T. S. Eliot's declaration illuminates the commonalities shared by these eight short horror films, based upon folktales from eight different countries (Austria, Turkey, Poland, United States, Greece, India, Germany, and Hungary). They are usually centered around children, the elderly, the disabled, the deformed and animals. The settings are often natural ones: forests, fields, streams, and ponds. More importantly, they share skillful direction, writing, acting, cinematography and music direction done at a high level. The terror to be found in the banality of everyday life, our remoteness from God and the proximity of the diabolical are shared themes.
Review of The Field Guide to Evil
