Halloween Scares at Anthology Film Archives - The New Yorker

Halloween scares abound in the “Folk Horror” series at Anthology Film Archives (Oct. 28-Nov. 11). This subgenre, which links mystery and monstrosity to ancient ways that endure beneath the surfaces of modern life, is explored in Kier-La Janisse’s new documentary, “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched.” It’s featured alongside fourteen dramatic classics, including “The Wicker Man” (above), from 1973, in which a policeman searches for a missing child on an island where paganism is practiced, complete with fertility rites and human sacrifices.

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