Directed by:
Kier-La JanisseScreenplay:
Kier-La JanisseComposer:
Jim WilliamsCast:
Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, Piers Haggard, Alice Lowe, Mattie Do, Jeremy Dyson, Kat Ellinger, Katrin Gebbe, Ian Ogilvy, Emma Tammi, Kier-La JanisseVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Folk horror is a comparatively new concept even if the main films it’s anchored in − Witchfinder General (1968, Michael Reeves), The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971, Piers Haggard) and The Wicker Man (1973, Robin Hardy) − have long been venerated as classics of the genre. Which begs the question: what has happened to the world that we started to be so interested in folklore’s darker dimensions in the last decade-plus? What is this sense of belonging expressed by folklore that we now deem not only lost but dangerous? What does ‘rural’ mean in a world where urbanity has lost its modernist promise, what is left of ‘home’ in a globalised context, and how ready do we really feel for interactions with other cultures? What looks like a specialists-only treat is turned by Kier-La Janisse into an essay of general sociopolitical relevance and poignancy. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
![Alice Lowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281286_68b19c.jpg)
Alice Lowe
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Paddington (2014)
![Mattie Do](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/833/163833928_37825b.jpg)
Mattie Do
Laos
Jeremy Dyson
UK
Best movies:
![Kat Ellinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/620/163620704_f21622.jpg)
![Katrin Gebbe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/793/157793614_49ed08.jpg)
Katrin Gebbe
West Germany
![Ian Ogilvy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/811/157811935_120c7e.png)
Ian Ogilvy
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
La Mort vous va si bien (1992)
![Emma Tammi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/235/168235503_1s1pch.jpg)
Emma Tammi
Best movies:
Used People (1992)