DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS
A round-up of reviews from the folk horror festival
On the 23rd of March, the first in-person edition of Darkness in the Fields was held at the Derby Quad Cinema. Below, we have collated all of our coverage of the event.
DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
All the films were screened at the Darkness in the Fields film festival on the 23rd of March at the Derby Quad Cinema. How does one sum up a genre as broad as folk horror? A genre that is so dependent on local legend and word of mouth; one that keeps one foot in the real world, often forgoing the more spectacula…
DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH
All You Need is Death was screened at the Darkness in the Fields film festival on the 23rd of March at the Derby Quad Cinema. Folk horror as a genre is essentially a collection of tall tales and legends, passed down the generations through word of mouth – with some of these becoming part of our c…
DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: THE BORDERLANDS
The Borderlands was screened at the Darkness in the Fields film festival on the 23rd of March at Derby Quad Cinema. It will be released on special edition Blu-ray through Second Sight Films on the 8th of April. Horror only works if we care about the characters. Don’t get me wrong, there are plent…
DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST
To Fire You Come at Last was screened at the Darkness in the Fields film festival on the 23rd of March at the Derby Quad Cinema. As you would expect, there are many myths and legends around corpse roads – the paths on which corpses were carried on the way to be buried. This makes it ideal source material for folk horror, and Sean …
DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: THE MOOR
The Moor was screened at the Darkness in the Fields film festival on the 23rd of March at the Derby Quad Cinema. Chris Cronin’s directorial debut, The Moor, is a remarkably accomplished piece of true crime and folk horror, putting the wild, unsettling landscape at the forefront of the story.
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