A folklorist chases a ghost story so hard he becomes one. Meta-horror before meta-horror was cool.
A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in his task. The film tells its fictional story in documentary style, featuring interviews with real folklore scholars.
Direction
Eagles blurs documentary and fiction with disturbing ease
Writing
Real scholars lend uncomfortable authenticity to fake legend
Director
Bill Eagles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Predates The Blair Witch Project by five years and Cannibal Holocaust's influence on mockumentary horror by decades—yet remains virtually unknown.
Ron Rifkin's performance as Pulling reportedly confused actual BBC viewers who wrote in asking about the 'missing folklorist.'
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