Folk Horror Explained: Rituals, Outsiders & Slow-Burn Dread (+ Best Books & Movies)
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What makes folk horror so unsettling? This episode maps the weird woods: isolated settings, old customs that refuse to die, and the outsider who realizes too late they can’t leave. Shereen arrives a skeptic; Meaghan leads the tour—through forests, farmlands, and edge-of-the-map towns where tradition presses against modern life.
We unpack how setting becomes a character, why slow dread beats jump scares, and how folk horror pits the past against the present. We also explore how the subgenre is evolving—think eco-anxieties and even tech-resistant towns—and share a stack of must-reads and must-watches that capture the vibe: Brom’s Slewfoot, Stephen Graham Jones’s The Only Good Indians, A.M. Shine’s The Watchers, plus The Wicker Man and The Village. If you’ve ever walked into a place that felt “off” for reasons you couldn’t name, this one’s for you.
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