{"product_id":"folk-horror-hours-dreadful-and-things-strange-9781911325222","title":"Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adam Scovell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterest in the ancient, the occult, and the \"wyrd\" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Piers Haggard (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlood on Satan's Claw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and Michael Reeves (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWitchfinder General\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKill List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), as has the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpirit of Dark of Lonely Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Juganets, cursed Saxon crowns, spaceships hidden under ancient barrows, owls and flowers, time-warping stone circles, wicker men, the goat of Mendes, and malicious stone tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFolk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e charts the summoning of these esoteric arts n the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond, using theories of psychogeography, hauntology, and topography to delve into the genre's output in film, television, and multimedia as its \"sacred demon of ungovernableness\" rises yet again in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268888191127,"sku":"9781911325222","price":3871.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911325222.webp?v=1767105405","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/folk-horror-hours-dreadful-and-things-strange-9781911325222","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}