{"product_id":"folk-horror-on-film-return-of-the-british-repressed-paperback","title":"Folk Horror on Film: Return of the British Repressed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Donnelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLouis Bayman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first scholarly collection to focus on the special importance of British cinema to folk horror. The chapters consider the artistic styles, historical contexts, cultural tensions and cinematic fears that distinguish folk horror from other forms of horror and from traditional ways of viewing the folk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolk horror has become a true contemporary cultural phenomenon. But what is this peculiar genre, and what makes it so horrific? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection considers the special importance that British cinema has to folk horror, and vice versa. It explores such staples of the genre as \u003ci\u003eWitchfinder General \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), \u003ci\u003eBlood on Satan's Claw \u003c\/i\u003e(1971) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), but also looks beyond them, presenting studies of the sci-fi horror \u003ci\u003eDoomwatch \u003c\/i\u003e(1972), the documentary \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Village \u003c\/i\u003e(1975) and the works of Ken Russell and Ben Wheatley, alongside many other folk horror films. The collection provides new ways of understanding the uncanny settings and recurring themes that make folk horror so scary and so culturally resonant. Across various chapters on different topics, folk horror appears as a cinematic vision of the remnants of history, unearthed amid the destabilising uncertainties of a de-industrialising, post-imperial Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFolk horror on film: Return of the British repressed \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a compelling account of the genre and a provocative perspective on what makes folk horror unique: its monsters are neither the ghouls of folklore nor the psycho-killers of the slasher; they are the British themselves and their own national past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Bayman is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Southampton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eK. J. Donnelly is Professor of Film and Film Music at the University of Southampton\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246040150067,"sku":"9781526191205","price":109.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/Pe1y1bvSM_9781526191205.webp?v=1777663603","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/folk-horror-on-film-return-of-the-british-repressed-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}