Folk Horror – White Rose of Avalon

My Current Top 10 Favorite Films of All Time

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s blog post, I have decided to share my updated list of my top ten favorite films of all time. Over the last several weeks, I have been thinking about what my absolute favorite films are more and more, so I thought I…

November 4, 2025

We Need to Talk About ‘The Lair of the White Worm’ (1988): Full Spoilers Review & Magical Media Analysis

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s blog post, I will be sharing my spoiler review and analysis of the 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm, based on a story by Bram Stoker. In particular, I want to dig into the Snake folklore and the Serpentine Vampires…

September 10, 2025

We Need to Talk About ‘The Ugly Stepsister’

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is a spoiler-filled review of the brand new Norwegian horror film The Ugly Stepsister. I chose to include spoilers because in order to fully unpack how incredibly done the film is, I need to talk about plot points and how they…

May 12, 2025

Folk Horror and the Feminine Experience

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. This week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post is about how Folk Horror depicts the Feminine Experience! I will explore this topic by briefly looking at five different films that show aspects of the Feminine Experience in Folk Horror. I have broken this into…

January 24, 2025

‘Slewfoot’ Book Review

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is a review of the Folk Horror novel Slewfoot by Brom. This is a book that has been on my radar since it was released in 2021, and I am delighted to have finally read this novel! I actually spent all…

November 17, 2024

‘Hansel and Gretel’ & the Horrors of Childhood

Welcome to day five of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is about Hansel and Gretel and the horrors of childhood, but in particular, the focus will be on the cannibalism and murder found in the tale! The tale of the brother and sister…

October 29, 2024

My Top 25 Favorite Horror Films!

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is the countdown of my top 25 favorite horror films! This was such a difficult list for me to narrow down, as I have so many favorite horror films. That being said, as I began to hone in on my true…

September 18, 2024

‘True Blood’ Maenad & ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Pagans: A Magical Media Analysis of Folk Horror on Television

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is an examination of the Maenad storyline from True Blood, with The God Who Comes (Dionysus), and the Pagan storyline from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, with the Green Man, and how they relate to Folk Horror! In this Magical Media Analysis, I…

September 17, 2024