The In 1971, Director Piers Haggard made a film about an innocent, rural 18th century English village,

being corrupted by something ancient and evil lurking just beneath the soil.

This was the first film on record to be labeled folk horror,

a term coined by a journalist during the making of the movie,

which would then be referenced by the director, Pierce Haggard, many years later.

However, the studio that made this folk horror were particularly keen to draw on a number of themes, conventions

and aesthetics from another film made three years previously, a disturbing British horror movie

starring Vincent Price about a rural village that's invaded by a corrupt

and evil man who inflicts pain, suffering and torture upon its innocent unassuming villages.

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of folk horror and we delve into

two British folk classics,

witchfinder general, and the blood on Satan's claw.

You took him from me! You took him from me! Welcome back to the evolution of horror.

My name is Mike and as ever I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome in this

podcast we explore and dissect the evolution of the horror genre by looking at

particular sub-genres across a number of weeks. We are currently in the midst of

exploring the evolution of folk horror and this week as the intro suggested we're delving into the two biggies the two originals ground zero for folk horror the blood on Satan's claw and witch finder general.

Now we will be talking about both these movies in spoiler ific detail.

These will be deep dives in which we will reveal everything that happens in the story

all the way up until the end.

So if you haven't seen these two incredible movies then do

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