Animals of the Land (2026) Fantaspoa 2026

In the early days of humanity a family ends up on the wrong side of their goddess and end up releasing an evil onto the land.

Taken on its own terns this is a good little folk horror film where a group of people who don't know what is lurking outside in the datkness or the way that evil gets in the hearts of men, react when something goes terribly wrong. It's a film that grabs you and drags you along to its ending.

As solid as the narrative is, any issue you may have with the film is going to be determined by how you react to the look of the film. I'm not going to even guess about any sort of historical accuracy because I don't know how that is. At the same time I will question how perfectly barbered and tailored everyone is. I had no trouble accepting its another time and place or what was happening on screen, however I never got past their being actors on screen since everyone and everything looked too perfect and not so lived in.

Dress up factor aside, ANIMALS OF THE LAND is still worth a look, especially if you a fan of folk horror films.

(And do try and see this with good projection in a daken theater because some of the sequences are very dark and dim bulbs will work against the film)