7:00 PM // The Wind (2018) is a rare, atmospheric blend of a traditional Western and chilling psychological folk horror told from a striking female perspective. Caitlin Gerard delivers an intense, commanding lead performance as Lizzy, a resourceful pioneer woman fighting isolation on the harsh 19th-century American frontier. Director Emma Tammi and writer Teresa Sutherland flip the usually male-dominated Western tropes to explore themes of prairie madness, postpartum depression, and isolation. There is an unsettling ambiguity as the movie smartly blurs the line between supernatural demonic possession and the psychological toll of crushing loneliness; keeping you guessing whether the horrors are real or imagined and Lyn Moncrief’s stunning cinematography offers sweeping, desolate landscape shots that capture both the stark beauty and suffocating dread of the open plains.

9:00 PM // Enys Men (2022) is a hypnotic, experimental art-house folk horror experience that prioritizes raw atmosphere and tactile 16mm aesthetics over a traditional plot.: Director Mark Jenkin shot the film silently on vintage 16mm film stock and layered every sound effect in post-production, giving it the authentic feel of a forgotten 1970s relic. Rather than relying on jump scares, the movie builds a slow, uncanny dread through the hypnotic, repetitive daily routines of its main character.The film just resonates unease and begs for multiple viewings to unpack all the layers as it functions as a poetic, abstract meditation on isolation, grief, and the relationship between human memory and the landscape.

Introduced by eco-gothic specialist Dr. Dorothy Calabro of Auburn University's Department of English.