Folk 'n' Hell

31 Days of Folk Horror 26 Laurin is a 1989 European horror/fantasy that feels like a dark fairy tale remembered badly after a fever Childhood, death, secrets, a world where reality never seems entirely trustworthy https://folknhell.s.gy/laurin #folktober #folkhorror

31 Days of Folk Horror 25 Men Alex Garland's Men gives us a village, a woman alone, a strange landscape and a lot of green men FolknHell's verdict was much more complicated than simply "folk horror". Listen to the podcast and we'll tell you why folknhell.s.gy/men #folktober #folkhorror

Well that's going straight on my watchlist

31 Days of Folk Horror 24 Witchfinder General One of the three films traditionally called folk horror's Unholy Trinity. But we don't think it fits the brief. It's not a bad film, but it doesn't fulfil the #folkhorror tenets of Place, Belief, Outsider https://folknhell.s.gy/hopkins #folktober

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 23 Angel Heart A detective, a missing singer, New Orleans, voodoo. And a mystery that gets considerably darker the closer you get to the answer. Southern gothic meets #folkhorror folknhell.s.gy/angel #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 22 Bring her Back Grief, family, a new home. And a ritual that should probably have remained a secret. The Philippou brothers follow Talk to Me with another nasty look at what grief can make people do https://folknhell.s.gy/bhb #folktober #folkhorror

Did you know the theme to Johnny Vegas' sitcom "Ideal" is a Wicker Man tune? "Song of the Oss" by Candidate from their 2002 album, Nuada is one of a collection of songs the band recorded as an imagined alternative soundtrack to The Wicker Man folknhell.s.gy/oss

31 Days of Folk Horror 21 Lord of Misrule Every village has traditions. Some take them rather more seriously than others Lord of Misrule takes harvest ritual, sacrifice & community belief & gives them the modern folk-horror treatment folknhell.s.gy/misrule #folktober #folkhorror

Kwaidan is one of the all time folk horror greats. Check out the trailer for the new 4K restoration

31 Days of Folk Horror 20 Frewaka draws on changeling folklore, Catholicism, grief & rural isolation to create something intimate & deeply uncomfortable Folklore isn't always ancient history https://folknhell.s.gy/frewaka #folktober #folkhorror

The FolknHell watchlist has now been updated with folk horror films from the 1990s. Discover folk horror from around the world and using our handy gizmo, find out where you can watch them www.folknhell.com/blog/a-folk-...

Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy

31 Days of Folk Horror 19 In the Earth (2021) A forest. A pandemic. A scientist. A mysterious signal. And something beneath the trees. Ben Wheatley's In the Earth. https://folknhell.s.gy/ite #folktober #folkhorror

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 18 Koko-di Koko-da A grieving couple. A forest. A nursery rhyme. And the same nightmare happening again. And again. And again. When does folk horror become a fairy tale? https://folknhell.s.gy/koko #folktober #folkhorror

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 18 Koko-di Koko-da A grieving couple. A forest. A nursery rhyme. And the same nightmare happening again. And again. And again. When does folk horror become a fairy tale? folknhell.s.gy/koko #folktober #folkhorror

I think Digger might be my film of the year, but Rose of Nevada was until last week. It's still the best horror and drama of the year. Give the podcast a listen and we'll tell you why www.folknhell.com/rose-of-neva...

31 Days of Folk Horror 17 Rose of Nevada (2026) takes us to Cornwall, where fishing, memory, landscape and something ghostly from the sea become intertwined. FolknHell's film of the year https://folknhell.s.gy/rose #folktober #folkhorror

Spin Sounds in Dorking. Never fails to have something desirable

31 Days of Folk Horror 16 Rabbit Trap (2025) takes music, landscape, isolation and something ancient and turns them into an increasingly unsettling mystery. Sometimes the danger begins when you listen too closely. https://folknhell.s.gy/rabbit

31 Days of Folk Horror 15 Starve Acre What if grief could take root? Starve Acre takes a Yorkshire farm, a family tragedy, folklore and turns them into something deeply unsettling The land remembers, the past returns, and nobody gets what they wanted https://folknhell.s.gy/sart #folktober

URGENT PRODUCT RECALL: It has been brought to my attention that what was intended to be purely folk horror fiction inadvertently has within the text actual subliminal ritual spells for the summoning of the old gods. Please do not read or purchase any copies. www.canelo.co/authors/davi...

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing

The latest FolknHell podcast looks at The Blair Witch Project: great reputation, rather more modest film underneath. Three convincing performances, a lot of Maryland woodland, and a few images that still unsettle. Is it #folkhorror ? We say not really. folknhell.s.gy/bw

31 Days of Folk Horror 14 His House What happens when you escape one nightmare, only to discover you've brought another one home? His House turns displacement, memory and folklore into genuinely unsettling horror. https://folknhell.s.gy/hishouse #folknhell31 #folktober

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 13 A Dark Song A grieving woman hires an occult practitioner and retreats to an isolated Welsh house to perform an elaborate ritual. The process is slow, punishing, obsessive and the film an unsung masterpiece. https://folknhell.s.gy/song #folktober #folkhorror

31 Days of Folk Horror 12 Exhuma demonstrates just how expansive folk horror can be when local belief systems are treated seriously rather than as exotic decoration Korean folklore meets shamanism, family history and something very, very old https://folknhell.s.gy/exhuma #folkhorror #folktober

I've updated the list of folk horror programmes on British TV. Thanks to everyone who's helped out, but especially @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social www.folknhell.com/blog/british...

31 Days of Folk Horror 11 Is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre folk horror? We argue that it is Outsiders enter an isolated environment governed by a completely different set of rules. Rules they don't understand until it's far too late. https://folknhell.s.gy/chainsaw #folkhorror #folktober

I do indeed! www.bloomsbury.com/us/kill-list...

31 Days of Folk Horror 10 Kill List. Debt, marriage problems and a contract that seems too good to be true Ben Wheatley's Kill List is one of the great examples of folk horror hiding inside another genre And one hell of a final act https://folknhell.s.gy/killlist #folkhorror #folktober

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror

31 Days of Folk Horror 8 Sator A remote cabin. A fractured family history. A forest that seems to contain something ancient. It's slow, strange and intensely atmospheric. It's also bloody terrifying https://folknhell.s.gy/sator #folktober #folkhorror

31 Days of Folk Horror 7 Moloch If someone says "we found something in the bog", leave Moloch takes Dutch peatlands, buried history and family secrets and turns them into an extremely atmospheric nightmare https://folknhell.s.gy/moloch #folktober #folkhorror

31 Days of Folk Horror 6 November November is Estonian folklore rendered in gorgeous monochrome Werewolves, spirits, farm machinery, death, desire and strange bargains Beautiful, funny and very, very strange https://folknhell.s.gy/november #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror 5 Tumbbad Indian folk horror with a story of hunger, inheritance, mythology & greed with a landscape that feels as though it has been rotting beautifully for centuries What's the best non-British folk-horror film you've seen? https://folknhell.s.gy/tumbbad #folktober

Robert Eggers & Anya Taylor-Joy interviewed on The Witch youtu.be/o-pdzA-nXJA?... via @YouTube #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror: 4 The Witch A family. A farm. A forest. A goat. And the gradual realisation that leaving the community was a fatal mistake Black Phillip says hello. https://folknhell.s.gy/witch #folktober

FolknHell heads to a remote Devon church for The Borderlands Vatican sceptics and an older belief system under the floorboards. Constant explanations about cameras spoil the format but the ending finally remembers how to terrify https://folknhell.s.gy/bdrlnds #FolkHorror #folktober

31 Days of Folk Horror. 3 The Company of Wolves Once upon a time, there was a girl who went into the woods. And then there were wolves. And dreams. And transformations. And some very uncomfortable things being said about men. https://folknhell.s.gy/tcow #folktober

Starting on BBC2 at 00.15. the greatest folk horror film. A late night appointment with The Wicker Man #folktober www.folknhell.com/the-wicker-m...

Postman's just been. The Beatles' most autumnal sounding album

31 Days of Folk Horror. 2 The Blood on Satan's Claw Something's buried beneath the fields. The children find it and things get considerably worse A #folkhorror cornerstone, and one of the clearest examples of our 3 FolknHell tenets: Place + Belief + Outsider https://folknhell.s.gy/bsc #folktober

The Severin Films folk horror collections truly are the gift that keeps on giving.

Viy is an absolute feast for the senses. This and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders did 50 years ago what November does so well now. That feeling of stumbling into some strange old folk nightmare