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Tessa Kaur
Nov 18, 2022
THE MEDIUM Review – Bone-Chilling and Female-Led Thai Folk Horror
Tessa Kaur says The Medium is a chilling tale about the horror lurking in Southeast Asian folklore. To a Southeast Asian, The Medium is...
E. L. King
Nov 16, 2022
BLOODLINES: THE JERSEY DEVIL CURSE Review – Frightening Folklore Comes to Life
E.L. King says Bloodlines gives audiences an in-depth and fascinating analysis of the origins of the Jersey Devil that will leave them...
Mitchell Brown
Oct 26, 2022
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH Review – Celtic Folklore, Killer Masks and Science Fiction
Mitchell Brown says Halloween III pays tribute to the franchise while being a beloved standalone cult film. Sequels are tricky. Those...
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Sarah Kirk
Oct 21, 2022
[BHFF] MOTHER SUPERIOR Review – An Artistically Dark Thriller Centered on Folk Feminism
Sarah Kirk describes Mother Superior as a captivating and haunting debut feature exploring occult magic and the eternal cycle of the...
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Breanna Lucci
Sep 7, 2022
[Interview] A Conversation with Elise Finnerty, Director of THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BURN
Breanna Lucci chats with Long Island native Elise Finnerty about her feature-length film debut, The Ones You Didn’t Burn. Elise Finnerty...
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Julia Straub
Sep 5, 2022
[Popcorn Frights] FANGA Review – A Horrifying Tale as Old as Time
Julia Straub says Fanga is a masterful reworking of Beauty and the Beast, employing captivating cinematography and contemporary themes to...
Sarah Kirk
Aug 1, 2022
MOLOCH Review – Nico van den Brink Intimately Weaves Together Fear and Dutch Folklore
Sarah Kirk calls Moloch psychologically disturbing and an exposition of Dutch culture, filled with death and tragedy. In Moloch, family...
Breanna Lucci
Jun 10, 2022
MEN Review - Alex Garland's Unsettling Psychological Folk Horror Film is Deliciously Sinister
Breanna Lucci says that Men's underlying themes of grief, guilt, and trauma take a backseat to the patriarchal nightmare. [THIS REVIEW...
Cayenn Landau
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SIDEWORLD: HAUNTED FORESTS OF ENGLAND - A Dark Journey Through British Folklore
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Breanna Lucci
May 20, 2022
YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER Review - An Intricate Exploration of Inherited Trauma and Irish Folklore
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Slay Away
May 19, 2022
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Sarah Stubbs
Apr 16, 2022
[Grimmfest Easter] THE FAMILY Review – A Brooding Folk Horror Tale Where Fear is Familial
The Family is a film that doesn’t bring anything new to the Folk Horror pantheon but the slow burn remains a film worth watching.
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Brianna Geiger
Apr 16, 2022
[Grimmfest Easter] BRING OUT THE FEAR Review – Isolation Brings Out the Worst in People
Bring Out The Fear transcends the horror realm with psychological twists and turns that will leave you mesmerized.
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Christopher Proeh
Apr 16, 2022
[Grimmfest Easter] POST MORTEM Review – A Mourning Portrait Photographer Goes Ghost Hunting
Post Mortem is a cold and eerie Hungarian supernatural folk horror film.
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E. L. King
Jan 27, 2022
[Sundance] YOU WON'T BE ALONE Review – A Hauntingly Poetic Folk Horror
You Won't Be Alone, the debut feature from Goran Stolevski is a haunting and unexpectedly poetic folk tale.
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Sydney Bollinger
Oct 8, 2021
[Death Creeps] Spiritual Ecology, Dominion Over Theology and Earth Inspired Sacrifice
The Wicker Man serves as a springboard for exploring the tension between dominion-over and communion-with in climate activism.
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