Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest – Russia, 2019 – preview
Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest is a 2019 Russian horror feature film about a young family terrorised by the titular demon. The original title is Yaga. Koshmar tyomnogo …
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The Owlman from Lord of Tears Living Dead Doll by Mezco Toyz
The Owlman – as featured in Lawrie Brewster’s 2013 British horror feature film, Lord of Tears – is the latest release in Mezco Toyz’ line of Living Dead Dolls. “In …
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Blood Myth – UK, 2019 – review
‘You will never get them back’ Blood Myth is a 2019 British horror feature film about a young woman kidnapped by a sinister ancient cult. Written and directed by Sean …
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Cucuy: The Boogeyman – USA, 2018 – reviews
‘You better behave’ Cucuy: The Boogeyman is a 2018 American supernatural horror feature film written, produced and directed by Peter Sullivan (The Sandman; Ominous; High School Possession; Summoned). The Hybrid/Production …
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Ogopogo – mythical creature
In Canadian folklore, the Ogopogo or Naitaka (Salish: n’ha-a-itk, “lake demon”) is a lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. The Ogopogo has been allegedly seen by First Nations people since the 19th century. The most …
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The Incubus Studio – China, 2017 – overview
The Incubus Studio – aka Fright Studio and 画室惊魂 – is a 2017 Chinese supernatural horror feature film directed by Xing Bo. The movie stars Luo Xiang, Yang Xin, Chen Meixing, Peng Bo, …
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Popobawa – folklore
The Popobawa (or Popo Bawa) is a mythical cryptid originating in Eastern Africa, specifically in and around the Tanzanian area. Popobawa is an alleged evil shape-shifting being which is said …
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Trolls: Their journey from folklore to franchises – article
Trolls are beings whose roots are embedded in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore and are typified as much by where they are found as their appearance and behaviour. Said to …
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Valley of Shadows – Norway, 2017 – overview
Valley of Shadows is a 2017 Norwegian fantasy horror film directed by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen from a screenplay co-written with Clement Tuffreau. It stars Adam Ekeli and Kathrine Fagerland. A young boy, Aslak …
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Hagazussa – Austria, Germany, 2017 – reviews
‘A gothic folk tale’ Hagazussa aka Hagazussa – A Heathen’s Curse is a 2017 Austrian-German horror feature film directed by Lukas Feigelfeld. It marks Feigelfeld’s graduating feature from the Berlin-based …
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The Field Guide to Evil – USA, 2018 – reviews
The Field Guide To Evil is a 2018 horror anthology film from the producers of the ABCs of Death and its sequel. Ant Timpson, the producer behind such Sundance films …
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Chupacabra – urban myth
The chupacabra or chupacabras – literally “goat-sucker”; from “chupar“, “to suck”, and “cabra“, “goat” – is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported …
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Zombies: A Cultural History – book
Zombies: A Cultural History is a 2015 book by Roger Luckhurst, published in the UK by Reaktion Books. Description: Add a gurgling moan with the sound of dragging feet and a …
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The Witch of Wookey Hole – folklore legend
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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Strigoi – folklore
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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Enfield Monster – folklore
The Enfield Monster refers to reports of an unidentified creature around Enfield, Illinois, United States in April 1973. The reports were covered by the news media at the time, with …
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Nachzehrer – folklore
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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Ghoul – folklore
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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Baba Yaga – folklore
“That’s not my mother’s voice I hear. I think that Baba Yaga’s near!” Baba Yaga is a recurrent figure in East European folklore, usually as a single entity though sometimes …
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Jack-O’-Lantern – Halloween folklore and tradition
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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The Entrance to Hell – mythical location
The entrance to Hell – or more accurately, entrances – has been designated at various locations on the surface of the Earth from ancient times right up to the present day. They have acquired …
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Kappa – Japanese folklore
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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Orang Minyak – folklore
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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The Devil’s Tramping Ground – folklore
The Devil’s Tramping Ground is a camping spot located in a forest near the Harper’s Crossroads area near Bennett, North Carolina. It has been the subject of persistent local legends and lore, which …
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Krampus – Yuletide folklore creature
Krampus is a beast-like creature from the folklore of Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland and Hungary thought to punish children during the Yuletide season who had misbehaved, essentially the moral opposite of Saint Nicholas, who rewards well-behaved ones with …
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Kraken – folklore sea monsters
Kraken are legendary sea monsters of giant proportions said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. The legend may have originated from sightings of giant squid that are estimated to grow to 13–15 m (40–50 ft) in length, …
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Peter Stumpp – folklore werewolf, cannibal, serial killer
Peter Stumpp (died 1589) (whose name is also spelled as Peter Stube, Pe(e)ter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a Rhenish farmer, accused of being a serial killer and a cannibal, also known as the “Werewolf of Bedburg”. There is …
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