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.
Direction
Kier-La Janisse weaves obsessive scholarship into hypnotic rhythm.
Production
Staggering scope: British TV, global folk traditions, J-horror, Aussie outback.
Writing
Talks to EVERYONE. Experts, filmmakers, the actual guy who found the Wicker Man print.
Director
Kier-La Janisse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Janisse founded the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a real organization running lectures on genre film—this doc is basically that energy captured on camera.
The film's massive scope required so many interviews that several subjects, including some legendary filmmakers, passed away during production and appear here in their final on-camera appearances.
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