(18) FOLK HORROR REVIVAL

 

“From the forest, from the furrows, from the field…and further”

Now we come to the first of my wild-tier special mentions for an X-Twitter account – hence wild-tier special mention for what is, after all, my top ten for mythology books. However, it does have a connection to books – it’s the account for the Folk Horror Revival website and the Wyld Harvest online bookstore.

“Welcome to the online store for Wyrd Harvest Press books exploring the landscapes of Folk Horror and related realms in film, tv, books, art, music, events and other media and also psychogeography, hauntology, urban wyrd, folklore, cultural rituals and costume, earth mysteries, archaic history, hauntings. southern gothic, ‘landscapism / visionary naturalism & geography’, backwoods horror, murder ballads, carnivalia, dark psychedelia, wyrd forteana and other strange edges.”

That pretty much sums it up really. While folk horror is a sub-genre of fiction – for which my personal archetype is The Wicker Man, albeit a non-supernatural example (or is it?) – it often has an origin in (or ambience of) folklore or mythology, and this account is a handy compendium for folklore or mythology, shared by itself or from other accounts.

 

RATING: 4 STARS****

X-TIER (WILD TIER)