“The banshee. The púca. The dullahan. The little folk. Irish literature and folklore is rife with creepy legends and scary stories ripe for making horror movies, but where are all the truly brilliant Irish ones?
I’m a big fan of horror films; my Christmas was spent not sobbing over Miracle on 34th Street or It’s a Wonderful Life but rewatching my boxset of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas. I will happily consume the most atrociously rated scary movie in search of a cheap thrill, but a well-made homegrown horror that’ll make a lasting impression? Those are a disappointingly rare occurrence.
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Paul Duane’s forthcoming All You Need is Death, meanwhile, pulls mythology and superstition into the contemporary sphere by telling the story of a young couple, Anna and Aleks, who collect old folk ballads to sell to collectors. When they secretly record an ancient, taboo and previously undocumented folk song, they get more than they bargained for;"
