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The banshee. The púca. The dullahan. The little folk. Irish literature and folklore is rife with creepy legends and scary stories ripe for making horror movies, but where are all the truly brilliant Irish ones?
As Irish as Irish folk horror gets, this debut is thick with heartache. Our A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree review:
'Wake Wood' is a sensational and scary slice of folk horror well worth a revisit as the spring season rolls in.
Thinking of Halloween, it conjures up images of carved pumpkins, costumed children as they run around neighborhoods trick 'r treating,…
The Lore And Lure Of Irish Horror Take a darker tour of The Land of Saints and Scholars. By Rich Johnson · April 1, 2021, 2:05 AM EDT The Hallow. Captured so perfectly by Johnny Cash’s “Forty Shades of Green,” the Emerald Isle is a beautiful land ruptured by turmoil, divided by Empire and sullied by the death of a million. Horror is history – the Great Hunger bringing immigrant survivors to the shores of America during the mid-19th century and with them their heritage – a heady mix of myth, folklore and an untainted belief in the Church. It is n...