Tag: folk horror
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Bramayugam
Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, has a fateful encounter when escaping slavery, leading to discover an ancient tradition altering his destiny.
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The Ritual
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that’s stalking them.
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Lord of Misrule
When the daughter of the town’s new priest goes missing during the harvest festival, a desperate search begins, uncovering the town’s dark history and resurfacing tales of a mysterious, malevolent spirit that demands sacrifice.
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The Medium
A horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.
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Gretel & Hansel
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
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Midsommar
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in…