In rural Ireland in the 1840s, a land dispute makes a man kill his brother. He buries the body at the bottom of his field but soon, his crops begin to die. This earthy horror blends the pagan traditions of the English folk horror cycle with more surreal and paranoid sensibilities, viscerally placing you into the protagonist’s deteriorating mind.
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In rural Ireland in the 1840s, a land dispute makes a man kill his brother. He buries the body at the bottom of his field but soon, his crops begin to die. This earthy horror blends the pagan traditions of the English folk horror cycle with more surreal and paranoid sensibilities, viscerally placing you into the protagonist’s deteriorating mind.
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An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.