Severin Films

All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror

Celia - Second Run DVD 2009 DVD ( United Kingdom) A Field In England - Film4 2013 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Dark Waters - Severin Films 2017 Blu-ray ( USA) Witchhammer - Second Run DVD 2017 DVD ( United Kingdom) Witchhammer - Second Run 2017 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Viy - Severin Films 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) Viy - The Masters of Cinema Series 2021 Limited Edition Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Viy - The Masters of Cinema Series 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Celia - Second Run 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror - Severin Films 2022 Blu-ray ( USA) Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror - Severin Films 2022 Blu-ray ( USA) Eyes of Fire - Severin Films 2022 Blu-ray ( USA) Clearcut - Severin Films 2023 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $279.95
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror | Eyes of Fire | Leptirica | Witchhammer | Viy | Lake of the Dead | Tilbury | The Dreaming | Kadaicha | Celia | Alison's Birthday | Wilczyca | Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach | Clearcut | Il demonio | Dark Waters | A Field in England | Anchoress | Penda's Fen | Robin Redbreast
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Featuring: Dennis Lipscomb, Mirjana Nikolic, Vladimír Smeral, Leonid Kuravlyov, Erling Lindahl, Arthur Dignam, Rebecca Smart, Joanne Samuel, Krzysztof Jasinski, Jozef Duriasz, Graham Greene, Daliah Lavi, Louise Salter, Julian Barratt, Natalie Morse, Spencer Banks, Anna Cropper, Guy Boyd, Petar Bozovic, Elo Romancik, Natalya Varley, Bjorg Engh, Penny Cook, Nicholas Eadie, Lou Brown, Iwona Bielska, Edmund Fetting, Ron Lea, Frank Wolff, Venera Simmons, Peter Ferdinando, Gene Bervoets, John Atkinson, Amanda Walker, Josef Kemr, Aleksey Glazyrin, Gary Sweet, Bunney Brooke, Stanislaw Brejdygant, Michael Hogan, Anna Maria Aveta, Mariya Kapnist, Richard Glover, Toyah Willcox, Georgine Anderson, Julian Holloway, Sona Valentová, Nikolay Kutuzov, John Noble, John Bluthal, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Lubov Snegur, Ryan Pope, Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Bamford, Vadim Zakharchenko, Vincent Ball, Albina Skarga, Reece Shearsmith, Christopher Eccleston, Bernard Hepton, Pyotr Vesklyarov, Valeriy Bassel, Michael Smiley, Michael Pas, Andy Bradford, Pavel Sokolov, Sara Dee, Brenda Bertin, Annette Badland

The most comprehensive collection of its kind begins with the definitive genre documentary of our time, Kier-La Janisse’s award-winning WOODLANDS DARK & DAYS BEWITCHED. From there, experience 19 of the best-known, least-known, rarely-seen and thought-lost classics of folk horror from around the world, all restored from the best available vault elements with Special Features that include short films, audio commentaries and exclusive featurettes. The ultimate genre exploration continues with the original WOODLANDS soundtrack by Jim Williams and a reading of the classic short story ‘The White People’ by actress Linda Hayden, as well as a 126-page illustrated book curated by Janisse and designed by Luke Insect featuring all-new writings by renowned film scholars, authors and historians.

  • Year: 1958-2021
  • Time: 2003 total min.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
CD
Discs:
BD-50 (12 Discs)
CD (3 Discs)
Total: 15 Discs
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
None (CD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
1.78:1
1.33:1
2.35:1
2.40:1
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Stereo 2.0
English DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Serbo-Croatian DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Czech DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Russian DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Norwegian DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Icelandic DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Polish DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Italian DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Italian DTS-HD MA Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Interview, Outtakes, Audio Recording, Audio Commentary, Alternate Version, Short Film, Feature Film, Video Essay, Podcast, Theatrical Trailer, Audio Interview, Behind the Scenes Footage, Documentary, Test Footage, Featurette, CD, Book
  • Video Introduction By Writer/Director/Producer Kier-La Janisse (9 mins)
  • Animating Folk Horror — A Conversation with Ashley Thorpe (12 mins)
  • Outtake: What is Folk Horror? (2 mins)
  • Outtake: Harvest Hymns — The Sounds and Signals of Folk Horror (22 mins)
  • Outtake: Terra Assombrada — Expressions of Folk Horror in Brazil (7 mins)
  • Folk Poetry (5 mins)
  • Audio Commentary for Eyes of Fire With Colin Dickey, Author of “Ghostland: An American History In Haunted Places”
  • The Secret Is In The Trees — “Nightmare USA” Author Stephen Thrower Interviews Avery Crounse (29 mins)
  • Crying Blue Sky: Alternate Longer Cut restored in 2K from Director's personal 35mm answer print
  • The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow (Sam Weiss, USA 1972) (13 mins) Genre icon John Carradine narrates this atmospheric animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic story, newly scanned from 16mm for this release by educational film archive AV Geeks. Courtesy of Pyramid Films.
  • Transformations (Barbara Hirschfeld, USA 1972) (8.5 mins) A fascinating feminist experimental film shot on location in Vermont about a group of witches performing white magic. Courtesy of the Vermont Archive Movie Project (VAMP). vamp.vtiff.org
  • Backwoods (Ryan Mackfall, UK 2018) (15 mins) A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's “The Picture In The House.” Courtesy of Myskatonic Films.
  • Trailer for Eyes of Fire
  • Radical Fairy Tales — Interview With Director Djordje Kadijevic
  • Sticenik (Djordje Kadijevic,1973) (45 mins) A terrified young man is being pursued by a mysterious man in black. He hides out in nearby mental hospital, but can he escape his fate?
  • Diary Of An Inmate (10 mins) An interview with Štićenik actor Milan Mihailovic
  • Devicanska svirka (Djordje Kadijevic,1973) (60 mins) A man travelling through the countryside is drawn to a strange castle, which is reputed by the locals to be haunted. There he meets a beguiling young woman who ensnares him in her world of secrets.
  • Prisoner Of Song: An interview with Devičanska Svirka actor Goran Sultanovic
  • Audio Commentary for Witchhammer With Czech Film Historian And Curator Irena Kovarova
  • The Womb Of Woman Is The Gateway To Hell (22.5 mins) A filmed appreciation by essayist and critic Kat Ellinger and film historian Michael Brooke. Courtesy of Second Run Films.
  • The Projection Booth Podcast (62 mins) The renowned film podcast’s episode on WITCHHAMMER, with host Mike White and guest critics Samm Deighan and Rahne Alexander.
  • From The Woods To The Cosmos — John Leman Riley On The History Of Soviet Fantasy And Sci-Fi Film (34 mins)
  • Trailer for Viy
  • Bonus Silent Short Films: Satan Exultant (1917, 20 mins), The Queen of Spades (1916, 16 mins) and The Portrait (1915, 8 mins)
  • Audio Commentary for Lake of the Dead With Film Historians Jonathan Rigby And Kevin Lyons
  • Audio Commentary for Tilbury With Director Vioar Víkingsson And Screenwriter Þórarinn Eldjárn, Moderated By Film Scholar Gudrun D. Whitehead
  • With Enough Tilbury Butter, Anything Is Good — Interview With Karl Ágúst Ulfsson
  • A Boy From The Country — Interview With Kristján Franklin Magnúss
  • White Spot In The Back Of The Head (Viðar Víkingsson, 1979) (33 mins) This early student film from the director of TILBURY transposes the ghostly Icelandic legend of The Deacon of Dark River to 1970s France.
  • “The Moon Fades, Death Rides”: Vioar Víkingsson discusses the folkloric origins of White Spot In The Back Of The Head
  • Audio Commentary for The Dreaming With Director Mario Andreacchio, Moderated By Film Historian Jarret Gahan
  • Trailer for The Dreaming
  • Audio Commentary With Director James Bogle, Moderated By Veteran Film Journalist Michael Helms (Fatal Visions)
  • The Final Girl Of KADAICHA (13 mins) An audio interview with actress Zoe Carides, conducted by film historian Jarret Gahan.
  • Composing KADAICHA (17.5 mins) An audio interview with composer Peter Westheimer, conducted by film historian Jarret Gahan.
  • Behind The Scenes Of KADAICHA (7 mins) Recently-unearthed footage of director James Bogle and the cast and crew in a typical day on set.
  • Trailer for Kadaicha
  • CELIA And Me (40 mins) A new interview with director Ann Turner
  • From Crawfords To CELIA (17 mins) An interview with veteran editor Ken Sallows
  • The Rabbit in Australia (24 mins) This short documentary produced by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO in 1979 traces the introduction of the European rabbit to Australia and subsequent attempts to control its population, which includes the rabbit cull of the 1950s that serves as the backdrop for Ann Turner’s CELIA.
  • Extended Interviews From NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD With Producer David Hannay And Cast Members Joanne Samuel And Belinda Giblin
  • The Devil Down Under — Satanic Panic In Australia From Rosaleen Norton To ALISON’S BIRTHDAY A new video essay narrated by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, based on her chapter of the same name from the book “Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s.”
  • Unleashing The She-Wolf — An Interview With Director Marek Piestrak
  • Wild Country Of The Were-Bear — An Interview With Director Janusz Majewski
  • Archival Video Introduction By Director Ryszard Bugajski
  • Audio Commentary With Scholar And Anthropologist Shaawano Chad Uran (White Earth Anishinaabe)
  • Archival Audio Interview With Director Ryszard Bugajski And Journalist Allan MacInnis
  • A Dream Like Arthur's — Audio Interview With Actor Graham Greene
  • Composing CLEARCUT
  • The Ballad Of Crowfoot (Willie Dunn, 1968) (10 mins) Often referred to as Canada’s first music video, Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist Willie Dunn’s The Ballad Of Crowfoot is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika (Blackfoot) chief who negotiated Treaty 7 on behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
  • Audio Commentary For The Ballad of Crowfoot With Kevin Howes And Lawrence Dunn, Co-Producers Of Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology
  • You Are On Indian Land (Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell, 1969) (32 mins) A landmark film that documents a 1969 protest by the Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) of Akwesasne, a territory that straddles the Canada–U.S. border. You Are On Indian Land screened extensively across the continent, helping to mobilize a new wave of Indigenous activism. It notably was shown at the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz.
  • Consume (Mike Peterson, 2017) (20 mins) Inspired by true events, residential school survivor Jacob Wematim (Julian Black Antelope) struggles to hang onto his land and Indigenous identity as his personal demons resurface and manifest in the form of the Wendigo spirit.
  • Audio Commentary for Il demonio By Film Historian Kat Ellinger
  • “The Kid From A Kibbutz” — Daliah Lavi And The Road To IL DEMONIO (27.5 mins) A newly-commissioned video essay written and narrated by film historian Tim Lucas and edited by filmmaker and programmer Chris O’Neill
  • Once Upon A Time In Basilicata Brunello Rondi biographer Alberto Pezzotta looks at IL DEMONIO and the themes that dominated the director’s eclectic career
  • Audio Commentary for Dark Waters With Writer/Director Mariano Baino
  • Deep Into The DARK WATERS (50 mins) The cast and crew recall the making of DARK WATERS in this archival documentary featurette.
  • Audio Commentary for A Field in England With Director Ben Wheatley, Producer Andy Starke And Sound Editor Martin Pavey
  • Letterboxd Magic Hour Episode One: Kier-La Janisse X Ben Wheatley (45 mins) Ben Wheatley talks folk horror with WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED director Kier-La Janisse in this special online interview conducted for the release of Wheatley’s IN THE EARTH.
  • Please Hear Me — The Music of A FIELD IN ENGLAND (6 mins) Composer Jim Williams and Ben Wheatley discuss the sounds and musical influences of A FIELD IN ENGLAND.
  • Ben Wheatley In Conversation With Pete Tombs (23 mins) A fascinating discussion between Wheatley and film historian/author (“Immoral Tales,” “Mondo Macabro”) Pete Tombs that gets deep into the DNA of A FIELD IN ENGLAND.
  • Camera Tests (10.5 mins)
  • Trailer for A Field in England
  • Lockdown 1329 (13.5 mins) A new video essay by ANCHORESS director Chris Newby that explores parallels between COVID lockdown in the UK and Christine Carpenter’s experience as an anchoress, featuring outtakes from the film.
  • A Short Trip To Shere (2.5 mins) ANCHORESS director Chris Newby documents the location of the real Christine Carpenter’s anchoress cell at St. James’ Church in Shere, England.
  • Audio Commentary by James Machin and Matthew Hale, Editors of the book "Of Mud & Flame: The Penda's Fen Sourcebook"
  • The Landscape of Feelings: The Road to Penda's Fen (16 mins)
  • The Pledge (Digby Rumsey, 1982) (22 mins) Based on the short story by early 20th Century Fantasy Writer Lord Dunsany, The Pledge concerns a group of Highwaymen who make a pact to save the should of their hanged partner. A dark, luscious film co-edited by an uncredited Peter Greenaway and featuring music by Michael Nyman. Courtesy of The British Film Institute.
  • Audio Commentary for Robin Redbreast With William Fowler And Vic Pratt, Curators And Authors Of “The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film & Television”
  • Interview With John Bowen (12 mins)
  • The Sermon (Dean Puckett, 2018) (12 mins) In an isolated church community in the English countryside, a powerful hate preacher prepares to deliver a sermon to his flock, but his daughter has a secret that could destroy them all.
  • Bonus CDs: WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
  • Bonus CD: THE WHITE PEOPLE Audiobook
  • ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS — 126+ Page Book Curated by Kier-La Janisse, this beautifully-illustrated book designed by Luke Insect features new writing by Andy Paciorek, Stephen Volk, Mitch Horowitz, Dawn Keetley, Sarah Chavez, Stephen R. Bissette and Dejan Ognjanovic alongside a selection of illuminating archival pieces and a breakdown of all the films in the set.

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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Eyes of Fire
Leptirica
Witchhammer
Viy
Lake of the Dead
Tilbury
The Dreaming
Kadaicha
Celia
Alison's Birthday
Wilczyca
Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
Clearcut
Il demonio
Dark Waters
A Field in England
Anchoress
Penda's Fen
Robin Redbreast
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