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México Bárbaro II is a 2017 Mexican horror anthology film and a sequel to México Bárbaro (2014). Nine Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre …
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‘The truth is always scarier’ Moth is a 2016 British-Hungarian-American found footage horror film directed by Gergö Elekes and József Gallai (The Poltergeist Diaries; The Whispering Man; Spirits in the …
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The Witch of Wookey Hole is a folklore legend. It is said that the witch is still preserved in the form of a stalagmite in the first chamber of the Wookey Hole …
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Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles is a 2012 Filipino action comedy horror film written and directed by Erik Matti (Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2; ABCs of Death 2 “I is for Invincible”). Also known …
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‘Where reality and folklore intersect.’ Interchange is a 2016 Malaysian supernatural noir thriller directed by Dain Iskandar Said from a screenplay co-written with Nandita Solomon, June Tan, Redza Minhat. Forensic photographer Adam (Iedil …
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A Toyol or Tuyul is a mythical spirit in Malay mythology of South-East Asia, especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. The spirit is sometimes called the “Kwee Kia” …
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‘Are you on the naughty list?’ Krampus: The Christmas Devil is a 2013 American horror film co-produced, written, photographed, edited and directed by Jason Hull (Chasing Darkness). The movie stars …
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Lord of Tears is a 2013 British horror film directed by Lawrie Brewster (For We Are Many; The Devil’s Machine; The Black Gloves; The Unkindness of Ravens) from a screenplay written …
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In Romanian mythology, strigoi (English: striga, poltergeist) are the troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave. Some strigoi can be living people with certain magical properties. Some of the …
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‘The terrifying legend of the Jersey Devil is alive.’ The Barrens is a 2012 American horror film written, produced and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (St. Agnes; Abattoir; The Barrens; 11-11-11; …
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‘Mysterious. Irresistible. Deadly.’ Killer Mermaid is a 2014 Serbian horror film directed by Milan Todorovi from a screenplay by Barry Keating (Downhill; Nightworld). The movie stars Kristina Klebe (Tales of Halloween; …
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There are essentially three things required to contact the dead; a dead person; a living person to whom they are acquainted (or would like to be); a very open mind. …
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The Loch Ness Monster, also called Nessie, is a cryptid that reputedly inhabits the Loch Ness lake in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in …
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In Chinese tradition, a ghost marriage (Chinese: 冥婚; pinyin: mínghūn; literally: “spirit marriage”) is a marriage in which one or both parties are deceased. Other forms of ghost marriage are …
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A nachzehrer is a form of vampire found in Germanic and Polish regions including Silesia and Bavaria, which also exhibits behaviour displayed by ghouls. The name translates as “after (nach) …
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A ghoul is a folkloric monster or evil spirit associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh, often classified as undead. The oldest surviving literature that mentions ghouls is likely One …
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The soucouyant or soucriant in Dominica, Trinidadian and Guadeloupean folklore (also known as Ole-Higue or Loogaroo elsewhere in the Caribbean), is a kind of witch or vampire, possibly dating back …
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El Silbón – English translation: “The Whistler” – is a character appearing in both Colombian and Venezuelan folk tales, famed for terrorising men, women and children, especially the latter whom he …
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Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings is a 1994 American supernatural horror film directed by Jeff Burr and stars Andrew Robinson, Ami Dolenz,and Soleil Moon Frye. It was a direct-to-video sequel to the 1988 horror film …
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A Jack-o’-lantern is a carved pumpkin or similarly-sized gourd or turnip, associated chiefly with the holiday of Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, …
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‘Be prepared’ Cub – in Flemish: Welp – is a 2014 Belgian horror film directed by Jonas Govaert and starring Maurice Luijten and Stef Aerts. Over-imaginative twelve year-old Sam heads off …
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El Sombrerón is a fictional character and one of the most famous legends of Guatemala, told in books and a 1950 film. El Sombrerón is also a bogeyman figure in Mexico and is …
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‘She sucks the life from the bodies of men’ Night of the Cobra Woman is a 1972 American horror film co-produced by New World Pictures that was shot in the …
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Kappa (河童, “river-child”), alternatively called Kawatarō (川太郎, “river-boy”), Komahiki (“horse puller”), or Kawako (川子, “river-child”), are a yōkai (a class of supernatural monster) found in Japanese folklore, and also a cryptid. Their name comes from a mixture of the word “kawa” …
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In February 1855, Satan took a stroll through Devon, England. At least that’s what many locals thought at the time, and despite assorted explanations for the series of mysterious footprints left …
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The Orang Minyak is one of a number of Malay ghost myths. Orang Minyak literally means oily man in Malay. According to one legend, popularised in the 1956 film Sumpah Orang Minyak (The Curse of the Oily Man) …
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Atrocious is a 2010 Spanish found footage horror film, written and directed by Fernando Barreda Luna and starring Rafael Amaya, Cristian Valencia and Clara Moraleda. Plot: In April 2010, the …
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Witchcraft – Magic: An Adventure in Demonology is a 1969 spoken word album, featuring the florid tones of horror legend Vincent Price as he discusses the world of witchcraft and …
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‘All your favorite make-believe characters’ Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters is a 1962 Mexican children’s film directed by Roberto Rodríguez from a screenplay by Fernando Morales Ortiz and Adolfo Torres …
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From the earliest times, the existence of demons has formed part of most faiths and religions but it was Christianity that really grasped the thorny nettle wholeheartedly, with various hellbent …
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Lokis Rękopis profesora Wittembacha (often called simply Lokis) is a 1970 Polish horror film directed by Janusz Majewski. It stars Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting, Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Małgorzata Braunek, Zofia Mrozowska …
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The Kraken is a legendary sea monster of giant proportions said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. The legend may have originated from sightings of giant squid …
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Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while …
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The Beast of Bodmin, also known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor is a phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports of mutilated …
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Baron Samedi (the slightly less impressive Baron Saturday, translated into English), and also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the Loa of Haitian vodou, the spirits of the dead. Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with …
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Peter Stumpp (died 1589) (whose name is also spelt as Peter Stube, Pe(e)ter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a Rhenish farmer, accused of being a serial killer and flesh-eater also known as the …
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Also known as She-Butterfly and The Moth (and indeed Лептирица in the original Serbian cyrillic), Leptirica (“Butterfly”) is a 1973 Yugoslavian horror TV movie based on the story After Ninety Years (1880) written by Serbian writer Milovan Glišić. Leptirica was the first Serbian …
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‘Say goodbye to your friends’ Wither – original title: Vittra -is a 2012 Swedish horror film directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wicklund and starring Patrik Almkvist, Lisa Henni, and Patrick Saxe. It is …
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‘They do exist’ The Bigfoot Tapes is an American-made 2012 horror film directed, written and starring Stephen Stewart, which at least means you can save on postage stamps when writing …
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The banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. In legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone …
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‘The only thing she craved was blood’ Bloody Flesh – original title: Carne de tu Carne – is a 1983 Colombian surrealist horror film directed by Carlos Mayolo. The movie stars Adriana …
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‘A love that defied time drives a beautiful girl to her doom’ The Mummy is a 1932 American supernatural horror film from Universal Studios directed by former cinematographer Karl Freund …
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The Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It stars Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett and David Gulpilil. It is the third of director Weir’s alternative horror …
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‘The night no one comes home’ Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third instalment in the Halloween franchise. It is …
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Pan’s Labyrinth is a 2006 Mexican-Spanish dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water; Cronos; Pacific Rim; Crimson Peak). The movie stars Maribel Verdu, Doug …
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While horror anthologies were surprisingly popular in the 1970s and into the 1980s, by the Nineties, they had fallen out of favour with the cocaine cowboys and supposed hipsters who …
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‘There are worse things than getting lost in the snow’ Ghostkeeper is a 1981 Canadian horror film directed by Jim Makichuk. Also known as Ghost Keeper The movie stars Riva …
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‘Look beyond what your eyes can see’ KM 31 – or Kilómetro 31 – is a 2006 Mexican supernatural horror film written and directed by Rigoberto Castaneda. The film is inspired by …
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The Boxer’s Omen (Mo, 淫種) is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural horror film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers studio. The film has a reputation as one …
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The Company of Wolves is a 1984 British fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan (Byzantium; Interview with a Vampire), written by Angela Carter and Jordan, and starring Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, …
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