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Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures(Research in Horror Studies)

Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures(Research in Horror Studies)


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Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures analyzes folk horror by looking at its recent popularity in novels and films such as The Ritual (2011), The Witch (2015), and Candyman (2021). Countering traditional views of the genre as depictions of the monstrous, rural, and pagan past trying to consume the present, the contributors to this collection posit folk horror as being able to uniquely capture the anxieties of the twenty-first century, caused by an ongoing pandemic and the divisive populist politics that have arisen around it. Further, this book shows how, through its increasing intersections with other genres such as science fiction, the weird, and eco-criticism as seen in films and texts like The Zero Theorum (2013), The Witcher (2007–2021), and Annihilation (2018) as well as through its engagement with topics around climate change, racism, and identity politics, folk horror can point to other ways of being in the world and visions of possible futures.

Table of Contents:
Section One: Framing the Past to Make the Present Chapter 1: “Buried”: Folk Horror as Retrieval Tracy Fahey Part I: The Folklore of British Folk Horror Chapter 2. Secret Powers of Attraction: Folk Horror in its Cultural Context Howard David Ingham Chapter 3. A Battlefield in England: Folk Horror and War Jimmy Packham Chapter 4. Live Horror Theatre, Nostalgia and Folklore David Norris Chapter 5. Frayed Strands Entwined: Considering 21st Century Folk Horror James Rose Part II: America, Settlers, And Belonging Chapter 6. Palimpsests and Other Texts: Christianity and Pre-Modern Religions in Folk Horror Brandon R. Grafius Chapter 7. “There's some weird shit going on in the woods”: Landscape, Cults, and Folklore in the Films of Chad Crawford Kinkle and Andy Mitton Paul A. J. Lewis Chapter 8. Fae Fight Back: Monstrous Mycelium and post-Colonial Gothic in The Hallow Kit Hawkins Section Two: Facing Backward Whilst Looking Forward Part III: Cultural Positionings Chapter 9. Early

About the Author :
Simon Bacon is an independent scholar and film critic based in Poznan, Poland.

Review :
The popularity of such films as The Witch (2015) and Midsommar (2019) signaled the arrival of an era of folk horror. This subgenre found its initial cinematic manifestation in the UK-produced Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971), Witchfinder General (1968), and The Wicker Man (1973). In his introduction to this collection editor Simon Bacon writes that these films feature a “location (landscape), which ... causes isolation ... produces a skewed moral or religious perspective, and ... ultimately leads to summoning or happening” (p. 2). Bacon realizes that such a definition is limiting and does not accurately reflect the current state of contemporary or even future folk horror, and he is not content to simply cobble together considerations of previously surveyed films. Rather he presses at the limits of what constitutes a scholarly volume. Along with the expected essays on canonical films, the reader will find a new short story reflective of the subgenre and haunting images termed “visual interventions” that bring an unexpected quality to the project. With essays on haunted attractions, The Witcher video game series, Spanish fairy tales, and regional horror cinema, this unique, noteworthy contribution to horror scholarship not only expands understanding of the subgenre, but also serves to direct the future of folk horror studies. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals. Future Folk Horror: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures is an engaging, ambitious and wide-ranging volume with an impressive line-up of contributors. It should be of interest to anyone interested in contemporary folk horror or in the possibilities contained within its myriad future manifestations. With its setup of exploring the genre’s origins to clarify its future, this fascinating anthology is an invaluable addition to the folk horror field of scholarship. It will no doubt appeal to folk and eco-horror students as a useful starting point of research, directing the reader towards key authorities such as Adam Scovell and his seminal work Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange (2017), as well as providing niche media recommendations. Furthermore, the diversity of essays constructs a uniquely global image of the genre within a single compilation, solidifying folk horror as a continuous ‘reservoir of myth, memory and the eerie’ (15).


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  • ISBN-13: 9781666921243
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 346
  • Sub Title: Contemporary Anxieties and Possible Futures
  • ISBN-10: 1666921246
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jul 2023
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Research in Horror Studies
  • Width: 152 mm


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