Blood of the Crops

Blood of the Crops

2023 · 14 min · Horror, History

In rural Ireland in the 1840s, a land dispute makes a man kill his brother. He buries the body at the bottom of his field but soon, his crops begin to die. This earthy horror blends the pagan traditions of the English folk horror cycle with more surreal and paranoid sensibilities, viscerally placing you into the protagonist’s deteriorating mind.

Directed by Rory Carroll · Written by Rory Carroll

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