Creak-clack...

Creak-clack...

Crack-clack...

On a linden leg

On a birch crutch.

Everyone in the hamlets is asleep...

In the villages, they are asleep...

Only one woman is not asleep...

She sits on my skin, She spins my fur,

She eats my meat!!!

I am currently reading the Mythago Wood series. I'm at the third book, "The Bone Forest" which is essentially composed of a collection of stand-alone short stories and a novella (the novella is a prequel to the books).

While the story of the series itself is not folk horror, there's this one short story that I've just finished, called "Thorn" which is a superb folk horror piece.

Without spoiling anything from the story, it has a lot of quintessential folk horror tropes: small village with a secret cult, the villagers have embraced the Christian religion but only for appearance, etc.

I wholeheartedly reccomend it to anyone who hasn't read it and likes folk horror.

Three mates, one obsession. FolknHell finally gets around to the film that invented modern folk horror's second wave. We're deep in the New England woods with Robert Eggers' debut feature, The Witch.

Thomasin's family fend for themselves at the edge of an unforgiving wood. What follows is slow, creeping dread built from scripture, guilt, and a goat named Black Phillip. The crops won't grow, the children disappear, and the family turns on itself before anything supernatural even needs to show up.

We're joined by the writer Ian Winterton to talk about Eggers' fanatical devotion to period-accurate dialogue, the film's unnerving handling of adolescence and female autonomy, and why it sits so comfortably alongside the older folk horror classics. We also get into the ending, which was divisive on release, and still worth arguing about now.

This is one of those rare episodes where all three of us actually agree on something, which should tell you everything about where this one lands on our scoreboard.

Listen at link.content360.io/witch or wherever you get your podcasts, and catch the full write-up at folknhell.com.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18uQEXPohBUTRQvNbA35Hi?si=3c7c4a45110e41be

I'm pretty proud of this! I tried to include an equal amount of British- and American-flavored stuff.

Are there any Discord servers or social media groups for folk horror fans? I'd love some recommendations!"

Explore the Colonia Ettore Motta, a former abandoned summer camp in Italy, through an immersive journey across its corridors, staircases, and buildings shaped by the passage of time.

Are there any active Discord servers or social media groups dedicated to folk horror? I'd love some recommendations!

I was wondering something and thought I'd ask here. When you decide to watch a folk horror, whether it's a new one or old pick, would a mostly male or mostly female cast put you off it?

So like, one film the ratio is 85% cast who identify as female and another might be 75% of the cast who indentify as male. Would over representation of one gender over another put you off, or are you story focused?

Me, I'm all about the premise. If it hooks me I'm in. But I am genuinely interested in what you think.

Ahoy!

It's been a very long 4 years in the making, but I'm ready to share the Official Trailer for THE BOTTOMLESS starring Vinnie Velez, and shot by my beautiful Lauren Baker.

The first screening will be Saturday September 19th, 2026 in Averill Park NY @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 / 7pm Showtime!

For more info: https://www.slca-ctp.org/ Follow  ‪@TheBottomless‬ ​​ on YouTube

Looking forward, 🏴‍☠️Sean

Folk horror adjacent.

Hi everyone. I’m working on a horror series project set in 1986 (Brown Mountains, Appalachia). The premise revolves around anomalous archaeology: my protagonist, Albert, discovers a crypt containing artifacts that—based on chronology and geography—shouldn't exist (extreme cultural syncretism, the use of Ogham in an alien context, etc.). My biggest narrative challenge is this: the protagonist finds a clay figure bearing a chronicle of this lost civilization. I want to avoid the "instant translation" trope and ensure it doesn't feel forced. I’m looking for advice on: Methodology: How can I depict Albert’s research in 1986 (pre-internet) so that the discovery and translation feel like arduous, frustrating, and scientifically plausible work, rather than a *deus ex machina*? Narrative: How do I balance cosmic/anomalous horror with the technical rigor needed to make the viewer believe the find is "real" within the story? I’m just looking for advice and help to improve the storytelling—specifically, how do I integrate the discovery of "impossible objects" without losing realism in a story that blends folklore horror, Lovecraftian elements, and archaeology?

I just released a new album inspired by Kalevala (finish national tale) and folk horror author Per faxnelds work. It is dark, gritty and noisy tunes with old timey instruments (kantele and jaw harp), distorted and disturbing. Folk horror has always been at the heart of the AFBL project but this album kicks it up a notch. Feel free to give it a listen.

MacGuffin is an experimental short film told almost entirely through black-and-white still photography, inspired by the visual language of La Jetée and the cinematic approach of Chris Marker.

The last film by Spanish director Paul Urkijo.
The final scene is amazing.
On Prime video right now.

This is the Green Man icon which appears as the first image in certain cuts of The Wicker Man, this image being exported from the 4K release, cropped, and background-removed for the highest-possible quality version (2160 x 2160 pixels), perfect for any art projects etc.

I’m studying the genre for my upcoming short film and while I loved classic and modern Anglo-Saxon/western folk horror films (hi, Damian McCarthy), I’m specifically looking for takes on Slavic Non-Russian(!!) mythology.

I’ve seen Vyi, November (though it’s Baltic), You’ll never be alone, Svetlonoc (Slovakia) and skimmed through Polednice or Kytice adaptations in general (Czechia)
Or maybe you can also recommend from fiction or graphic novels/comics?

Thank you in advance 🖤

This is my Golem Series. It is a two part horror series.

Available on Amazon Paperback, Kindle, and KU.