This story has stuck with me after months. It keeps popping into my head at odd times.

Can you go five seconds without mentioning Harvest Home?

Very chilling story. I liked it at lot! I understood the reference with the black paintings ;) Also the skulls role and the imagery of silvery lights reminds me of "Madman's Knowledge" from Bloodborne.

1:40:20 chapter 4

The dark companion to "The Feminine Mystique"📙📘

ELIZABETH MOSS PLAYS SHIRLEY JACKSON IN "SHIRLEY" BIOPIC. EXCELLENT👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

JACKSON'S THE QUEEN OF "DOMESTIC HORROR"👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤❤❤📗📘📙

good job, i have had this and all known of howards for over 50yrs , sorry to hear this one is hard to get now. you did well with it

Woodrose === Bigfoot

Either you missed the influence of the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, especially A Shadow Over Innsmouth, or purposefully ignored him as the xenophobia and racism present in just about all of his more folksy stories was just too much to give him credit.

Tapping into middle class fear of the masses?

This is brilliant. My favourite genre.

Poor Gib.

Great story, great commentary.

As an 11-year-old, I remember reading The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds in the US) by Penelope Lively when it was first published in 1971. I have felt a strong connection with this genre ever since.

Loving these dives into folk horror. I did note surprise in comments on the three part history of folk horror that The Golden Bough was mentioned but not The White Goddess Occurred to me also that the wonderful “ young adult” Series Children of Stones was mentioned but not the equally well done And steeped in myth The Owl Service Was wondering if there was a reason for this such As you do not feel they fit Into Your concept of folk horror the other examples best supported your content or possibly just self editing for time 🙏

Note : Dannis boyfriend in Midsinmer is named Christian😸

Witches have nothing to do with the devil who is a Christian concept They are not Satanists Also surprised that the Golden Bough is mentioned in the series but not The White Giddess Thankyou for this informative seriezFolk horror is my favourite genre in Hirror general films and literature

I would definitely suggest digging in to Appalachian folklore a bit more if you're interested in finding some Americanized folk horror!

I wouldn't want to give up my partying and festival fun because of some outsiders coming in and staying it's 'bad'. We've had fun all these generations!!

The success of "Peyton Place" inspired Jacqueline Susann to write about what *she* knew - thus, we got "Valley of the Dolls".

i love this video so much can you please make more videos about shirley jackson ?

Awesome!

I truly hope folk horror dosent start the final girl concept as a staple. I've seen a few that have and unlike the slasher genre , I hope it doesn't become the standard . A good part of folk horror movies are about covens of witches.. so women empowerment and emancipation ,So with theses films it's almost a given ..but with the growing amount of folk horror movies coming out I hope it dosent become a common theme.also I for one would love to see a movie with the level of detail as the vvitch or the northland made about the druids. In ierland or Scotland.so little is know about them .and the vey few times they have been portrayed in films ..there all but b rated ..they deserve a movie if a grader scale.

The wicker tree the guardian 1990 starve acre..and the hallow..

Perception is every thing ...I've lived in the country and in the city ..and they both have there ups and downs ...ppl in the country see all the modern ease and convenients of things ,while city dwellers long for the less orderly rule system that dosnt seem to apply in the sticks. .strange that thoes in the towns have always looked down upon or outright demonized thoes who's lifestyle they secretly envied heathen , pagan ..ect .. how many wondered what went on far outside the city limits at night ? what realy went on at a barn dance ? And what strang customs were preformed ..with the bringing in of the crops...

Folk horror draws from knowledge that there were and still are secret sects paying homage to the ancient gods of their ancestors. Even after the forced conversion of catholism...it was both feared and embraced by many .. and still is today .

I love folk horror movies don't get me wrong and I don't know what else we could call them . But the fact that the very definition of what is and is not ( folk horror ) is up for interpretation ..means there isn't a clear definition in the first place ...its aggravating ..

Depending of what you consider folk horror...witches ...haxan 1922 ...vampires are based on folklore ..nosferatu..also 1922...the list could go on and on with films before the 70s this is the problem i have with using a trem created in the early 2000s to categorize movies that came out almost a hundred years earlier...then they were just called horror no sub sub genres. I get ppl need to have labels for everything and to try to put them on neat little shelves in alphabetical order ..and sometimes they don't fit so neatly ..but .....to reference something decades later by a modern term ...idk...

Not of their God so to them ..of ( the devil ) ..the confusion of ppl worshiping ( the horned one ) didn't help the thoughts they already had...

Can u imagine a time when catholism was outlawed ..in in england...the irony 😂😂😂

Shame.. to me, Ivan Kupala day or Kypala Night is no different than what's called the celtic cross...oil and water ..another demonstration of the forced conversion of Europe ...

There was no name for the religion of norse tribes ..it was one religion in its different forms that everyone practiced, not until after catholism was interduced did it become known as the old ways ..odinism or asatru are neo pagan terms ...

The forced conversion of Europe by the plauge on man that is the Catholic church .now paganism is growing again and it puts a smile on my face at the thought that I may live long to see the death throws of the aberhamic faiths. Europeans and Americans as well are embracing the ideas of getting back to there Roots and the natural world, Our enemies have failed ...the fires of the old ways are still burning bright in the hearts and minds of the folk ..we have NOT been defeated , we have been in the shadows waiting and growing..and our time WILL come again ...

Even if they were used in human sacrifice, paying homage to gods other than the god bible or cannibalism..ther are NOT sinister.. ppl of today shouldn't use the moral code of today to judge the ppl or events of the past ...or call them terms that didn't exist then ...ppl now are to quick to use words like good and evil ..ppl have and unfortunately always will fear what they don't understand ..easy for modern ppl to say that's not right ..with out seeing why others thought it was..

You forgot haxan . Claimed to be the first movie depicting witch craft . Also the guardian 1990 is one of my favorites ...

Excellent job of research and presentation, especially appreciate the selection of paintings.

Easily not just my fave Solomon Kane story but also my fave Robert E Howard story 😁

Awesome to listen to this

You chose wonderful artwork for this essay. I enjoyed it immensely, thank you!

Really loved your story and wish you would continue your analyses. Also hope you get back to more frequent uploads!

pet cemetary ... kind of same theme

This author is a great alchemist. Truly A Master.

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Fantastic essay bro

Not a bad story. Thanks for reading it for us.

What a amazing lady ❤

'The Imp Of The Perverse'...

Agreed - excellent... but who is the "you" that you refer to - the author; his or her name would be good to know.

Really enjoyed that. Classic story and well narrated. Thanks👍