Bollywood Is For Lovers

The witching hour is almost here, and we're not done with our annual Hindi Horror Halloween! Inspired by Kier-La Janisse's Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, we explore the folk horror subgenre and how we see it being realized in Hindi-langauge filmmaking including in Rahi Anil Barve's Tumbbad. Show Notes: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror box set Matt's interview with Kier-La Janisse (and his interview with Caelum Vatnsdal) Spectacular Optical "Where to begin with folk horror" by Adam Scovell Unholy Trinity: Witchfinder General, Blood on Satan’s Claw, and The Wicker Man Matt's article on Jeremy Shaw Popular folk horror films Why is folk horror so popular?  Our list of Hindi-language folk horror Supplemental Episode 11: Brian Collins’ Bollywood Horrors (INTERVAL “Tumbbad Title Track" from Tumbbad) Tumbbad Cosmic Horror and The King in Yellow (Yellow King Theory) Spoiler zone: 1:01:11 to 1:06:09 The curse of competen