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Horror based in deep folk traditions, the genre started with a triumvirate of British films and is now a global phenomenon.

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In Irish folklore and literature dating back to the 1500s, writers from the island nation have written about mythical beings known as β€œFetches” that haunt people whose days are numbered. According to legend, Fetches take on the physical form of the humans they visit β€” and if your own creepy doppelganger visits you in the evening, it means your death is imminent. But if they visit you in the morning, you can prepare yourself for a long life ahead of you.

That mythology is set to come to life in β€œThe Fetch,” a new horror movie debuting at the Austin Film Festival that promises to fuse Irish folklore with modern day scares. According to an official synopsis, the film follows a grieving father who finds himself haunted by the Fetch as he mourns the death of his only son...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That's so fetch.