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Sour Hall
- By: Laura Kirwan-Ashman
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Jan 14 20211 minFailed to add items
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boggart
noun
A mischievous character from English folklore, boggarts attach themselves to a person or location. Though they can occasionally be considered merely impish or even helpful, boggarts are more often characterised as malevolent and hostile.
Sour Hall’s resident boggart is destructive and torments George and Ash by exacerbating the sources of their pain, drawing out past traumas and current fears.
It's been such a thrill to adapt and expand upon Naomi Booth's beautiful and atmospheric short story. The horror of Sour Hall is intrinsically rooted in the psychology of unresolved trauma, and the ways in which that trauma manifests and challenges us to face it. I wanted to approach this story from a distinctly femgaze perspective and to focus on the characters' emotions and relationships, how the horror element manipulates and threatens these, and to highlight the healing power of love and of empathy, both for ourselves and for others.
Directing Sour Hall on location on an actual farm in Yorkshire was such a unique and wonderful experience for myself and our incredible cast and crew, and that, paired with the amazing 360/binaural sound technology we used, has resulted in something that will hopefully feel really immersive, chilling, and moving for listeners.
- Laura Kirwan-Ashman
A peek into the world of Sour Hall
- Are these desperate times?
Desperate times leads folk to do... all sorts
- The gooseberry
Georgie Porgie's not here!
- Don't mock the boggart
What if the boggart gets me?
- Stay out of the dairy
You girls should never have come back here
- Are these desperate times?
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Desperate times leads folk to do... all sorts
- The gooseberry
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Georgie Porgie's not here!
- Don't mock the boggart
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What if the boggart gets me?
- Stay out of the dairy
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You girls should never have come back here
Behind the scenes at the recording of Sour Hall
Laura Kirwan-Ashman
The writer and director of Sour Hall, Laura’s work focuses on Blackness, queerness, and a hopepunk, feminine gaze approach to storytelling. Laura’s roots are in filmmaking; her short films have won awards and shown at festivals, and she is one of 2020's BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew mentees. Laura is currently writing her debut feature film in development with the BFI, and has several TV projects in the works.
About the performer
Lucy Fallon is best known for her performance as Bethany Platt in Coronation Street, a role for which she was the 2018 winner of the National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance, the winner of the 2018 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Female Dramatic Performance as well as winning the 2017 Inside Soap Award for Best Actress.
About the performer
Pearl Mackie is an accomplished screen and stage actress best known for roles such as Bill Potts in Doctor Who and Lulu in The Birthday Party at The Harold Pinter Theatre. Pearl is also a well-known voice in the audio industry and starred in Forest 404 for the BBC and was seen most recently in Michael Winterbottom’s Greed.
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- Ali M
- 31-01-21
Absolutely brilliant and immediate folk horror
This was captivating and beguiling, really using the audio format to its fullest potential.
Great folk horror that is comfortable being its own thing. Brilliant representation too, which is utterly natural and a vital seed from which the insidious horror grows — but nevertheless instantly relatable and terrifying, no matter who you are.
Recommended!
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- hollylou
- 12-02-21
Freaky and enjoyable
Listened to one episode a night and really enjoyed the freaky ending with the Boghart
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- cheryl
- 16-02-21
Really wanted to enjoy this.
But sadly my enthusiasm ran out after the continued warnings about content and how frightening it was.
It wasn't frightening or mildly scary,nor overly adult.
It was tediously over produced, the surround sound didn't really do anything to me other than confuse and cause too much sensory imput, making the spoken dialogue muffled and hard to hear clearly.
I really wanted to like this as it seems like a great idea for an audio play, but the ending let it down as completely unbelievable and unrealistic.
My stars are for the voice actors,who despite the weak story line did very well in with the material,but it was as far as being scary? Only if you are 14 I suppose. Sorry audible.
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- Lee
- 11-02-21
Not bad but needs some work
Good performance by the 2 main characters, and some pretty decent sound effects and samples. My only issue was really where the story was going. I’m not giving too much away but there could have been so much more to the story. I was left a little disappointed. I hope this isnt the last we’ll hear of this Sour Hall.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-09-22
a good quick listen. kept me entertained all day
A fun listen. Well described and acted. I listened to it over the course of the day. more podcasts please
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- Sarah
- 23-11-22
Excellent and Freaky
Excellent story and acting the 3D sound made it so much more eerier! If you love horror books and films listen to this
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- Luke
- 28-01-21
Great story odd additions
The story, and performance, is excellent however there's a strange amount of references to sex seemingly needlessly rammed in to this just feels like a waste of time unless of course this will later become relevant
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-08-21
Gripping!
Started listening and couldn't stop! It's a gripping creepy tale that really gave me the chills. Love that it's set in Yorkshire too (Being Yorkshire based). Really impressive how the effects of unresolved trauma were played out through horror and hauntings, very cleverly done. Also really appreciated the theme of difference, diversity, identity and belonging throughout. Yay representation! Excellent acting. Love it! 10/10.
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- None of Your Business
- 27-04-21
Compelling and Well Produced. More to come??
An immersive experience I had to listen to until finished in one session. Unusual story line combined with great acting and convincing sound effects had me looking over my shoulder at times.
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- DS
- 23-03-21
Not bad
it wasn't awful but it wasn't amazing! makes it better if you listen before bed with your headphones in
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