Bellenac’s vineyards are failing and the solution will not be a new strain or a scientific intervention. The farmers seek an older solution: a willing sacrifice.
CG Editor Emeritus Angela Englert has an essay in the inaugural issue of Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States. She writes on The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) and the film it is based on, Tom Tryon’s 1973 novel, Harvest Home. Plus, friend of the Gutter […]
Mother Of Flies is not only a film about the transformation of a curse into a gift. It is not only a film about a harrowing ritual of healing. Mother of Flies is itself a ritual, a rite of healing.
Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has fascinating thoughts on Bryn Chainey’s new folk horror film, Rabbit Trap (UK / USA, 2025) including an excellent introduction to the fairy and cultural aspects. “It hits a lot of my favourite things: fairy lore, folk horror, sound exploration and design—theremin! […]
Rabbit Trap is a film as folk tale.
This Christmas I found myself sitting in my recliner watching my kid play Baldur’s Gate 3 on his new Steam Deck in the very boring, adult predicament of having asked for relatively practical gifts and now having no new toys to play with. I decided to remedy my […]
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