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Starve Acre
October 17, 2023
‘Starve Acre’ is a beautiful facsimile of 1970s folk horror, but never goes far enough to make it stand apart.
Scala
October 16, 2023
“Scala!!!” is an important and appropriately sketchy eulogy for the kind of cultural spaces that are all too rare today.
Enys Men
October 17, 2022
A decade into a folk horror revival that shows no sign of abating, ‘Enys Men’ may be the new yardstick by which we measure the genre. 
The Origin
October 12, 2022
‘Out of Darkness’ is a proper dirt-under-the-nails debut and a fierce case for British genre filmmaking. Read our review out of LFF 2022.
'Shepherd'
October 17, 2021
Russell Owen’s atmospheric horror ‘Shepherd’ has shades of Robert Eggers. But its icy tone makes it hard to empathize with its characters.
The Medium
October 9, 2021
‘The Medium’ is an intense possession tale whose climax should put rictus grins on the faces of genre-lovers. Read Dread Central’s review.