Return we now to the subgenre of Gothic terror known as "folk horror," a tale that is the spiritual kin of "The Wicker Man," "Midsomer" and "The Blair Witch Project." "Lord of Misrule" is set in a quaint English country village -- aren't they all? It's about the new vicar at the local church, her…

Filmmaker William Brent Bell's latest, Lord of Misrule, bears all the familiar earmarks of folk horror but with stunning atmospherics.

Saying that a modern folk horror movie is tangentially inspired by Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man is like claiming every high fantasy novel published after the mid-50s is inspired by The Lord of the Rings — it usually goes without saying. Director William Brent Bell and writer Tom de Ville's Lord of Misrule is of

Director William Brent Bell turns in a poor man’s reworking of the Brit-horror classic that can’t work up a proper head of suspense

While the latest from the director of The Boy and Orphan: First Kill has its moments, blending folk horror, possession, and murder mystery isn’t enough to make this saggy film pop.