Episode 5: All Hail the May Queen - Folk Horror and Midsommar

CREDITS:

BANSHEES:

• Micah

• Tiff

• Kelly

• Annette

  • Two Crones and a Book by Annette and Michelle

• Tab

BANSHEE DJ:

• Voiced by Kimyarda J

MUSIC:

• Theme song - "Can You Hear the Banshees?" by Miss Emvy

• DJ Music - "This Spell is Different" by pär, Epidemic Sound

• Banshees Roll Call Song - "Spooky Tooth" by Ch@ntarelle, Epidemic Sound

We're exploring the twisting path of folk horror by discussing Kier-La Janisse's amazing documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, and Ari Aster's daylight horror film Midsommar!

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Show Notes:

Clips:

Clips From Media Sources

• "First Use of Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Blood on Satan's Claw", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Indiginous People's Place in Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Rural vs Modern", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Colonizers' Fears", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Voodoo in Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "American Folk Horror vs British Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "The Wind", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Southern Gothic Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "It's All an Indian Burial Ground", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Australian Bicentennial", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "A Martyr's Death", from The Wicker Man (1973)

• "M.R. James", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "I am the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water", from "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water" (1973)

• "The Dangers of Memeing", from "South Park" (2012)

• "Stonehenge", from Dress to Kill (1999)

• "Rural American Folk Horror", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Deliverance", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Midsommar", from Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

• "Christian Gaslights Josh", from Midsommar (2019)

• "Christian Gaslights Dani on the Phone", from Midsommar (2019)

• "Christian Gaslights Dani in a Field", from Midsommar (2019)

• "Mark has a Bad Trip", from Midsommar (2019)

• "Mark Pisses on the Tree", from Midsommar (2019)

• "Grief Wail", from Midsommar (2019)

Music Clips

• "Children of the Stones Theme" by Sidney Sager and The Ambrosian Singers

• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by Frankie Valli

• "In Birth" by Witch Fever

• "To the Throat" by Feminazgul

• "Last Word" by Baroness

• "Emotion Sickness" by Queens of the Stone Age

• "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" cover by Ondara

• "Hit Like a Girl" by Meet Me @ The Altar