Animator Ashley Thorpe discusses his processes and inspirations for the animated sequences he created for the film.

Animating Folk Horror - A Conversation with Ashley Thorpe (12 mins).

Video Introduction By Writer/Director/Producer Kier-La Janisse (9 mins).

WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED explores the folk horror phenomenon and its culturally specific manifestations in international horror, from its first wave in the 1970s to today. Region Encoding: Locked to Region A DISC 1:Įnglish and Portuguese with English subtitles As a lead-in to the films which follow, it merely whets the appetite for the tales of folk horror which follow on separate discs in the set. Culled from over 50 interviews and touching on over 200 films in the genre, this documentary is truly impressive as it showcases the efforts from American, Asian, Australian and European horror, including the genre’s revival over the last decade with films like The Witch.Īs a film, this documentary is a damn show-stopper. There is so much more in this world of isolation and identity. Sure, the main points in folk horror can be drawn back to the Silent Era (namely The Golem, The Phantom Carriage, and Haxan), but clearly the sub-genre which relies on characters from communities outside of the civilized world with which to do its supernatural bidding took flight with those three films as the fringe found more victims as the lush countryside.īut Janisse’s documentary isn’t content to let the British filmmakers have all the time.

The exhaustively-researched film is both enlightening and entertaining as we get looks at The Unholy Trinity which started the sub-genre: Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General, Piers Haggard’s The Blood On Satan’s Claw, and Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man.

Opening with a thought-provoking three-hour documentary - which includes fascinating commentaries from all the heavy-hitters in the genre - Kier-La Janisse’s award-winning Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is a wonderful way to begin this journey into the darkest of woods known to the civilized world. There is a lot of horror history here and, due to its beutiful presentation, cannot simply be digitized and streamed whenever you feel like watching. Which is why Severin’s new box set, All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror, - a collection of 19 of the best-known, least-known, rarely-seen and thought-lost classics of folk horror from around the world - DEMANDS your undivided attention. 'collection of 19 of the best-known, least-known, rarely-seen and thought-lost classics of folk horror from around the world - DEMANDS your undivided attention'

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