Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched

An exploration into horror cinema’s folkways leads one into many strange corners all over the world. This map depicts a concentrated cluster of 36 locations where the films are set or staged – and where their core ideas sometimes spring from, from Scotland to Serbia. More often than not these places are separate from complex urban societies, and tucked away in the rural, in insular hamlets and villages. Places where the pull of the old ways can still be felt. This map accompanies the documentary feature Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched (2021) from Severin Films.

Author Biography

Kier-La Janisse is an author, critic, film programmer, podcaster, publisher and producer with an emphasis on genre cinema. She is Writer/Director/Producer of Severin Films’ Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror. Fiction, reality and the otherworldly co-exist in Herb Lester’s universe. Since 2010, our illustrated maps have documented the distinctive in
the world’s great cities as well as charting locations associated with literature, rock’n‘roll, the occult and wider pop culture. Increasingly untethered to the real world, our range of notepads from fictional hotels make ideal souvenirs from places no one can visit.