This was a documentary that I sought out to watch while I was working. I work in a cubicle so I wanted something that I could listen to and watch when needed. Folk horror is a subgenre that piques my interest so knowing that this was streaming on Shudder gave me one to watch.
Now this documentary is broken up into chapters. Each one either focuses on the history, a country or a grouping of countries to delve into what was the inspiration of this subgenre as well as how similar and different these tales are. That worked for me quite a bit. There are titles here that I've seen and they tend to be more of the heavy hitters. I also came away with more titles that I'm adding to my ever-growing list of movies to see.
This is also well-made. There are clips and images from the movies that are edited in. That helps to give a better idea of what this is conveying. We also get talking heads here of experts and filmmakers in the subgenre as well. That helps here to get a better idea of what they're conveying as well. I'm glad that I watched this as it gives me a different way of looking at movies I've seen before. I'm also more curious now for a deeper dive into folk horror as well. I'd highly recommend it to horror fans, especially of these types of movies.
My Rating: 8 out of 10.
Now this documentary is broken up into chapters. Each one either focuses on the history, a country or a grouping of countries to delve into what was the inspiration of this subgenre as well as how similar and different these tales are. That worked for me quite a bit. There are titles here that I've seen and they tend to be more of the heavy hitters. I also came away with more titles that I'm adding to my ever-growing list of movies to see.
This is also well-made. There are clips and images from the movies that are edited in. That helps to give a better idea of what this is conveying. We also get talking heads here of experts and filmmakers in the subgenre as well. That helps here to get a better idea of what they're conveying as well. I'm glad that I watched this as it gives me a different way of looking at movies I've seen before. I'm also more curious now for a deeper dive into folk horror as well. I'd highly recommend it to horror fans, especially of these types of movies.
My Rating: 8 out of 10.