What is British folk horror and is it the best new movie subgenre? (-- removed HTML --)
There are some things that the British have always done better, for example, empire building, drinking tea, and living with the rain. But, what about when it comes to movies? There’s a movie subgenre called British folk horror, and some people are saying that it’s the best new movie subgenre out there.
Tell me about British folk horror
The British folk horror subgenre is alive and well, and for fans of horror it’s a great thing. Folk horror is about the dark and sometimes perverse influences of society. It also incorporates common European and pagan traditions. Most of British folk horror is pre-Christian, which means that the big bad villain of a movie …show more content…
The most common trope of horror is currently zombies and fans have been inundated with it. In the past few years there have been so many zombie movies and TV shows that it’s almost like that’s all there is to horror. Fans of horror have thus been looking for something new to watch for a while, and British folk horror is fitting the bill.
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British folk horror is not new
British folk horror is not a new subgenre. It’s been around for decades, but it has waxed and waned in popularity over time. In the 1960s and 1970s British folk horror films were met with international success. One of the reasons behind the popularity of the subgenre at the time was that people were realizing the peaceful loving ways of the hippie weren’t going to be successful, and a new way of looking at the world was coming into being. British folk horror is a dark way of looking at society and the world.
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Some famous movies of British folk horror
Hammer Films in the UK was the most successful studio with British folk horror films in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the famous movies of the time were Witchfinder General (1968), The Devil Rides Out (1968), and Blood on Satan’s Claw
There are some things that the British have always done better, for example, empire building, drinking tea, and living with the rain. But, what about when it comes to movies? There’s a movie subgenre called British folk horror, and some people are saying that it’s the best new movie subgenre out there.
Tell me about British folk horror
The British folk horror subgenre is alive and well, and for fans of horror it’s a great thing. Folk horror is about the dark and sometimes perverse influences of society. It also incorporates common European and pagan traditions. Most of British folk horror is pre-Christian, which means that the big bad villain of a movie …show more content…
The most common trope of horror is currently zombies and fans have been inundated with it. In the past few years there have been so many zombie movies and TV shows that it’s almost like that’s all there is to horror. Fans of horror have thus been looking for something new to watch for a while, and British folk horror is fitting the bill.
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British folk horror is not new
British folk horror is not a new subgenre. It’s been around for decades, but it has waxed and waned in popularity over time. In the 1960s and 1970s British folk horror films were met with international success. One of the reasons behind the popularity of the subgenre at the time was that people were realizing the peaceful loving ways of the hippie weren’t going to be successful, and a new way of looking at the world was coming into being. British folk horror is a dark way of looking at society and the world.
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Some famous movies of British folk horror
Hammer Films in the UK was the most successful studio with British folk horror films in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the famous movies of the time were Witchfinder General (1968), The Devil Rides Out (1968), and Blood on Satan’s Claw