#folk-horror

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fromRoger Ebert
6 days ago

CIFF 2025: The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin, The Holy Boy, Anything That Moves | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

An Indonesian folk-horror follows an abused orphan who curses her cruel stepfamily, unleashing a ghastly, material-focused vengeance.
Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The Seance of Blake Manor review gripping gothic detective game steeped in mystery and menace

An 1897 folk-horror detective game in an isolated Irish manor mixing gothic investigation, time-based mechanics, and eccentric suspects during an All Hallows' séance.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Saltwash by Andrew Michael Hurley review raw, dark folk horror confronts mortality

Terminal illness provokes rage, regret, and yearning for absolution, set against an atmospheric coastal town where memory, place, and mortality converge in dark folk-horror.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 month ago

Interview: Sound Designer Graham Reznick on Rabbit Trap

Subliminal, experimental sound design in Rabbit Trap transforms natural field recordings and electronic manipulation into hallucinatory forces that destabilize characters and reality.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Severed Sun review folk-horror nightmare that harks back to The Crucible

Severed Sun is an atmospheric English folk-horror about religious hypocrisy and pagan vengeance, delivering chills through strong performances despite occasional derivative moments.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Post‑WWI Sussex folk horror about surplus women and a fading chalk face; 2030 Mars thriller with damaged robot base; fantasy conflict between believers and necromancers.
Music
fromPolygon
4 months ago

D&D 5e exclusive reveal: Inside Crooked Moon's new scarecrow and plague rat PC species

The Crooked Moon campaign introduces unique species for D&D, like harvestborn and plagueborn, enhancing the folk-horror theme for players.
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