hauntology, post horror and folk horror Flashcards
who wrote on hauntology
mark fisher
what is hauntology
a science of ghosts, a science of what returns. destabilizes space as well as time
how does hauntology relate to folk horror
it is a symbolic relationship(?)
how does folk horror relate to other genres
it intermingles with other genres
how is hauntology thought of musically
thought of as British
what is hantology in opposition to and why
nostalgia because nostalgia ignores history and hauntology focuses on it
hanutology and time
hauntology is defined by how the focus on time is expressed, it is a dialogue between the past and present
who wrote ghosts of Britain (about hauntology and folk horror)
Alberto andres calvo
how does Jacques Derrida describe hauntology
the renewed interest in the past cultural and/or social events and ideas
who wrote about folk horror
Adam scovell
how does the burn the witch video make a nice platform to begin to explore folk horror
the video is based on the wicker man which is one of the holy trinity films for British folk horror
what films are the unholy trinity for folk horror
the blood on satan’s claw, the wicker man, and witch finder general
key tropes in folk horror that emerged in Britain during 60s-70s
rural setting, countryside and forest. friction between present and past, psycheography (the effect of a specific place on the psyche of people and their behaviour)
what ideas does folk horror channel (generally)
uses folklore aesthetically or thematically to imbue itself with a sense of the arcane for eerie, uncanny, or horrific purposes. presents a clash between such arcania and its presence within close proximity to some form of modernity, often within social parameters. creates its own folklore thru various forms of popular conscious memory, even when it is young in comparison to more typical folkloric and antiquarian artefacts of the same character
is folk horror limited to cinema
no, had precedence and roots before that in literature
who wrote folk horror ghost stories and what were they
M.R. James wrote whistle and ill come to you, adapted into oh whistle and ill come to you my lad
three general ideas defining folk horror
its folkloric, often features clash between arcane and modern, it can involve modern forms/constructions of folklore
what is the folk horror chain
rural location–>isolated groups–>skewed morals or beliefs–>violent supernatural happenings
are we having a folk horror revival rn? why or why not
yes, haunt-logical culture is responding to the foreclosure of a positive future under late stage capitalism, a future that Neo-liberalism promised– one of peace, freedom and more generalized wealth and prosperity. also because we get a nostalgic appropriation of past styles
is folk horror best understood as a genre or a mode
a mode that works along with other modes
who wrote on post horror
David church
what genre is midsommar
post horror and folk horror
how is midsommar post horror according to David church
independently produced, stylistic minimalism, affective tones, negative affects. also ambiguous ending
how is midsommar a work of folk horror
it uses folklore to imbue itself with a sense of the arcane for eerie, uncanny, or horrific purposes. it presents a clash between such arcania and its presence within close proximity to some form of modernity, often within social parameters. also fits the tropes from earlier
