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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror. Kier-La Janisse, 2021.

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Edition screened: Included on Severin Blu-ray box set All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror, released 2021. Mostly English, with other languages and English subtitles. Runtime approximately 192 minutes.


Summary: This overview of international folk horror includes innumerable short clips and commentary from films both included and excluded from the accompanying anthology. Some clips that include animal violence:


1) Brief image of a dead rabbit in a coffin, 6:53.

2) A wolf is decapitated with flying head shenanigans, 52:01-52:10.

3) Church interior with dead game displayed including dried blood around the mouths of rabbits, 1:03:25-1:03:40.

4) Quick image of one dead sheep, no blood, 1:25:13-1:25:15.

5) Pedestrians carry a dead bird and a bloated frog, 1:34:05-1:34:23.

6) Disturbing images of sacrificed animals from The Believers, 1:52:46-1:53:07.

7) A man carries a dead kangaroo, 2:01:31-2:01:37.

8) Mutilated animals found, 3:02:13-3:02:24

9) A woman eats a worm, 3:03:00-3:03:07.