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Dark Harvest: A Night of Short Folk Horror Films
Wed 23 Oct, 20:00 & Sun 27 Oct, 19:30
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Following the success of Season of The Witch, Stephen Graves and RBF present Dark Harvest: a night of short folk horror films for Hallowe'en.
BLACK SAMPHIRE (2023, UK, d. Alexander Vanegas Sus)
When Mari and her girlfriend Isla take a weekend away in West Sussex, they stumble across a strand of strange samphire, contaminated by the water pollution in the area.
THE CORPSE ROAD (2023, UK, d. Joseph Daly)
A begrudging 16th century peasant must traverse the eerie and unrelenting Lakeland fells to deliver the body of his loathed late mother-in-law to holy ground.
SYLVANUS PARK (2021, USA, dir. Laura E. Hall)
When a folklore-obsessed Instagrammer livestreams her visit to a haunted wood, her viewers get a glimpse of the truth behind the legends.
THE ESTROGEN GOSPEL (2024, UK, d. Robyn Adams)
A nameless young transgender woman suffering from a crisis of faith and identity takes a hike through the English countryside, hoping to make peace with herself.
MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN DARK OF LATE (2023, UK, d. Joshua Warren)
A lone knight finds himself at the mercy of his armour.
BLACKTHORN (2023, UK, d. Christopher Ratcliff)
When a young couple moves to a sleepy village outside London, they stumble into a community with unsettling traditions it must uphold to maintain its peaceful existence.
THE BLIGHTED CROWN (2023, UK, d. Bianca Diana Ines Olingheru)
A wicked queen is confronted with her lost youth. Produced by University of Reading Film Theatre & Television Dept students.
THE SIN-EATER (2023, UK, d. Kelly Holmes)
1852, Wales: a desperate young mother carries out a forbidden ritual to save the soul of her unbaptised dead baby, but is tricked into taking on a terrifying supernatural burden.
BLIGHT (2022, UK, d. Craig Sinclair)
A darkly comedic fairy tale about a farmer cursed with perpetual hiccups.
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