folk pt 4:
TV FOLK HORROR
& THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CULTS
WITH MARY WILD & THOM BURGESS
This week Mike is joined by Mary Wild to discuss folk horror from a psychoanalytic perspective, then Thom Burgess to take a spoiler free look at folk horror on the small screen, from 70s TV shows like Robin Redbreast and Children of the Stones, through to modern day U.S. shows like True Detective and American Horror Story.
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Podcast theme music by Jack Whitney
Tags: The Owl Service, Children of the Stones, Robin Redbreast, Penda’s Fen, Apaches, A Warning To The Curious, The Ash Tree, The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water, Nigel Kneal, Beasts, Baby, M.R. James, MR James, Stigma, True Detective, League of Gentlemen, American Horror Story, The Village, Blood on Satan’s Claw, Witchfinder General