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The Field Guide to Evil

2019 · 117 min

A slow, unsettling journey through global folk nightmares, each segment steeped in dread and bizarre imagery that lingers.

Directed by
Ashim Ahluwalia, Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Genres
Horror
Starring
Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Birgit Minichmayr
Tagline
A global anthology into dark folklore
Overview
A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.

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Directed by
Ashim Ahluwalia, Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Genres
Horror
Starring
Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Birgit Minichmayr
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • faith
  • death
  • isolation
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror9
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Ashim Ahluwalia, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Severin Fiala, Can Evrenol
Written by
Elif Domanic
Starring
Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Birgit Minichmayr, Naz Sayıner, Andrzej Konopka, Jilon VanOver, Sarah Navratil, Paul J. Ford
Runtime
117 min
Country
Austria, Greece, Hungary, India, New Zealand, Poland, Turkey, United States of America
Languages
Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, German, Polish, Greek, English

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