Piers Haggard(1939-2023)

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WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films - Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968), Piers Haggard's Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) - through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre's revival over the last decade. Touching on over 100 films and featuring over 50 interviewees, WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED investigates the many ways that we alternately celebrate, conceal and manipulate our own histories in an attempt to find spiritual resonance in our surroundings.

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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

Piers Haggard was born on 18 March 1939 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Conquest (1998), Pennies from Heaven (1978) and Blow-Up (1966). He was married to Anna Sklovsky and Christiane Stokes. He died on 11 January 2023 in the UK.

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Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Conquest

6.3

Director

1998

Pennies from Heaven

8.3

TV Mini Series

Director

Blow-Up

7.4

Script and Continuity Department

1966

Venom

5.8

Director

1981

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The Shell Seekers
6.9
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2006
McCready and Daughter
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2001
The Hunt
6.7
TV Movie
- Director
- 2001
Big Bad World
7.9
TV Series
- Director
- 1999–2001
Conquest
6.3
- Director
- 1998
Cold Enough for Snow
7.3
TV Movie
- Director
- 1997
Interview Day
7.4
TV Movie
- Director
- 1996
Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 1996
Space Precinct
6.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1995
The Lifeforce Experiment
4.8
TV Movie
- Director
- 1994
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
5.5
TV Movie
- Director
- 1992
She'll Take Romance
5.3
TV Movie
- Director
- 1990
Centrepoint
5.8
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1990
Back Home
7.2
TV Movie
- Director
- 1989
The Fulfillment of Mary Gray
5.8
TV Movie
- Director
- 1989

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Born
- March 18, 1939
- London, England, UK
Died
- January 11, 2023
- UK(undisclosed)
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- Daisy Haggard
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He and Peter Gaskill directed John Marston's play, "The Dutch Courtesan," in a Chichester Festival Theatre production at the National Theatre at Chichester in Chichester, Sussex, England with Frank Finlay, Billie Whitelaw, John Stride and Joyce Redman in the cast.