#murrain 1975

[asaakim]

Nigel Kneale - Murrain, - Against The Crowd ITV 1975 - UK - Witchcraft

[cheezewhis]

Been watching some folk horror

"What happens when the rules don't work?"

"Then we change the rules! But we

Dont

Go

Back"

-Murrain

[thehauntologicalsociety]

Murrain /ˈmɜːrɪn/ is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep. It literally means “death” and was used in medieval times to represent just that.

Murrain did not refer to a specific disease, but was an umbrella term for what are now recognised as a number of different diseases, including rinderpest, erysipelas, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, and streptococcus infections. Some of these could also affect humans. The term murrain also referred to an epidemic of such a disease. There were major sheep and cattle murrains in Europe during the 14th century, which, combined with the Little Ice Age, resulted in the Great Famine of 1315-1317, weakening the population of Europe before the onset of the Black Death in 1348.

The term murrain is also used in some Bible translations relating to the fifth plague brought upon Egypt.

Exodus 9:3: “Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain”.

Gustave Doré’s “The Murrain of Beasts” (or “The Fifth Plague: Livestock Disease”), one of his many illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

“Pestilence”, which is mentioned 47 times in 46 verses of the Bible, can be translated “murrain” by Christian apologists. [Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon]. see Psalms 91:3 KJV.

The word in Hebrew is דֶּבֶר “dever” (Strong’s # 01698), derived from the primitive root “dabar” in the sense of “to destroy."In some parts of Scotland, force-fire was believed to cure it and in some remote regions of Cumbria, England, murrain is still used as a term for a curse, specifically a curse placed upon land or livestock. It is believed that the medieval term has, by a process of syncreticism become synonymous with witchcraft.

This usage inspired the ATV television play, Murrain, written by Nigel Kneale, which was broadcast on 27 July 1975 as part of the channel’s Against the Crowd drama strand.

A young country vet begins to suspect that the local farmland is under the spell of a witch.

Directed by John Cooper. Written by Nigel Kneale. Cast. David Simeon, Bernard Lee, Una Brandon-Jones, David Neal, Marjorie Yates, Philip Gilman, John Golightly, Raymond Platt and Ray Dunbobbin.

Associated Television (ATV). Produced by Nicholas Palmer. Production Design by Michael Eve. Makeup Department, Shirley Muslin. Art Department, George Wallder. Sound Department, Roger Knight. Camera and Electrical Department, Dennis Bartlett, Pete Dyson and Dickie Richardson. Costume and Wardrobe Department, Claire Sorrell. Editorial Department, Al Pigden. Music Department, Monty Norman.

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F:

Maizie Williams (1951) Afro-Montserratian - singer and model

Michelle Gomez (1966) Montserratian [Portuguese] / Scottish - actress.

Diane Parish (1969) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - actress.

Heidi D'Amelio (1972) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English - instagrammer (heididamelio).

Angela Yee (1976) Afro-Montserratian / Cantonese Chinese - actress, model, tv personality, and radio personality.

Pippa Bennett-Warner (1988) Afro-Montserratian - actress.

Dixie D'Amelio (2001) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (dixiedamelio) and dancer.

Charli D’Amelio (2004) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (charlidamelio) and dancer.

Emari Dyer (?) Afro-Montserratian - model (instagram: westindiandolly)

Gabrielle Graham (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - actress, singer, and dancer.

Samorezworld (?) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Haitian - youtuber. 

Sharissa Ryan (?) Afro-Montserratian - model, Miss Montserrat 2014-2015, and Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen 2015.

F - Athletes:

Rechelle Meade (?) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

M:

Q-Tip / Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (1970) Afro-Montserratian / African-American [including Bissau-Guinean] - actor, DJ, rapper, singer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.

Wil Wheaton (1972) Montserratian, Portuguese Jewish, Dutch Jewish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, German, English - actor, tv personality, blogger, and writer.

David Jordan (1985) Afro-Montserratian / Bengali Indian - singer-songwriter.

Kadiff Kirwan (1989) Afro-Montserratian - actor.

Layton Williams (1994) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Jamaican / English - actor, singer, and dancer.

M - Athletes:

William Duberry (1944) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Alford Corriette (1948) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Fred Sowerby (1948) Afro-Montserratian - hurdler.

Jim Allen (1951) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Austin White (1959) Montserratian - cricketer.

Fitzroy Buffonge (1960) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Livingstone Bramble (1960) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Kittian - boxer.

Kenny Dyer (1964) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Mark Stephney (1965) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Cecil Lake (1965) Montserratian - footballer.

David Lane (1965) Montserratian - cricketer.

Ottley Laborde (1967) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ruel Fox (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Paul Furlong (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Richard Dyer (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Keith Piper (1969) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Daren Sweeney (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Trevor Semper (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lesroy Weekes (1971) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Davon Williams (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lesroy Irish (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Elton Williams (1973) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Guyanese - footballer.

Peter Phyll (1974) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Michael Duberry (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Bruce Dyer (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Junior Mendes (1976) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Wayne Dyer (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Stanford Jarrett (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Alex Daley (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Clifford Joseph (1978) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

McPherson Meade (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Zhaun Sweeney (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Darren Tuitt (1980) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Jaylee Hodgson (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Delroy Facey (1980) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.

Kurt Joyce (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Simon Peddie (1980 or 1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Matt Piper (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Vladimir Farrell (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Sean Howson (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lloyd Dyer (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Olsen Murrain (1982) Montserratian - cricketer.

Dorian Harper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nesta Piper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Marlon Campbell (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Brian Stephney (1983) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Shane Greenaway (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dean Morgan (1983) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.

Solomon Henry (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Calvin Petrie (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ellis Remy (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jaafar Munroe (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lionel Baker (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Andrew Julius (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jermaine Sweeney (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Darryl Roach (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Rowan Taylor (1984) Montserratian - footballer.

Alexander Bramble (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nathan Pond (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Kelvin Ponde (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Micah Hilton (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Spencer Weir-Daley (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Big E / Ettore Ewen (1986) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - wrestler and powerlifter.

Anthony Griffith (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Bradley Woods-Garness (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dolston Tuit (1986) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Michael Henry (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Benjamin Manning (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Leovan O'Garro (1987) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Corrin Brooks-Meade (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Shabazz Baidoo (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Ghanaian - footballer.

Michael Williams (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Craig Braham-Barrett (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - footballer.

Adrian Clifton (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dean Mason (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

P. K. Subban (1989) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Nyron Dyer (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jaison Peters (1989) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lyle Taylor (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Quinton Boatswain (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Julian Wade (1990) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - footballer.

Omari Allen (1990) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Marvin Farrell (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Alex Dyer (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Massiah McDonald (1990 or 1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Shernyl Burns (1991) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter and cricketer.

Matthew Whichelow (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

James Comley (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Nic Taylor (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dale Lee (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ellary White (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Ronsford Beaton (1992) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Kendall Allen (1992) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Lester Ryan (1993) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Malcolm Subban (1993) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Donervon Daniels (1993) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Julius Morris (1994) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.

Terrell Miller (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jamal Willer (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Brandon Comley (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Jordan Subban (1995) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.

Clifford Newby-Harris (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Darnell Furlong (1995) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.

Jamie Allen (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Dajour Buffonge (1996) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Matty Willock (1996) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Joey Taylor (1997) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

DJ Buffonge (1998) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Chris Willock (1998) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Joe Willock (1999) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Marshall Willock (2000) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Danny Facey (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.

Michael Bramble (?) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.

Vendol Moore (?) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.

Lennox Cooper (?) Montserratian - footballer.

Oris Fergus (?) Montserratian - cricketer.

Non-Binary:

Billy Dee Williams (1937) Afro-Montserratian / African-American - Genderfluid (He/Him/His, She/Her/Her’s) - actor, singer, and artist.

Problematic:

Tesfaye Bramble (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Convicted of rape.

Titus Bramble (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Accused of rape.

[drzito]

Este semana, especial folk horror.

Murrain (1975), una de las muchas incursiones del gran Nigel Kneale, y uno capitulo episodio de la olvidada serie Against the Crowd.

[folkhorrorrevival]

Nigel Kneale - Against The Crowd : Murrain (1975)

[ozu-teapot]

Films Watched in October 2017

Die Bergkatze | Ernst Lubitsch | 1921

Fires on the Plain | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | 2014

Robin Redbreast | James MacTaggart | 1970

Casting the Runes | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1979

Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance | Tony Scull | 1976

A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James | Clive Dunn | 1995

Children of the Stones | Peter Graham Scott | 1977

Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | 1982

Witchfinder General | Michael Reeves | 1968

Against the Crowd: Murrain | John Cooper | 1975

Beasts: Baby | John Nelson-Burton | 1976

The Blood on Satan’s Claw | Piers Haggard | 1971

Wake Wood | David Keating | 2009

A Field in England | Ben Wheatley | 2013

To the Devil a Daughter | Peter Sykes | 1976

A Photograph | John Glenister | 1977

Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | 2017

Kill List | Ben Wheatley | 2011

Cuadecuc Vampir | Pere Portabella | 1971

La tempesta (Short) | Pere Portabella | 2003

No al no: Visca el piano! (Short) | Pere Portabella | 2006

Count Dracula | Jesús Franco | 1970

The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | 1973

The City of the Dead | John Llewellyn Moxey | 1960

Whistle and I'll Come to You | Jonathan Miller | 1968

Whistle and I'll Come to You | Andy De Emmony | 2010

The Stalls of Barchester | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1971

A Warning to the Curious | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1972

The Devil Rides Out | Terence Fisher | 1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar | Vernon Sewell | 1968

Quatermass and the Pit | Roy Ward Baker | 1967

Doctor Strange |  Scott Derrickson | 2016

The Witches  | Cyril Frankel | 1966

The Witch | Robert Eggers | 2015

Simon, King of the Witches | Bruce Kessler | 1971

Lost Hearts | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1973

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1974

The Ash Tree | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1975

Mark of the Devil | Michael Armstrong / Adrian Hoven | 1970

The Lair of the White Worm | Ken Russell | 1988

La sorcière (AKA The Blonde Witch) | André Michel | 1956

Häxan | Benjamin Christensen | 1922

Witchcraft Through the Ages | Benjamin Christensen | 1968

Hausu (House) | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | 1977

Bold = Top Ten

Some notes: “Folk Horror” was the starting point and underlying theme of my Halloween viewing which dominated October this year. Aside from a short dip into the Dracula story (prompted by Second Run’s Blu-ray release of Cuadecuc Vampir) I set off into films and TV concerning secret Pagan communities and ancient horrors hidden behind seemingly charming bucolic scenery like The Wicker Man, Robin Redbreast, Kill List, The Blood on Satan’s Claw, and even some urban sci-fi folk horror in Quatermass and the Pit. On the one hand this led into a more general genre of films featuring covens, black magic and witches, and on the other a revisiting of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas adaptations of M.R. James’ stories, set distinctively in British landscapes.

BTW Marvel’s Doctor Strange wasn’t an official part of my Halloween watch list, it was a coincidental lending by a work colleague, but I guess at least it fitted in thematically!

[folkhorrorrevival]

Murrain (1975).