Analysing Folk Horror Posters - 'Starve Acre'

'Starve Acre'

The poster for 'Starve Acre' contains the following folk horror conventions:

• iconography of nature - muted colours, animal, tree roots (and a human hand) suggest a sacrifice to the earth (the rabbit/hare has tree roots growing out of it)
• an isolated location far from civilisation (and, therefore, help)
• reference to the director (Ari Aster) noted for making films from the sub-genre
• the title of the film - 'Starve Acre' - is mysterious and connotes folk horror
• the font is serif, and ancient looking - linking to myth, legend, a simpler and less civilised time
• the review directly references the sub-genre - 'folk horror fans' - and uses language associated with the sub-genre' - 'creepy'
• films referenced in the review can be classed as belonging to the sub-genre - 'The Wicker Man' and 'Rosemary's Baby'