Folk Horror

Also, this might be a thing for Folk Horror folk to check out.

I referred to this Wikipedia page while putting that list together.

I'm not sure if Black Death is either because there are some movies on there that don't seem like folk horror. Kill List? Q: The Winged Serpent? Granted, it's Wikipedia, but it's still hard to define what actually makes something folk horror or not.

I definitely think Kill List fits with its woodland-based cult. And I think Q is an interesting call but it is at least mythological horror which I guess could be translated to "folk horror".

But if you wanna know what definitely, unquestionably, irrefutably, and kinda awesomely is Folk Horror...

I just rented and watched Starve Acre. It was a bit slow but interesting at times. Definitely fits into Folk Horror.

I will probably watch it again before my rental time is over.

I found this poster interesting.

I have it in my library ready to watch. I did ask you earlier about The Godsend, obscure, a little creepy and definitely worth a look see..

I haven't seen Godsend. I'm not a huge fan of 80s horror. I will have to read about it.

The Blair Witch Project is a favorite, especially since it has, for me, a local background. It's kinda like how you write a new "folk horror" if you're local. There actually is a Burkittsville, Md, but there are no Black Hills to my best knowledge. I've never heard of a Blair Witch, although, near us, there is a big road, Bel Air Road, which, in local dialect (Bawlmerese) is referred to as Blair Road. The film makers, Myrick and Sanchez, filmed in our area, were seen around as a minimal production...."we're going to make a movie". Yeah, uhuh.

Their production reminded me of the early John Waters movies, shot on the run, local venues, people from the area, although they never got a monster as scary as Divine when "she" resorted to cannibalism in Multiple Maniacs.

Ironically, when Blair Witch was filmed, local rumors circulated that made it seem like an actual legend and had people asking, "was there really a Blair Witch?". Some people thought they actually knew the story. For a while it really was folk horror.

@RichieRich

I watched The Godsend today. I didn't view it as folk horror, having to do with Nature. I didn't see anything that gave me a clue her real mother was a creature from nature.

The film would fit into the same category of horror as The Village of the Damned. It was more biological evil, than possession of something of nature.

I know a member who would have things to post or add.
@honeykid

Fans of Folk Horror, check out You Won't Be Alone. It's playing on Starz. Beautifully done, great story.

I'll add "Eye of the Devil" (1966). Some might find the pace a bit slow, but I thought it was very good.

@MovieGal, was it you who asked me about Men? Well what can I say, in a word BIZARRE.

@MovieGal you did watch it. What did you think. Was I exaggerating. Yes probably not folk horror.

I watched these in the past week. PEARL, BRING OUT THE FEAR, APOSTLE, MEN.

Added these to my film library: A DARK SONG, SOLSTICE, INSIDE, STARVE ACRE, THE CELLAR.

Not really, tbh. It's not a sub genre I care for and, for what it's worth, the genre pretty much starts and dies within about 4-5 years with The Wicker Man, Blood On Satan's Claw, The Witchfinder General and, depending on your POV, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter. Not that there hasn't been the odd film now and then, but they are/were almost never associated with Folk Horror. I suspect maybe there's been more of a thread of it in non-English language countries? But I honestly don't know.

There certainly seems to have been a revival in the last 10 years (The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommer, etc) but I've not seen those and I'm not really bothered about them. That's not to say that I won't ever, just that it's not something I care much for, so trying to invest the time in them seems pretty pointless.

I think Kill List fits, but not snuggly enough for me to be really confident about saying it. Which I think it another problem with it, there's films which 'obviously' are and then there's the films which weren't thought of/promoted that way, but kind of are (Blair Witch for example which, if you break it down sounds like Folk Horror, but never feels/felt like it to me) and so we find out how far we can push it and what it is we're talking about?

Just to mention a couple more films some might think of as Folk Horror (but I genuinely don't know if they'd be considered or not) Rawhead Rex and The Lair Of The White Worm. I think the first probably does fit (as I remember it at least) whereas the second might be too much of a stretch.

What makes Folk Horror for you? Could The Witches (1966) or The Black Cat (1981) count? How about The Descent? See, I wouldn't call any of those Folk Horror but, if they are, then maybe I like more than I think I do?

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I would say The Witches, probably yes, The Black Cat is stretching. The Descent is in the same category as The 13th Warrior (which I actually like)..

With the study of Paganism, I feel Folk Horror fits films with nature worship, nature deities and folk Magick.

I know a lot about Wicca/Old Path/Witchcraft so these movies fit my bill.

Most pagan do not worship the devil or Satan as they are Christian deities.

I have been interested in Paganism,Wiccan too, fascinates me, but I've never pursued it as did not know how. Probably too long in the tooth now.

You are never too old to learn something new.

I'm 57 yrs old and love learning new things and the more you know, the better you can socialize.

I have been finding documentaries and even have a Great Courses DVD for Ancient Astronomy for learning more about Archeoastronomy.

Which falls within the study of ancient paganism.

I can elaborate more in private if you like.

I just finished the Welsh film The Feast. It's about man's greed for nature's resources.

I was reading a bit after watching and