Round 8: Tossup 18

A Jew’s harp riff kicks off a song from this film performed by a man who stacks his hands atop each other to visualize a cycle of “seeds” and “graves.” In this film, close-ups on snails are intercut with a group of people looking up at a ceiling while singing about a “jingalo” in foreplay with his lover. Trumptonshire-esque stop-motion figures act out a story similar to that of this film in the music video for the lead single from the album A Moon Shaped Pool. (15[1])In a sequence in this film, seductive lyrics like “how a maid can milk a bull / And every stroke a bucketful” are sung by a (*) naked woman who rubs her body on the protagonist’s bedroom walls. The band Magnet was formed to record Paul Giovanni’s songs for this film, like “Corn Riggs” and “Gently Johnny.” In this film’s climax, the protagonist sings Psalm 23 to try to drown out a group rendition of the round “Sumer is icumen in.” For 10 points, “Willow’s Song” (-5[1])is from what folk horror film about a pagan ritual sacrifice? ■END■

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