David O'Mahony: My folk horror era has happened without me realising

In all likelihood, I probably would have found my way into horror one way or another

Anya Taylor-Joyas Thomasin in A24's 'The Witch'.

I’ve entered my folk horror era.

Sadly, that doesn’t mean I’m about to become that eldritch thing in the woods that leads people — ideally bad ones — to their doom (tempting though that is, just think of the merchandising alone).