{"product_id":"folk-horror-hours-dreadful-and-things-strange-9781911325222","title":"Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterest in the ancient, the occult, and the \"wyrd\" is on the rise. The furrows of Robin Hardy (\u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e), Piers Haggard (\u003ci\u003eBlood on Satan's Claw\u003c\/i\u003e), and Michael Reeves (\u003ci\u003eWitchfinder General\u003c\/i\u003e) have arisen again, most notably in the films of Ben Wheatley (\u003ci\u003eKill List\u003c\/i\u003e), as has the \u003ci\u003eSpirit of Dark of Lonely Water\u003c\/i\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFolk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange\u003c\/i\u003e charts the summoning of these esoteric arts within 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Scovell is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Liverpool, a short film-maker, and an authority in the field of folk horror. He blogs at celluloidwickerman.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641741381906,"sku":"9781911325222","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_553f6b85-7d3b-47e1-a51a-88b21edea851.jpg?v=1733033354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/folk-horror-hours-dreadful-and-things-strange-9781911325222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}