Puffball
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.
Why it matters
A slow-burning folk horror steeped in rural superstition and unsettling atmosphere, where nature’s dark pulse refuses to be tamed.
- Embraces the eerie isolation of the English countryside, evoking the spectral folklore traditions that inspired classics like *The Wicker Man*
- A moody descent into supernatural dread, anchored by a committed lead performance that grounds its creeping strangeness
- Practical effects and naturalistic cinematography build a tactile unease, favoring mood over jump scares
- For fans of folk horror’s meditative tension and occult mysteries, this one’s a quiet, offbeat gem worth seeking out
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
100
Psychological
71
Supernatural
60
Creature
18
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
71
Survival
17
