Monstrous Flesh presents: Horror Without Borders: Folklore, Myths and Urban Legends around the World

Folk horror cinema often conjures up a picture of Britain in the 1960s and ‘70s, but there’s more to this genre than pagan cults in rural settings. Filmmakers, writers and artists from around the world have been reinventing folk horror for the contemporary moment, offering an ethnography of different places and world cultures. From North American urban legends to West African myths, this course will explore folk horror history from a different part of the world each week and examine the link between cultural belief and sociopolitical context, and how this informs the role of women in society across the globe.

Films such as Candyman, Haxan, Nanny, Onibaba, Viy, The Wailing, Impetigore, Enys Men, Calvaire, Huesera and You Won’t be Alone are only but a few of the many titles we will be looking at and discussing in details over the course of our 10 weeks together.

Each session will be presented by Clelia McElroy (@monstrousflesh) and Dr Megan Kenny (@monstrous_meg)