The Land Demands Blood

Hammer Horror and the Legacy of Cornish Gothic

Marshall, Kingsley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2518-7305 and Mackfall, Ryan (2026) The Land Demands Blood. [Media] (Unpublished)

Item Type: Media
Creators: Marshall, Kingsley and Mackfall, Ryan
Corporate Creators: Myskatonic, Hammer Films
Abstract / Summary:

This documentary special feature examines Hammer Films; use of Cornwall as a setting and location for its films, exploring the “new wyrd Britain” of contemporary Cornish folk horror with filmmakers, playwrights, and historians, including Mark Jenkin, Ruth Heholt, Jane Darke, Dean Puckett, Ryan Mackfall and Carl Grose.

Contributors:
Contribution
Name
Falmouth ID
Interviewee
Darke, Jane
UNSPECIFIED
Interviewee
Grose, Carl
UNSPECIFIED
Interviewee
Jenkin, Mark
120900
Interviewee
Mackfall, Ryan
264297
Interviewee
Puckett, Dean
261052
Interviewee
Heholt, Ruth
111478
Official URL: https://www.myskatonic.co/hammer
Date: 19 January 2026
Uncontrolled Keywords: cornwall, hammer, horror, film, folk, plague, zombies, reptile, 1966, gilling, jenkin, mark, heholt, grose, nick, jane, darke, puckett, rose, nevada, enys, men, bait, early, day
Subjects: Film & Television
Department: School of Film & Television
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Depositing User: Kingsley Marshall
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2026 14:31
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2026 14:31
URI: https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/6347
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