It’s like cottagecore, but with murder. There is a chill in the air as you spot animal skulls hanging in the trees and the sound of many quiet voices calling for you in the still woods. The night is falling, and whoever is watching you doesn’t want you to leave. This impending threat is quite normal in one of the most chilling subgenres of horror out there: folk horror. Folk horror is a subgenre that achieved a spot in the general public in 2010 after the BBC Four documentary, A History of Horror, used the term to describe a series of nihilistic British genre films focused on the occult, paganism, and ritualistic sacrifice in a rural landscape. Since the term’s debut, the subgenre has expanded to include a multitude of offerings from suffocating silence to samurai ghosts. In recent years, the folk horror genre seems to be going through a renaissance with slow-burner hits like Midsommar. Let’s see how folk horror came to be, and how it has found a revival in modern-day cinema. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 29 October, 2021