Curses, Cults & Covens: The Birth of British Folk Horror
Until Sun 26 May
Along with The Blood on Satan’s Claw, screening here on May Day, this (non-exhaustive!) season winds its way through the roots of the folk horror genre.
Spanning five films from the late 60s through to early 70s, from BBC adaptions of M.R. James stories to cult classic Witchfinder General, this season is steeped with the eerie and occult.
PS: If Wicker Man seems conspicuously absent as one of the ‘unholy trinity’ of classic folk horror, it’s because we showed it several times last year in honour of its 50th anniversary!
Upcoming screenings in this season
Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968) + A Warning to the Curious (1972)
classified PG Curses, Cults & Covens
Join us for this special double bill of M.R. James adaptions, originally produced by the BBC.
Penda’s Fen
classified 12A Curses, Cults & Covens
A clergyman’s son experiences a bizarre series of encounters with angels and demons, the composer Edward Elgar, and King Penda, the mythical last pagan ruler of England.
Witchfinder General
classified 15 Curses, Cults & Covens
Horror favourite Vincent Price excels in one of his best roles as pious monster Matthew Hopkins - the notorious self-styled Witchfinder General - in this cult classic.
