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In the fantasy genre, many heroes are given thrilling and exciting adventures, but sometimes, it's good to read a story from the villain's perspective. Fantasy books are popular in the world of literature, mainly because of their likable heroes and their exciting adventures across magical worlds. The best fantasy franchises of all time are revered thanks to their shocking fantasy book plot twists, great characters, or explorations into different worlds. But in recent years, fantasy villains have proven to be just as popular as the heroes.

The literature of the fantasy genre has evolved in recent years and has seen the release of many books that offer stories from the villain's point of view. A story where the villain is the main protagonist offers the opportunity to see their origins, the motivations behind their twisted schemes and allows readers the chance to question the true boundaries between good and evil.

Filmmaker William Brent Bell‘s latest, Lord of Misrule, bears all the familiar earmarks of folk horror. A peculiar town with Pagan roots, bonfires, masked denizens reveling in harvest rituals, and a pious Christian at the center, scrambling to make sense of it all. It’s that well-trodden but visually lush path that serves as refreshing misdirection in a new folk horror entry that attempts to keep its audience on their toes to varying degrees of success.

Tuppence Middleton stars as Rebecca Holland, a Christian preacher who’s recently moved to the quaint town of Burrow with husband Henry (Matt Stokoe) and daughter Grace (Evie Templeton). Burrow accepted her with mostly open arms, attending her sermons weekly and demonstrating patience for Rebecca’s wariness over their Fall harvest festival that’s named Grace as the “Harvest Angel.” Just as soon as Grace is revealed to be a bit of a sociopathic animal abuser,...