{"id":12280,"date":"2021-06-10T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12280"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:47:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:47:50","slug":"short-film-the-cunning-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12280","title":{"rendered":"Short Film: &#8220;The Cunning Man&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>So you want to be the cunning man at the edge of the village? Here is what you need to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6YZVxGF6qfs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/hookland.wordpress.com\/\">Hookland<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_o%27_Groats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John O&#8217;Groats<\/a>, British folk horror is having some kind of revival. Or maybe it&#8217;s just what I am reading these days.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortoftheweek.com\/2021\/03\/25\/the-cunning-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read more about this short film.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to be the cunning man at the edge of the village? Here is what you need to do. From Hookland to John O&#8217;Groats, British folk horror is having some kind of revival. Or maybe it&#8217;s just what I am reading these days. 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