Across
- 4. This horror novel by Bram Stoker and 1988 folk horror movie of the same name were inspired by the English legend of the Lambton Worm
- 8. Widely considered one of the worst films of all time due to “continuous deficiencies in editing, continuity, audiovisual synchronization, pacing, acting, and several inexplicable and disconnected scenes,” this 1966 folk horror film set in west Texas was referred to as “Mangos: the Cans of Fruit” by its cast and crew
- 9. Skeptics believe that sightings of this West Virginian cryptid can be attributed to sandhill cranes, great blue herons, or barred owls
- 11. How wouldst Thomasin like to live?
- 12. The psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms
- 15. This 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson was called “arguably the most influential North American folk horror text” by The Irish Times
- 18. Folk horror was heavily influenced by this social/spiritual movement of the early 1970s
- 19. Banshees are known to perform this traditional act of Irish mourning, usually while brushing their hair
- 20. Stepping inside this circle of mushrooms could cause you to die young, go mad, lose an eye, or be spirited away
Down
- 1. What gets all up in Nic Cage’s eyes?
- 2. Christian’s fun costume for the Midsommar festival
- 3. The form taken by the Devil in the VVitch (2016)
- 5. This tall wooden pole featured in many European folk festivals is believed to originate from pagan Germanic reverence for sacred trees
- 6. This evil spirit of Native American myth grows in proportion to what it eats so that its foul hunger may never be satisfied
- 7. Star of the 1990 folk horror film “The Juniper Tree,” or “Einitréð” in Icelandic
- 10. What honorable title does Dani win in Midsommar?
- 13. In the movie Midsommar, all of the Hårga’s “oracles” are a deliberate product of this unwholesome practice
- 14. Slavic folk figure Baba Yaga the Witch flies around in this kitchen item
- 16. This 1973 film was described by Adam Scovell of the British Film Institute as one of the “Unholy Trinity of folk horror”
- 17. This prolific horror actor, writer, and director is pictured on the packaging for Milton Bradley’s 1975 novelty “Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture” kit