This book takes an immersive approach, unpacking folk horror’s literary and cinematic roots while showing how those elements translate into roleplaying. It covers the genre’s defining fears, outsiders trespassing into closed communities, ancient forces demanding reverence, and the slow realization that a place, its people, or even reality itself is twisted by something older than memory. Whether it's a story of rustic witchcraft, a settlement hiding a terrible past, or a landscape that turns against those who walk it, this guide offers the tools to make folk horror feel immediate and personal.

This book focuses on folk horror, a genre built on isolation, old traditions, and the creeping sense that something isn’t right. Folk horror thrives on hidden histories, landscapes with a memory, and communities with rules outsiders don’t understand. When a roleplaying setting leans into this genre, the details matter even more. Keeping track of regional superstitions, forbidden places, and the subtle ways fear manifests ensures a setting that feels lived-in rather than thrown together.