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TALES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD cover art by Francesco Francavilla
Finally, THE WICKER MAN will start in 10 minutes.
10 minute call for THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW
Marc Wilkinson - The Blood on Satan’s Claw Sountrack Main Theme
Reminder that our #Scarefest folk horror triple-feature starts in less than an hour. Come check it out, horror-heads! 💀
WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR (2021) dir. Kier-La Janisse
Starting this up on Discord in a minute. It's a great "pre-game" for tonight's triple-feature, as it discusses "the unholy trinity" extensively. Feel free to come watch along!
Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Finder General
by Ellen Castelow
“Within the political and religious chaos that reigned throughout the period of the English Civil Wars, one previously unheard of Matthew Hopkins emerged.”
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https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Matthew-Hopkins-WitchFinder-General/
Four posters for WITCHFINDER GENERAL, starting tonight at 8:00 PM US Central!
Four posters for THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, starting around 9:40 PM US Central tonight!
50 Years Later, The Blood on Satan's Claw Is Still a Rich Piece of Haunting Folk Horror
by Michael Gursky
“50 years after its release isn't too late to celebrate the unshakably nightmarish mood of this dark arts romp about a village overcome by witch hysteria, now faced with a demonic force that's turning their children into furry, false God-worshipping killers. It's perhaps the most Hammer film Hammer never made.”
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https://movieweb.com/the-blood-on-satans-claw-retrospective/
In addition to “the unholy trilogy” of Witchfinder General, The Blood on Satan’s Claw, and The Wicker Man, I’ll be streaming the fantastic documentary, WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR (2021) dir. Kier-La Janisse, as a primer for the three feature films.
It’ll be starting in about 90 minutes from now.
Different portrayals of wicker men.
Watch THE WICKER MAN (1973) tonight around 11:20 PM, US Central time, after WITCHFINDER GENERAL and THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW.
Here’s a short article, made up of some interesting interviews with the director and musical director on the making of The Wicker Man, by Dave Simpson for The Guardian:
How we made The Wicker Man
“Director Robin Hardy and musical director Gary Carpenter remember a descent into paganism that started in a Manhattan hotel room and ended up with the film company rubbishing their own work”
#CoSoHorror #Scarefest #WatchParty #CoSoFilm #CoSoMovies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/24/how-we-made-wicker-man
When Neil Howie, a Police Sergeant and devout Christian, journeys to the isolated Scottish island of Summerisle in search of a missing girl, he is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity in favor of a form of Celtic paganism, and suspects they are hiding something…
It’s THE WICKER MAN (1973) starting ~ 11:20 PM US CST after Witchfinder and Satan’s Claw!
Trailer: https://youtu.be/a-tDnavDCwI
Tomorrow after Witchfinder, (~9:40 PM US CST) it's THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971) dir. Piers Haggard.
"When a mysterious corpse is accidentally dug up by a boy in a small town, a group of local teens starts acting very strangely..."
Trailer: https://youtu.be/ki4HeKMQd48
Saturday at 8 PM Central: a fictionalised account of the murderous witch-hunting exploits of Matthew Hopkins (Vincent Price), a lawyer who falsely claimed to have been appointed as a "Witch Finder General" by Parliament during the English Civil War to root out sorcery and witchcraft. Directed by Michael Reeves.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/O3Mfes57Nt8
Here's an interesting (and quick) article about "the unholy trinity" and other British folk horror films, from Adam Scovell for the British Film Institute:
Where to begin with folk horror
A beginner’s path through the haunted landscapes of ‘folk horror’.
#CoSoHorror #Scarefest #CoSoFilm #CoSoMovies
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-folk-horror
Apocryphiliac
I don’t have anything to sell.
I don’t know anything to tell.
Joined Apr 2022