Genre
Folk & Pagan Horror
Horror rooted in landscape, isolated communities, and old belief systems that never fully went away. The outsider arrives, and the locals are perfectly friendly.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
The Wicker Man
Robin Hardy · 1973
Midsommar
Ari Aster · 2019
Witchfinder General
Michael Reeves · 1968
The Witch
Robert Eggers · 2016
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