Episode 25: Folk Horror Part Two

Episode 25: Folk Horror Part Two

This episode was recorded on March 24, 2024 and posted on May 4, 2024. 

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 25
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guests Emily & Niamh of Rowan & Pine
• Today’s Topic: Folk Horror

Film Discussion

• European Folklore
  • Hagazussa (2017)
  • Moloch (2022)
  • Dark Song (2017)
• East Asian Folklore
  • Impetigore (2019)
  • Teke Teke (2009)
• North American Folklore
  • Eyes of Fire (1983)
  • Antlers (2021)

Worst & Best Representations of Folk Horror

Worst

• Blood Born (2021) - Suzie
• A Dark Song (2016) & Hagazussa (2017) - Lonely
• Teke Teke (2009) - Niamh

Best

• The Ritual (2017) - Niamh
• Apostle (2018), The Witch (2015), Men (2022), Midsommar (2019), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) - Lonely 
• It Follows (2014), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pet Sematary (1989), Darkness Falls (2003), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Boogeyman (2005), Kill List (2011), The Wind (2018), The Dark & The Wicked (2020), A Field in England (2013) - Suzie

Suzie’s Deep Cuts

Includes movies with under 5k ratings on IMDB. 

• November (2017)
• Butterfly Kisses (2018)
• Little Otik (2000)
• The Feast (2021)
• The Droving (2020)
• The Twin (2022)
• A Wounded Fawn (2022)
• The Maus (2017)
  • (Editor's Note: Lonely mentions that The Maus is based on the fall of the Soviet Union, but this film actually focuses on the aftermath of the fall of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thank to our listener Kannan for correcting this!)

Closing Thoughts

• Is there a piece of folklore from your own culture you’d like to see in a folk horror film?

Thank you to our guest!

• Follow Emily & Niamh’s show Rowan and Pine, whenever you get your podcasts.
• Emily & Niamh on Instagram at @rowanandpine. 

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