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Given the sheer number of stories that involve outsiders coming to isolated rural communities that practice old pagan rites, it's surprising there isn't a name for the subgenre
Robin Redbreast, Harvest Home, The Wicker Man, Children of the Corn, Wake Wood, Midsommar
What do we call these? 'Pagan Pocket' stories maybe?
What do we call these? 'Pagan Pocket' stories maybe?
Wake Wood stands out b/c it's as if someone said 'what if there was a rural pagan community but instead of killing people in their rituals they were bringing them back to life'
Yes, these stories are all Folk Horror, but there's more to Folk Horror than just this plot, hence SUBgenre
The Folk Horror genre is generally held to be exemplifed by three films: The Wicker Man, Blood on Satan's Claw, and Witchfinder General. Only the Wicker Man serves as an example of this plot type
