{"id":17477,"date":"2015-11-23T01:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T01:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=17477"},"modified":"2015-11-23T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:53:04","slug":"folk-horror-revival-field-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2015\/11\/23\/folk-horror-revival-field-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The particularly British sub-genre of folk horror receives a substantial examination in Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies<\/em><\/a>, a 500-page collection of essays, interviews and artwork edited by Andy Paciorek.<\/p>\n

Featuring essays and interviews by many great cinematic, musical, artistic and literary talents, Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies<\/em> is the most comprehensive and engaging exploration to date of the sub-genre of Folk Horror and associated fields in cinema, television, music, art, culture and folklore.<\/p>\n

Includes contributions by Kim Newman, Robin Hardy, Thomas Ligotti, Philip Pullman, Gary Lachman and many many more.<\/p>\n

100% of all profits from sales of the book will be charitably donated to environmental, wildlife and community projects undertaken by The Wildlife Trusts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nuada rising, 1973 & 1976.<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the contents there’s my 4000-word essay Sacred Demons: The Dramatic Art of David Rudkin<\/em>, parts of which will be familiar to readers of my previous posts about Rudkin’s work. I’m not sure Rudkin would appreciate being subjected to such a narrow focus when his plays and TV films are much more personal and cerebral than most generic entertainments. But there is an intersection in a number of them with folk horror at its widest reach, and Rudkin did happen to adapt The Ash-Tree<\/em> (1975) by MR James for the BBC’s series of ghost stories at Christmas. My piece covers this along with other TV films such as Penda’s Fen<\/em><\/a> (1974) and Artemis 81<\/em> (1981), and many of the stage plays including Afore Night Come<\/em> (1962), The Sons of Light<\/em> (1965\/76) and The Saxon Shore<\/em> (1983). The stage plays I only know from their scripts which makes them difficult to appraise; maybe the renewed interest in Rudkin’s work will spur some revivals.<\/p>\n

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Sight and Sound, August 2010. Illustration by Becca Thorne<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paciorek’s book isn’t solely concerned with British subjects, other essays include studies of Weird Americana, the music of The Cremator<\/em> and Morgiana<\/em><\/a>, and Czech folk horror. The Lulu page apparently didn’t allow the listing of a full table of contents so I’m posting the details below.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Foreword, Disclaimer & Acknowledgements
\n\u2022 Folk Horror: From the Forests, Fields and Furrows; An Introduction by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Subtle Magic and the Thrill of The Wicker Man<\/em> by Sharron Kraus<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Kim Newman<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Public Information Films: Play Safe by Grey Malkin<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Philip Pullman<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Hysteria and Curses in Nigel Kneale’s Baby<\/em> (Beasts<\/em>) by Adam Scovell<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Paul Rumsey<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Green Children of the Woolpits by Karl Shuker<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Sacred Demons: The Dramatic Art of David Rudkin by John Coulthart<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Last Broadcast by Rich Blackett<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Folklore and the River: A Reflection on Davis Grubb’s The Night of the Hunter<\/em> by Stephen Canner<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Quatermass II<\/em> (Nigel Kneale): The Fears of the Outsider Within the Landscape by Adam Scovell<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Gary Lachman<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Weird Americana by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Julia Jeffrey<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Wanderings of Melmoth by Jim Peters<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Traditional Jack in the Green by Chris Walton<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Ghosts, Landscape and Science by Nick Brown<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Dr Bob Curran<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Music of The Cremator<\/em> and Morgiana<\/em> by Grey Malkin<\/strong>
\n\u2022 One Small Step for Man: Hunting the Nephilim by Cobweb Mehers<\/strong>
\n\u2022 A Paean to Peter Vaughan by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Other Thoughts, Other Voices: Cults, Hive Minds and a New Philosophy of Horror in the Work of John Wyndham by Dan Hunt<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Haunted Landscape of Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land<\/em> by Adam Scovell<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Srpski Vampir by Lauri L\u00f6yt\u00f6koski<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Primrose Sloop of War by Chris Bond <\/strong>
\n\u2022 Phantasms of the Floating World: Tales of Ghostly Japan by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Folk Horror of Doctor Who<\/em> by Adam Scovell<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Colin Wilson: Reflections on an Outsider by Gary Lachman <\/strong>
\n\u2022 Morgaine Art by Karen Hilder<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Andrew McGuigan<\/strong>: Cumbrian Cthulhu<\/em>
\n\u2022 Paul Ferris: Witchfinder General<\/em> Soundtrack Review by Grey Malkin<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Thomas Ligotti<\/strong> by Neddal Ayad<\/strong>
\n\u2022 “Just That Little Bit Dark, Haunting and Dramatic”: An Introduction to The Hare and the Moon<\/em> by Jim Peters<\/strong> & Grey Malkin<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Dr Simon Young<\/strong> \u2013 The Fairy Investigation Society
\n\u2022 Nordic Twilight: Scandinavian Horror by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 “See Ye Not That Bonny Road?”: Places, Haunts and Haunted Places in British Traditional Song by Clare Button<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Kill Lists: The occult, paganism and sacrifice in cinema as an analogy for political upheaval in the 1970s and the 2010s by Aaron Jolly <\/strong>
\n\u2022 MR James: The Presence of More Formidable Visitants by Jim Moon<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview With Drew Mulholland<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Albion’s Children: The Golden Age of British Supernatural Youth Drama by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Sacred Theatre of Summerisle by John Harrigan<\/strong>
\n\u2022 All you Ever Knew About Vampires Is Wrong: A Transcript of a Fortean Meeting Talk by Tina Rath<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview with Robin Hardy<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Haunted Fields of England: Diabolical Landscapes and the Genii Locorum by Phil Legard<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Sauna: Abjection and Redemption in the Liminal Spaces by Madeleine Ledespencer<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Hell’s Angel Blake \u2013 An Annotated Guide to a Coven at Bix by Andy Sharp<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Old Hag Phenomenon by Jasmine Gould<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The Olde World Mythology Behind Saurimonde by Scarlett Amaris<\/strong> & Melissa St Hilaire<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Unearthing Forgotten Horrors by Darren Charles<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Arthurian Antichrist: Alternate Readings of Kill List<\/em> by Andy Paciorek<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Darkness, Beauty, Fear and Wonder: Exploring the Grotesque and Fantastical World of Czech Folk Horror by Kat Ellinger<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Folk Horror and the Virtual Demiurge \u2013 Making False Trails \u2013 How Lies Can Be Used to Create New Folklore by Chris Lambert<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Women of Power and Justice: Witches in Folk Horror Movies by Judika Illes<\/strong>
\n\u2022 An Interview With Alan Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previously on { feuilleton }
\n\u2022 The Living Grave by David Rudkin<\/a>
\n\u2022 In the Mind\u2019s Eye<\/a>
\n\u2022 Owls and flowers<\/a>
\n\u2022 Summerisle revisited<\/a>
\n\u2022 Summerisle souvenirs<\/a>
\n\u2022 To Kill a King by Alan Garner<\/a>
\n\u2022 Afore Night Come by David Rudkin<\/a>
\n\u2022 White Lady by David Rudkin<\/a>
\n\u2022 Wicker mania<\/a>
\n\u2022 Red Shift by Alan Garner<\/a>
\n\u2022 Milbury souvenirs<\/a>
\n\u2022 Children of the Stones<\/a>
\n\u2022 Penda\u2019s Fen by David Rudkin<\/a>
\n\u2022 David Rudkin on Carl Dreyer\u2019s Vampyr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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