Witches of Blackwood Looks Like Intriguing Australian Folk Horror

As any people horror fan who revels within the methods of historical magic, long-forgotten traditions, and unusual rituals involving twigs and animal masks can attest, these tales usually begin the identical method, with an outsider getting into a group that instantly lets them know the way not-welcome they’re. So begins Australia’s Witches of Blackwood, starring Cassandra Magrath (2005’s Wolf Creek, important backpacker horror except you’re about to go backpacking, during which case undoubtedly do not watch it) as a girl whose homecoming is much extra uneasy than she’d anticipated.

Here’s the official synopsis, adopted by the brand new trailer:

“The film follows a young woman Claire (Cassandra Magrath) who, following the death of her mother, returns to her hometown, to discover it riddled with witchcraft and overshadowed by a mysterious darkness, steeped in rumors of a soul-stealing entity. As she seeks the truth behind her mother’s death, a confrontation with a coven of witches is the only way to survive.”

The synopsis says her mom’s dying, however that trailer additionally suggests one thing sinister occurred to Claire’s father, as nicely. And it’s very clear that whereas her journey residence wasn’t below nice circumstances to start with, the bigger thriller that awaits her is certainly not what she anticipated to seek out—tales a couple of demon that dwells within the woods and steals youngsters (all the youngsters), and a coven of glassy-eyed witches who appear like they haven’t slept in months. At a sure level, there’s no turning again from discovering the reality, although hopefully Claire gained’t meet a catastrophic destiny, as outsiders in people horror usually do. Hey, we’ve all seen Midsommar and The Wicker Man.

Directed by Kate Whitbread and written by Darren Markey, Witches of Blackwood additionally stars John Voce and Nicholas Denton. It arrives on DVD and digital September 7.

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