You Won’t Be Alone
Dir Goran Stolevksi, Serbia/UK 2021 Available on digital platforms
Regular readers of my reviews (hi Dad!) may have noticed my ambivalence to what is commonly referred to as ‘folk horror’, which eschews many common horror tropes in favour of a more meditative approach, dealing with the natural world, paganism, ancient customs and folklore. One of my objections is that folk horror is often presented as a new cultural phenomenon – films cited include The Witch, Midsommar, and Lamb – even though films have been exploring these themes for decades. A second objection is that, in its new incarnation at least, folk horror must be sombre, slow, and above all deadly serious. You Won’t Be Alone falls foul of this second objection.
It’s a tale of witches,
