Scary as Folk

This was really good, makes a nice pairing with Zombi Child that came out a couple of years before. Both very slow burn, culturally-unique horrors.

24 hour folk horror marathon. 25th October, 2025. A picture of a goat head superimposed over a creepy barn.

Anyone fancy a 24 hour folk horror movie marathon for Hallowe'en? I'm raising money for some righteous causes. All the details are over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DPfatUMkQD...

So glad you like them!

It's legit, but often prices are stupid.

Occult Elvis: was Presley a telepathic demigod who could heal the sick and change the weather? According to a lively new book, the King of Rock’n’Roll claimed to be a faith healer from Jupiter’s ninth moon – who as a boy was given a future vision of himself in a white jumpsuit by aliens. We tal...

Aye, sure. Why no? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

Finally, a good Bathory film?

Theo were bought out over a year ago. This is the way things go in the world of monopolies. Anything special becomes a commodity that can be bought and added to the portfolio. Same thing happened with Cadbury back home.

ACAB doesn't include Agent Dale Cooper

I bought directly from the publisher: broodcomb.co.uk?page_id=84

The cover of Wild Marjoram Tea by Sylvia Littlegood-Briggs next to text describing the contents: herbal remedies, goth butterflies, Cocteau Twins, false graves, death by cows, and hollow trees.

First 5⭐ read of 2025. Beautiful folk horror that hearkens back to nature animism and stories of the Fae, while being steeped in rural isolation and grief. Can't wait to read the follow-up.

My debut folk horror audio drama is now available! Enter a world immersed in Shropshire Folklore, ruled by Devil Himself. There's something very strange afoot up the stiperstones!

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Incredible album!

So glad he's doing well! My cat takes 150mg of gabapentin before the vet and still manages to re-enact The Exorcist.

How big are your hands?

Rewilding My Brain: Folklore, Disability, and the Non-human World Abstract. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in four people in the United States currently lives with a disability. Such a prominent folk group—sixty-one million people...

Folklore isn't just elves, standing stones, and talking potatoes. This is a brilliant piece on the intersectionality with disability. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/arti...

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Mind how you go.

As the online folk horror police, I will let this one slide if you publish it on your blog.

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Scary as Folk (@scaryasfolk@pixelfed.social) By way of introduction, here's a little guide to getting started with the folk horror genre. This is by no means all there is, but will give you a foothold - it's not all just scary twigs and pagan s...

Over on Pixelfed, I'm back on my bullshit. pixelfed.social/p/scaryasfol...

Every illustration in this book is gold.

I think it's what was on those voting machines.

Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye was a bit too right-wing.

What luck that Pennsylvania is a rotten borough.

I once got a pack of those from a weird gas station in Eastern Washington. They were delicious, but cost $6!

You know their language? The spuds will come in the night to deafen you. You cannot hide. They have many eyes!

I asked it its name, but just a shrill chittering came out, like when a cat sees a squirrel.

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Did you know Scottish Presbyterians considered potatoes to be "unbiblical"?

You are downplaying the amount of potato content that's incoming...