Ritual Offerings: Folk Horror Shorts

From the team that brought you I SCREAM and DARK HARVEST comes the latest instalment in our popular series of short folk horror film screenings.



As the Autumn equinox looms and the hours of darkness grow longer, Reading Biscuit Factory presents a selection of short horror films steeped in folklore and myth. Curated by Stephen Graves.



FISITOR (2024, 15 mins, d. Llŷr Titus)

Stalked by grief for his husband and a nightmarish creature from Welsh folklore, Ioan must do his best to survive Christmas Eve.



THE WITCH HUNTER (2023, 13 mins, d. James Freeman)

An aspiring witch-finder heads to the South Downs in search of a rumoured evil.



NO DIGGIN’ HERE (2016, 3 mins, d. Adam Scovell)

A short Super-8 response to M.R. James' "A Warning To The Curious," looking at the landscapes of Aldeburgh that inspired the original story.



SEED OF DOUBT (2024, 22 mins, d. Daniel Daniel)

After the death of her husband, Hadassah has lost her faith. When her parents invite the Rabbi over to help, he warns that she must find God or risk giving birth to an unimaginable terror…



POBL BACHYN (2023, 11 mins, d. Kiri Pritchard-McLean)

A comedy-horror film about the triple threat of Welsh folklore, English tourists and being hungover.



CIRCUL (2025, 8 mins, d. Jack Berry)

Three women on the heath find safety in circles until three strangers appear, whose tyrannical ambition threatens their peace with violence and oppression.



TRUST THY SISTER (2025, 14 mins, d. Molly Wise)

In a theatre, a play begins. Accusations fly and blood is spilled as a tale is told of the brutal 17th Century English Witch Trials.



RÉEL (2024, 4 mins, d. Rodrigue Huart)

1857. Coutances. Two peasants find a smartphone in their field.



Poster art by Richard Wells.

Trailer music: Raise the Pylons High (and Worship Your Metal Gods) by The Rowan Amber Mill.