia. I thought the second half feels a lot more rushed; it turns into a virtual clip compilation and I would have liked much more insight and background into the intriguing foreign films shown.
Reviewed by Jeremy_Urquhart 7 / 10

Good, but very long

An exhaustive and almost exhausting at times documentary on one specific flavour of horror. It was certainly interesting, though, and I feel like it provided a good amount of insight into folk horror. It's one of those genres or sub-genres where you kind of know it when you see it, but it's harder to put into words. Thankfully, this documentary does put it into words.Maybe too many words? I don't know if this had to be as long as it was, and it being over three hours is going to be something of an obstacle for a lot of people (maybe even myself included). But I still liked this, and there's a lot to like. It's just very, very in-depth and lengthy.
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