[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Lost Child (2017)

An army veteran returns home to the Ozarks and discovers a child in the woods. As she tries to find out where he is from a strange tale of superstition and abuse unravels.

A slow burning but intelligently told tale of ancient folklore and forest demons not to mention false narratives that is quite powerfully told. It's a beautifully acted piece that's also solidly directed and although the end result isn't really a horror film as such there's a sense of dread and unease throughout that had me enthralled.

Also released with the same artwork under the title Tatterdemalion.

Night of the Eagle (1962)

Not your typical sixties witchcraft movie as it lacks the normal genre tropes of black masses and virgin sacrifice. Instead what plays out is a slow-burn insight into witchcraft in the English countryside. The kind of witchcraft used to manipulate individuals rather than using it to invoke the Devil.

Nicely acted by Peter Wyngard (In perhaps the tightest trousers on film) and Janet Blair and exquisitely shot by Sydney Hayers This is more akin to Tourneur's Night of the Demon (1957) than it has with the ever more lurid horrors manifesting from Hammer at the time.