The Dark and the Wicked
Why this pick
Its rural setting and relentless sense of unseen evil closely echo The Wind’s austere, oppressive frontier horror, with isolation making every domestic space feel unsafe.
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Why this pick
Its rural setting and relentless sense of unseen evil closely echo The Wind’s austere, oppressive frontier horror, with isolation making every domestic space feel unsafe.
Why this pick
Its female-centered folk-horror atmosphere, pastoral isolation, and steadily intensifying menace fit The Wind’s interest in confinement, fear, and ambiguous supernatural threat.
Why this pick
A remote, weather-beaten location and an old evil give it a similarly bleak folk-horror texture, though its menace is more overt and ensemble-driven than The Wind’s intimate slow burn.
Why this pick
Its 19th-century rural setting and folkloric supernatural presence resonate with The Wind, while its contemplative, sensory approach expands the frontier film’s fascination with loneliness and womanhood.
Why this pick
For The Wind’s stark period setting and crushing portrait of female isolation, this austere folk nightmare offers similarly immersive historical detail and slow-building emotional horror.
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01 / THE STORY
In the 19th Century, a frontierswoman, alone and isolated in the wilderness begins to sense a supernatural presence surrounding her and her apprehension heightens when a newlywed couple arrives, setting a shocking chain of events into motion.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Emma Harper

Gideon Harper

Isaac Macklin

The Reverend
Lizzy Macklin