Selected Highlights
Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape of 1970s Northern Ireland
Description
Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape of 1970s Northern Ireland is an essay film that navigates the intersections of folklore, horror, and psychological warfare during the Troubles.
Beginning in the filmmaker’s childhood home of Carrickfergus, Aeppli embarks on a personal journey through haunting landscapes and archival discoveries to reveal a past steeped in strangeness and horror.
The film examines a bizarre propaganda operation in which the British army staged fake black magic rituals to smear the IRA as ‘Satanists’. This unique blend of video essay and desktop documentary explores the spectres of Northern Ireland’s history through landscape and archival footage, audio interviews, and personal reflections. The film grapples with themes of buried histories, social control, and the haunting legacy of psyops and black propaganda.
Director Simon Aeppli will take part in a Q&A after the film.
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