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Bring Her Back (Supernatual Folk Horror)
Okay, before you read this, watch the movie. Please. The first time I saw Bring Her Back, it was a split-second decision; I didn’t actually know what it was about, only recognizing it from blowing up on social media. I remembered the hype from people gushing over the gore, but I was so sure […]
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The Curse of the Crying Woman (Mexican Folklore Turned Vampire Nostalgia)
Something about Lucha Libre (AAA in particular), got me into diving further into Mexican horror over the past few years. I was acutely aware of it already, primarily because of the great overview by Doyle Green in Mexploitation Cinema. Now, guy got the release date on The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición […]
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Bone Mother (Baba-Yaga Pronounced Correctly Folk Horror)
The horror industry should really dig into folklore more, from anywhere, and lose the jumpscares. I don’t mean dig in there, steal some stuff, and then claim it as one’s own, I mean let it reveal itself. Case in point this recent, animated, true-to-the-original short, Bone Mother, which draws on Russian folklore, in particular […]
