'The Occupant of the Room' by Kier-La Janisse & 'To Fire You Come at Last'

“The Occupant of the Room” 2025, Dir. Kier-La Janisse, 30 Mins, Severin Films, Canada

A schoolteacher’s late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest — leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences. The narrative debut of Kier-La Janisse, director of the SXSW award-winning documentary WOODLANDS DARK and DAYS BEWITCHED: A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR, and author of the pioneering horror memoir House of Psychotic Women, is based on the classic chiller of the same name by Algernon Blackwood,

"To Fire You Come At Last" 2023, Dir Sean Hogan, 45 Mins, Severin Films, UK/USA

Invoking the spirits of folk horror classics like THE WICKER MAN and EYES OF FIRE, TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST is a striking black-and-white tale of the grief of loss and the powers of communal belief. Set in 17th century England, a mourning father asks a group of men to help him carry the body of his son to a nearby cemetery for burial. The men are afraid to take the path at night, but they relent when the father doubles their pay and sets them on a journey towards unknown darkness. With its oppressive atmosphere and strong technical craft, modern folk horror has a new dark horse in the race for the best with TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST.

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