folklore
Legend of El Cucuy brings an old folktale back to life in an effective way. Perhaps this short will be shown to children and future generations as a cautionary tale.
Stringing together multiple sources and influences, it is a spellbinding dance between Kashmir’s folkloric past and its tumultuous present.
The Golem is closer to a moody thriller than a horror – and although thematically interesting, still lacks the bite it sorely needs.
Despite its eclectic performances, The Vanishing is a snail-paced buildup to real action and suspense that doesn’t have enough substance to give the narrative some weight.
Handed down through folklore and myths, movies about doppelgängers present a lasting cinematic device through all kinds of uncanny scenarios.
Field Guide to Evil will likely please genre aficionados and horror buffs, but on the whole, its lack of tonal cohesion will leave others underwhelmed.