Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout history as social circumstances call for it. We are presently in the midst of a new folk horror revival dominated by films like Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) and Robert Egger’s...
What comes to mind when you think of Hansel and Gretel? Is it crumbs of bread making a path through the forest? Is it a welcoming little house found deep within the woods? Is it two lost, plump children? Is it a hunchbacked old woman stirring a pot? Is it...
Walpurgisnacht, also known as Walpurgis Night or Hexennacht, is a pagan holiday celebrated on the night of April 30th. It is named after Saint Walpurga, an eighth-century nun who Christianized parts of Germany. However, the holiday has roots in pagan traditions that celebrate the coming of spring and the triumph...