While an unlikely choice as a break-up film, Midsommar is a welcome addition to the folk horror canon.
Strangers in a strange land: Midsommar review
Beauty restored: Belladonna of Sadness review
There are two starting points when considering Belladonna of Sadness: it’s an ‘adult’ animated film, and it’s a wild psychedelic head trip.
Between truth and magic
How does one go about becoming something that they don’t believe in? I’ve now spent almost five years trying to answer this question.
Folk horror: landscapes, folklore and the past catching up with us
This haunting by history is one element of the genre that’s become known as “folk horror”, subject of a new book by Adam Scovell...
Open your eyes and blow your mind
The works I’ll be discussing here will come from a range of genres and backgrounds, with one thing in common: they show us the world from a different perspective.
How I learned to dig the Sixties
I would dig through video stores and record shops for cult films, TV shows and albums, desperate to fill the gaps in my self-education.