ST304 Modern Eco-Horror and Folk Horror

The folk horror revival

Ari Aster's Swedish commune and Ben Wheatley's pandemic forest: folk horror made after the category existed.

About 150 minutes.

Reading for this lesson

Required Midsommar (2019) Ari Aster (writer and director) the whole film
Required In the Earth (2021) Ben Wheatley (writer and director) the whole film
Recommended Folk Horror: New Global Pathways Dawn Keetley and Ruth Heholt (editors) one chapter on a recent film

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