Episode 002: "If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough"

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03/18/16 • 28 min

Hellbent for Horror

Scary stories from nights long ago.

The ultimate horror is fear of the unknown, and if you’ve ever been lost in the woods you might know this one deeply.

We talk about Folk Horror, a little known type of horror that stems from old folklore, the land, and the scary monsters that live deep in Nature.

Show Notes- for Episode 002, ““If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough”

Movies Discussed:

The Witch: A New England Folk Tale (2015):

Director: Robert Eggers

“A History of Horror” (2010):

Starring: Mark Gatiss:

(Extra Credit: The Sequel Mark Gatiss Documentary- Horror Europa (2012):

“Witchfinder General” (1968):

Director: Michael Reeves

Starring: Vincent Price

“The Devil Rides Out” (1968):

Director: Terence Fisher

Starring: Christopher Lee

“Mark of the Devil” (1970):

Director: Michael Armstrong

Starring:

Herbert Lom

Udo Kier

“The Bloody Judge” (1970):

Director: Jess Franco

Starring Christopher Lee

“The Wicker Man” (1973):

Directed by: Robin Hardy

Written by: Anthony Shaffer

Starring:

Edward Woodward:

Britt Ekland:

Christopher Lee

“The Hallow” (2015):

Director: Corin Hardy

“Eyes of Fire” (1983):

Director: Avery Crounse

Books and Authors:

H.P. Lovecraft:

Quote from the book: “Supernatural Horror in Literature”

Algernon Blackwood:

Short Story: “The Wendigo” (1910)

From the Collection: “The Lost Valley and Other Stories”

Extra Credit: Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows” (1907)

From the Collection: “The Listener and Other Stories”

This is S.A. Bradley, and I’m a life-long horror lover. This podcast combines horror history, personal observations, common themes, and cultural trends to tell a story with each episode. Here we talk about all things horror. Horror movies, books, comics, hosts, conventions.

The door swings wide here, and all types of horror are welcome. Each episode covers some aspect of horror with lots of viewing or reading suggestions for you to check out. I want to start conversations with people about all types of horror.

I’ve been a fan all my life, and I love all the different styles: Classic Universal Monsters, Slasher Films, Found Footage, French Extreme, Asian Extreme, Korean Ghost Stories, J-Horror, Hammer Horror Films, Amicus Films, Glass Eye Pix, EC Horror Comics, Creature Features, Horror Hosts, Italian Zombie movies, Spanish Zombie movies, George Romero Zombie movies, Giallo, Silent Horror Films, Nature Run Amok, Atomic Age Horror, Roughies, Exploitation, Horror Literature, Serial Killer, Halloween, B-Movie, Splatter films, ghost stories, Folk Horror, supernatural, body horror, torture porn, VHS, Psycho

Scary stories from nights long ago.

The ultimate horror is fear of the unknown, and if you’ve ever been lost in the woods you might know this one deeply.

We talk about Folk Horror, a little known type of horror that stems from old folklore, the land, and the scary monsters that live deep in Nature.

Show Notes- for Episode 002, ““If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough”

Movies Discussed:

The Witch: A New England Folk Tale (2015):

Director: Robert Eggers

“A History of Horror” (2010):

Starring: Mark Gatiss:

(Extra Credit: The Sequel Mark Gatiss Documentary- Horror Europa (2012):

“Witchfinder General” (1968):

Director: Michael Reeves

Starring: Vincent Price

“The Devil Rides Out” (1968):

Director: Terence Fisher

Starring: Christopher Lee

“Mark of the Devil” (1970):

Director: Michael Armstrong

Starring:

Herbert Lom

Udo Kier

“The Bloody Judge” (1970):

Director: Jess Franco

Starring Christopher Lee

“The Wicker Man” (1973):

Directed by: Robin Hardy

Written by: Anthony Shaffer

Starring:

Edward Woodward:

Britt Ekland:

Christopher Lee

“The Hallow” (2015):

Director: Corin Hardy

“Eyes of Fire” (1983):

Director: Avery Crounse

Books and Authors:

H.P. Lovecraft:

Quote from the book: “Supernatural Horror in Literature”

Algernon Blackwood:

Short Story: “The Wendigo” (1910)

From the Collection: “The Lost Valley and Other Stories”

Extra Credit: Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows” (1907)

From the Collection: “The Listener and Other Stories”

Previous Episode

Episode 001: "First Kiss"

What's the "First Kiss?" The First Kiss is the event that hooks you into your passion and obsession. Budding horror fans are carefully fed safe increments of scares by kiddie movies with frightening edges that end up with happy endings. But what are the moments we stumble upon that aren’t carefully supervised? What movies, books, stories are the first reveal of the shock and surge that good horror can produce in its fans? We talk about that first thrill, that first shock, that first kiss.

Show Notes:

Them! – 50’s horror-

Tarantula-

The Thing From Another World-

Shock Theater-

EC Comics- AND more info: The 10 Cent Plague

Home Box Office Origination: http://mentalfloss.com/article/62911/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-hbo

Poseidon Adventure:

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry:

White Lightning:

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean:

The Seven-Ups:

The Getaway:

The Stone Killer:

Nicolas Roeg:

Don’t Look Now (Movie):

Don’t Look Now (Daphne DeMaurier): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_After_Midnight#Don.27t_Look_Now

Don’t Look Now- Opening Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8yqq6uBrKc

Donald Sutherland’s reaction to Don’t Look Now Opening Sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKbjATtxS6w

Nicolas Roeg discusses “Don’t Look Now”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOsVYHjabo

Next Episode

Episode 002.5: "Addendum of Doom: The Folk Horror Edition"

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We aren't out of the woods yet...

Welcome to Episode 2.5!

This is a companion piece to Episode Two, “If You Aren’t Afraid in The Woods, You Haven’t Gone Deep Enough”, which delved into the world of Folk Horror.

Here we'll discuss movies and books I'd loved to have talked about in the episode, but they just didn’t fit into "the story" completely, or there just wasn’t enough time.

However, the campfire still has some embers left, and there's a little time before dawn. Just enough time for a few more stories.

Enter The Addendum of Doom!

Show Notes- for Episode 002.5- Addendum of Doom

“Blood on Satan’s Claw” (1971)

Director: Piers Haggard

“Wake Wood” (2009)

Director: David Keating

“Kill List” (2011):

Director: Ben Wheatley

Extra Credit: Ben Wheatley’s film, “A Field in England” (2014)

Referenced films:

“Point Blank” (1967):

Director: John Boorman

“The Wicker Man” (1973):

Directed by: Robin Hardy

S.A. Bradley’s (Incomplete and Ready-For-Debate) Additional List of Folk Horror Films and Television:

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Viy (1967)

The Devils (1971)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Kwaidan (1964)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Cry of the Banshee (1970)

Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Rites of Spring (2011)

Black Death (2010)

Television shows:

Note: Both of these are British and from the 70’s, and were made as CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING. It’s hard to even fathom either of these being broadcast on PBS in the United States. I think it’s safe to say that Britain has a more comfortable relationship with their ancient past.

Children of the Stones (1977)

The Owl Service (1969-1970)