Brewing underneath the surface of many horror films is an ancient force that has haunted humanity’s nightmares for centuries—witchcraft. Witches,...
Folk horror opens the crypt of mankind’s most ancient fears, letting loose tales twisted in tradition and draped in dread....
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...
It’s that special time of year! Pumpkins are appearing on the neighbor’s porch steps, the leaves on the trees are...
I love me a good witch movie. Having cut my teeth on The Craft in the roaring ’90s, I spent...
Sorry to say it, but we’re not that much less superstitious than our ancestors. Sure, there’s more scientific knowledge today than there ever has been, but how comforting is that to someone in a spooky old house at night, or lost and alone in the dark woods? This is what inspired...
Arielle Cimino and Jeffrey Ryan’s horror-comedy Mass Hysteria follows a group of actors who reenact the events surrounding the witch...