Tag Archives: Folk Horror
The Urban Weird 6th-7th April Booking is Open
The amazing OGOM and Supernatural Cities present ‘The Urban Weird’ on 6th-7th April is now open for bookings!! You can log on and select a number of events from spectral city tours to Urban Weird screenings and workshops!! Find out … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News, OGOM: The Urban Weird
Tagged Folk Horror, OGOM, St Albans, Supernatural Cities, University of Hertfordshire, urban weird
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Folk Horror Returns Ahead of The Urban Weird in April
Folk Horror has officially returned!! This could not be more serendipitous given that in three months time the OGOM project will collaborate with Supernatural Cities to present The Urban Weird (6th, 7th April) with more than a slight nod to … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM: The Urban Weird
Tagged Folk Horror, St Albans, The Urban Weird
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1st Jan Deadline: CFP: OGOM and Supernatural Cities: The Urban Weird
Less than two weeks to go before we close the first round of our CFP for OGOM and Supernatural Cities present The Urban Weird, 6th-7th April. We’re waiting to hear from you…..so many magical treats in store (Brownies and Boggarts) … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), OGOM: The Urban Weird
Tagged CFP, Folk Horror, OGOM, Supernatural Cities, The Urban Weird
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CFP: OGOM & Supernatural Cities Present: The Urban Weird
To coincide with the eclipse here is the CFP for our next conference! It promises to eclipse all other events….it’s cosmic! University of Hertfordshire, 6-7 April, 2018 The permanent link for the CFP, with a PDF version available, is here. … Continue reading
Images of Witches
Some excellent articles on witches today. First, Chloe Buckley, in ‘Hag, temptress or feminist icon? The witch in popular culture‘, looks at images of witches in popular culture, both positive and disparaging. She notes the contemporary feminist rehabilitation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged early modern, Fashion, Feminism, Folk Horror, illustration, misogyny, popular culture, witchcraft, witches, women, woodcuts
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Penda’s Fen: Symposium, BFI, 10 June 2017
We’ve posted a few items here on Folk Horror recently. The classic TV drama Penda’s Fen (1974) is frequently mentioned in this context; I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never seen it (though have just borrowed the DVD). Sukhdev Sandhu writes about … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged English folklore, Folk Horror, landscape, myth, nationalism, paganism, pastoral horror, Penda's Fen
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What to do when the Folk Horror is us
Tomorrow marks the publication of the eagerly awaited ‘Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange’ by Adam Scovell (Auteur publishing, 2017). Scovell has defined such genres in relation to (mostly British) landscape as ‘the evil under the soil, the terror in … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM Research
Tagged Adam Scovell, English eerie, Folk Horror, St Albans
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Folk Horror Revival
Folk Horror is a category of Gothic which seems to be getting a lot of attention these days. There’s an exciting new web site, Folk Horror Revival, devoted to the topic, paying particular attention to the musical aspects of this … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged folk Gothic, Folk Horror, Folklore, Gothic, music, myth, psychogeography
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Folk Horror: Blood Sucking Vampire Goat Terrorises Village
Following my recent post on folk horror and the appearance earlier this year of the Hull Werewolf Old Stinker, who sparked a folk panic in the UK, stories are breaking that a legendary Chupacabra has been caught and killed in the Ukraine … Continue reading
Posted in News, OGOM News, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged chupacabra, Folk Horror, Folklore, vampiric goat
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Folk Horror for Beginners
I am increasingly intrigued by ‘folk horror’ and it was one of the sections in the British Library’s Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition that I spent longest pondering over. The BFI’s recent article is a must read therefore, … Continue reading