NEW FOLK HORROR DVD SET COMING SOON

“All folk horror is unified by a central theme: 

That contemporary society is a crust 

over something dark, inexplicable, other.

Folk horror, like the old ways, 

will find you before you find it.”

- Austin Chronicle

I heralded the first collection of Folk Horror from Severin a few years ago and was very impressed with the set that included films from all over the world. Now they're doing again, digging deeper into the international roots of the genre. If it's anything like Vol. 1, this one is sure to be a winner, too.

"The first ALL THE HAUNTS... was an incredibly ambitious set, but for this collection we wanted to go a bit further afield," says producer Kier-La Janisse. "I'm really happy with the broad range of regions and perspectives we were able to include, and the many international collaborators who made it all possible. I always try to dig deep thematically while also offering some real obscurities for our genre-savvy audience, and I think this new box set delivers on both counts."

"ALL THE HAUNTS… Volume One was a landmark collection for Severin, for the genre, and for home video," says Severin Films President/Co-Founder David Gregory. "With Volume Two, Kier-La and our team have now gone even deeper and further than before with a global collection that's equal parts discovery, exploration, and dark celebration of Folk Horror. We're enormously proud to unleash its spirit upon the world."

From Severin Films:

ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: A COMPENDIUM OF FOLK HORROR VOL. 2 [13-DISC BLU-RAY BOX SET + HARDCOVER BOOK]

• 13 DISCS
• 24 INTERNATIONAL FOLK HORROR CLASSICS 
• 55+ COMBINED HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
• 252 PAGE HARDCOVER BOOK

Unquiet spirits have gathered once again: ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS – VOLUME TWO brings together 24 films representing 18 countries for more of the best-loved, rarely seen, thought-lost and brand-new classics of folk horror, most making their International and/or North American disc debuts including the Worldwide Premieres of the Severin Films productions TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST directed by Sean Hogan and the documentary SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC directed by David Gregory; 55+ combined hours of new and archival Special Features including trailers, interviews, audio commentaries, short films, video essays, historical analyses and bonus feature-length films; a 252-page hardcover of newly commissioned folk horror fiction by luminaries that include Ramsey Campbell, Cassandra Khaw and Eden Royce with illustrations by Drazen Kozjan; and much more, all curated and produced by WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED creator Kier-La Janisse.

Boxed set design by Luke Insect.

DISC 1

TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST (SEAN HOGAN, UK/USA, 2023)

PSYCHOMANIA (DON SHARP, UK, 1973)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST

• Audio Commentary With Director Sean Hogan And Co-Producers Paul Goodwin And Nicholas Harwood
• On The Lych Way – Corpse Road Chronicler Dr. Stuart Dunn Discusses The Pathways Of The Dead
• Trailer
• Short Films

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR PSYCHOMANIA

• Introduction By Film Historian Chris Alexander
• Audio Commentary With Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, Founding Editor Of Hellebore Magazine
• Stone Warnings – Dr. Diane A. Rodgers On Stone Circles And Standing Stones In Film And Television
• Return Of The Living Dead – Interviews With Actors Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin, Denis Gilmore, Roy Holder And Rocky Taylor
• The Sound Of PSYCHOMANIA – Interview With Soundtrack Composer John Cameron
• Riding Free – Interview With "Riding Free" Singer Harvey Andrews
• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2

THE ENCHANTED (CARTER LORD, USA, 1984)

WHO FEARS THE DEVIL (JOHN NEWLAND, USA, 1972)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR THE ENCHANTED

• Audio Commentary With Director Carter Lord And Camera Assistant Richard Grange, Moderated By Filmmaker/Author Kier-La Janisse
• Audio Commentary With Chesya Burke, Author Of Let's Play White, And Sheree Renée Thomas, Author Of Nine Bar Blues
• A Magical Place – Interview With Composer Phil Sawyer
• Hole In The Wall – Character Notes By Screenwriter Charné Porter
• Trailer
• Short Film SWIMMER

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR WHO FEARS THE DEVIL

• THE LEGEND OF HILLBILLY JOHN Alternate Opening Introduced By Actor Severn Darden
• Audio Commentary With Television Historian Amanda Reyes
• Crumble Will The Feet Of Clay – Interview With Producer Barney Rosenzweig
• Silver Strings – Interview With Actor/Musician Hedges Capers
• Manly Of The Mountains – Author David Drake Remembers Manly Wade Wellman
• Occult Appalachia – Occult Historian Mitch Horowitz On The Arcane Texts Of Wellman's John The Balladeer Stories
• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 3

THE WHITE REINDEER (ERIK BLOMBERG, FINLAND, 1952)

EDGE OF THE KNIFE (GWAAI EDENSHAW & HELEN HAIG-BROWN, CANADA, 2018)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR THE WHITE REINDEER

• The Projection Booth Episode On THE WHITE REINDEER Hosted By Mike White And Featuring Kat Ellinger, Author of Daughters Of Darkness, And Talk Without Rhythm's El Goro
• Short Films A WITCH DRUM, THE NIGHTSIDE OF THE SKY,WITH THE REINDEER

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR EDGE OF THE KNIFE

• Audio Commentary With Directors Gwaai Edenshaw And Helen Haig-Brown
• RETAKE – Making The World's First Haida-Language Feature Film
• Short Films HAIDA CARVER, NALUJUK NIGHT

DISC 4

BORN OF FIRE (JAMIL DEHLAVI, UK, 1987)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR BORN OF FIRE

• Igniting The Fire – Interview With Director Jamil Dehlavi
• The Silent One Speaks – Archival Interview With Actor Nabil Shaban
• Between The Sacred And The Profane – Archival Lecture On The Cinematic World Of Jamil Dehlavi By Dr. Ali Nobil Ahmad
• The Djinn Revisited – Director Dalia Al Kury Examines The Role Of The Djinn In Contemporary Arab Culture
• BORN OF FIRE And The Roots Of Pakistani Horror – Interview With Scholar Syeda Momina Masood
• Trailer
• Short Films TOWERS OF SILENCE, QÂF

DISC 5

IO ISLAND (KIM KI-YOUNG, SOUTH KOREA, 1977)

SCALES (SHAHAD AMEEN, SAUDI ARABIA, 2019)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR IO ISLAND

• Audio Commentary With Archivist And Korean Film Historian Ariel Schudson
• Shaman's Eyes – Dr. Hyunseon Lee On Shamanism In Korean Visual Culture
• Short Film THE PRESENT

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR SCALES

• Telling Our Stories – A Conversation With Director Shahad Ameen And Producer Rula Nasser, Moderated By Filmmaker/Author Kier-La Janisse
• Trailer
• Short Film KINDIL

DISC 6

BAKENEKO: A VENGEFUL SPIRIT (YOSHIHIRO ISHIKAWA, JAPAN, 1968)

NANG NAK (NONZEE NIMIBUTR, THAILAND, 1999)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR BAKENEKO: A VENGEFUL SPIRIT

Audio Commentary With Jasper Sharp, Author Of Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History Of Japanese Sex Cinema

Scratched – A History Of The Japanese Ghost Cat

The Vampire Cat – The Classic Folk Tale Read By Tomoko Komura With Original Music By Timothy Fife

Trailer

Short Film MAN-EATER MOUNTAIN

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR NANG NAK

• Audio Commentary With Mattie Do, Director Of THE LONG WALK, And Asian Gothic Scholar Katarzyna Ancuta
• Love And Impermanence: NANG NAK And The Rebirth Of Thai Cinema – Interview With Director Nonzee Nimibutr
• Trailer

DISC 7

SUNDELBOLONG (SISWORO GAUTAMA PUTRA, INDONESIA, 1981)

SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC BLU-RAY (DAVID GREGORY, USA, 2024)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR SUNDELBOLONG

Hantu Retribution – Female Ghosts Of The Malay Archipelago

Short Film WHITE SONG

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC

• A Conversation With Director/Co-Producer David Gregory And Co-Producer Ekky Imanjaya
• Trailer

DISC 8

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (JURAJ HERZ, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1978)

THE NINTH HEART (JURAJ HERZ, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1979)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Michael Brooke
• Archival Interviews With Director Juraj Herz And Actors Vlastimil Harapes And Zdena Studenková
• Short Film FRANTIŠEK HRUBÍN

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR THE NINTH HEART

• Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness
• The Uncanny Valley Of The Dolls – The History And Liminality Of Dolls, Puppets And Mannequins
• The Curious Case Of Juraj Herz And The Švankmajers – Video Essay By Czech Film Programmer Cerise Howard

DISC 9

DEMON (MARCIN WRONA, POLAND, 2015)

NOVEMBER (RAINER SARNET, ESTONIA/POLAND/NETHERLANDS, 2017)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR DEMON

• Introduction By Slavic Horror Scholar Dr. Agnieszka Jeżyk
• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Daniel Bird And Film Critic/Actress Manuela Lazić
• In The Shadow Of The Dybbuk – Video Essay By Peter Bebergal, Author Of Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural, And Filmmaker Stephen Broomer
• Trailer
• Short Film DIBBUK

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR NOVEMBER

The Supernatural Lore Of NOVEMBER – Archival Video Essay With Film Critic John DeFore

Kratt Test Footage

Theatrical Trailer

Short Films BOUNDARY, JOURNEY THROUGH SETOMAA, MIDVINTERBLOT

DISC 10

LITAN (JEAN-PIERRE MOCKY, FRANCE, 1982)

BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING (CHRISTIANE CEGAVSKE, USA, 2006)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR LITAN

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Frank Lafond
• Un Tournage LITAN – Archival Making-Of Made For Antenne 2
• Jean-Pierre Mocky, Un Drôle D'Oiseau – 1982 Episode Of Temps X

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING

• Introduction By Director Christiane Cegavske
• 2021 Indie Scream Online Film Festival Q&A With Christiane Cegavske
• Production Stills And Concept Illustrations
• Trailer
• Trailer For SEED IN THE SAND, Cegavske’s Work-In-Progress

DISC 11

NAZARENO CRUZ AND THE WOLF (LEONARDO FAVIO, ARGENTINA, 1975)

AKELARRE (PEDRO OLEA, SPAIN, 1984)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR NAZARENO CRUZ AND THE WOLF

• Audio Commentary With Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Director Of HERE COMES THE DEVIL, And Nicanor Loreti, Director Of PUNTO ROJO
• Short Film LOVE FROM MOTHER ONLY
• Audio Commentary For LOVE FROM MOTHER ONLY With Director Dennison Ramalho

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR AKELARRE

• The Realistic Inquisition – Interview With Director Pedro Olea
• Empowered Woman – Interview With Actress Silvia Munt
• Playing The Villain – Interview With Actor Iñaki Miramón
• Invoking The Akelarre – Dr. Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Author Of Spanish Horror Film, On The Basque Witch Trials

DISC 12

FROM THE OLD EARTH (WIL AARON, WALES, 1981)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR FROM THE OLD EARTH BLU-RAY

• Introduction To FROM THE OLD EARTH By Musician Gruff Rhys
• Getting A Head In North Wales – Interview With Director Wil Aaron
• FROM THE OLD EARTH By The Book – Welsh Folklore And O'R DDAEAR HEN
• A Sword In The Battle Of Language – Welsh Film Scholar Dr. Kate Woodward On The Welsh Film Board
• Short Films Introduction To BLOOD ON THE STARS By Gruff Rhys, BLOOD ON THE STARS, Reunion Hotel – BLOOD ON THE STARS Cast Reunion From Gwesty Aduniad, THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS

DISC 13

THE CITY OF THE DEAD (JOHN LLEWELLYN MOXEY, UK, 1960)

THE RITES OF MAY (MIKE DE LEON, PHILIPPINES, 1976)

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD

• Introduction By Kay Lynch, Director Of The Salem Horror Fest
• Audio Commentary With Film Historians Kim Newman And Barry Forshaw
• Archival Audio Commentary With Film Historian Jonathan Rigby
• Archival Audio Commentary With Actor Christopher Lee
• Archival Audio Commentary With Director John Llewellyn Moxey
• Sir Christopher Lee Remembers THE CITY OF THE DEAD
• Archival Interview With John Llewellyn Moxey
• Archival Interview With Actress Venetia Stevenson
• Burn Witch, Burn! A Tribute To John Llewellyn Moxey – Video Essay By TV Historian Amanda Reyes And Filmmaker Chris O'Neill
• Trailer

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR THE RITES OF MAY

• Audio Commentary With Filipino Film Historian Andrew Leavold
• ITIM: AN EXPLORATION IN CINEMA – Archival Documentary
• Portrayal Of Guilt – Filipino Film Scholar Anne Frances N. Sangil On The Darkness Of THE RITES OF MAY

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