Everyone knows that an eclipse is ripe for horror happenings, with Satanic ceremonies that bring about the antichrist, evil prophecies...
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...
Like the re-emergence of perennial plants every spring, the elusive horror subgenre Folk Horror seems to sprout up incrementally throughout...
There was a time when people lived their lives according to fables, myths, and superstitions. Modern science has almost universally...
Heroics are often measured by grand advances of valiancy under dire circumstances and outstanding actions on the frontline. Simply being a woman existing in a world where the odds are always at one end of extreme contention is hardly regarded as heroic by many, but for one filmmaker that very...
The Old Ways follows Mexican American reporter Christina — and her journey to her homeland, Veracruz. However, she is abducted...
Continuing to build up the stories of its collection, literally and figuratively, Blumhouse and Amazon Studios’ chilling series Welcome To...
Impetigore is one of those words that sounds scary, seems intriguing, and might be meaningful in all of its 10-letter glory. It’s the perfect title for writer and director Joko Anwar’s (Satan’s Slaves) latest Indonesian horror referred to as Perempuan Tanah Jahanam. The film’s original title “Woman of the Cursed Land”...
Sorry to say it, but we’re not that much less superstitious than our ancestors. Sure, there’s more scientific knowledge today than...
Nicolas Pesce’s The Grudge hits theatres this weekend, welcoming cinema-goers to a new year of horror movies. Featuring probably the strongest...
What would you do if you were trapped on a boat with two of your friends, and no food or water? How far would you go to survive? We’d all like to think that we could handle ourselves in such a situation, but as Rob Grant’s Harpoon demonstrates, even the...