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Imaginator magazine’s FOLK HORROR SPECIAL EDITION is now available!

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Yes! Issue 8 of Imaginator magazine is now roaming the world!

There are loads of links to places it can be bought HERE!

Outer cover of Imaginator Issue 8

I am so proud of this issue!

I love the way the magazine looks, design-wise, and I think it contains a wealth of wonderful folk horror-related contents that anyone with even a passing interest in the sub-genre will enjoy reading!

Designing the perfect Wendigo first page
Come and see what lurks within...

Check out the magazine’s contents…

FOLK HORROR RISING

Noah Kneal looks at what makes Folk Horror so special… and ponders why the sub-genre continues to go from strength to strength.

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ALL THE HAUNTS BE HERS

Ken Miller talks with Kier-La Janisse, the director of stunning folk horror documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror.

Poster for Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
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REMEMBERING THE RITUAL

Dan Nicks reminds us why The Ritual (2017) is such a wonderful melding of folk horror and survival horror.

THE MAN WHO UNLEASHES HORRORS

Ken Miller speaks with Adam Nevill, author of such scrumptiously sinister folk horror books as The Reddening, The Ritual and Cunning Folk.

Adam Nevill interview title page

MAKING THE MONSTER!

Charlotte Quist supplies the lowdown on how the awesome and freaky Jötunn god-monster was created for the film adaptation of The Ritual.

Jötunn god-monster head

DREAMING OF THE JÖTUNN

Talented Concept Artist and Creature Designer Keith Thompson reveals to Ken Miller how he designed the monstrous, marvellous movie beast featured in The Ritual.

Design for the monster from THE RITUAL

FOLK HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS

Noah Kneal and Ken Miller review loads and loads of folk horror flicks… and horror fiction writer, editor and critic Ramsey Campbell provides a guest movie review too!

Poster for SUZZANNA: THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

Writer, director and producer Sean Hogan chats to Ken Miller about his menacing, brooding, brilliant film To Fire You Come at Last.

Still from To Fire You Come at Last

“WHO IS THIS WHO IS COMING?”

Sebastian Starkey clarifies why Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad is such a fine ghost tale, then checks out the various adaptations, homages and parodies inspired by the story.

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DESIGNING THE PERFECT WENDIGO

Creature Designer, Concept Artist and Illustrator Guy Davis divulges to Ken Miller how the fantastic folk-creature from Antlers (2021) was conceived.

Guy Davis Wendigo design

SEQUENTIAL TALES OF TERROR

Artist and writer Russell Fox spills the beans on his stunning-looking folk horror graphic novel A VVitch. His illustration work is so good!

Illustration by Russell Fox

DEMONFINDER WARLOCK

Actor Russell Shaw tells Ken Miller what it was like playing the demon-hunting, bewhiskered, time-travelling protagonist in the wild, medieval-set movie Witch (2024)

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RADIOACTIVE REVIEWS

The movies reviewed in this section are non-folk horror flicks (though some are folk horror-adjacent). Top scriptwriting guru and author William Martell supplies a guest film review.

A scene from DEMON (2012)

I think this issue rocks – and I think you will agree once you’ve read it!

Imaginator Magazine’s FOLK HORROR SPECIAL EDITION!

Imaginator magazine’s FOLK HORROR SPECIAL EDITION will be available everywhere (UK, US, Europe, Japan, etc) from mid-April, via Amazon and other fine retailers!

If you live in the UK or the EU, you can preorder the issue from the Imaginator store – and the first 30 copies ordered will come with TWO A5 LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, numbered and signed by Imaginator’s cover artist, Zilla Man!

You can find the links HERE!

All about the FOLK HORROR SPECIAL EDITION…

Every film featured in Severin Films’ awesome boxset ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: A COMPENDIUM OF FOLK HORROR VOLUME 2 is reviewed! Plus other fine folk horror flicks are reviewed too!

There’s an interview with director KIER-LA JANISSE, who talks about her definitive, all-encompassing feature-length documentary WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR!

Author Adam Nevill speaks about his top-notch, scrumptiously sinister folk horror novels, which include THE RITUAL, THE REDDENING, NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE and CUNNING FOLK!

Writer, director and producer Sean Hogan chats about his menacing, brooding, brilliant film TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST.

Creature Designer, Concept Artist and Illustrator Guy Davis divulges how the fantastic Wendigo folk-creature from ANTLERS (2021) was conceived!

Actor Russell Shaw, who plays the demon-hunting, bewhiskered, time-travelling protagonist in WITCH (2024), talks about making this wild, genre-twisting occult-themed movie!

A conversation with the super-talented Concept Artist and Creature Designer Keith Thompson: the man who conceptualised the spectacular Jötunn god-monster in THE RITUAL (2017)!

A look at the upcoming Folk Horror graphic novel A VVITCH: many of artist/writer Russell Fox’s awesome illustrations are displayed within these pages for your viewing pleasure!

A deep dive into the adaptations and homages inspired by M.R. James’s classic ghost story OH, WHISTLE, AND I’LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD.

Horror fiction writer, editor and critic Ramsey Campbell provides a special guest film review, and top scriptwriting guru and author William Martell also shares a special guest film review with us!

And there’s much more inside this issue!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1978)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1978)
A giant, ugly bird attacks in WHO FEARS THE DEVIL (1972)
A giant, ugly bird attacks in WHO FEARS THE DEVIL (1972)