History Film / TheFieldGuideToEvil

* BrotherSisterIncest: Strongly implied between Xaver and Anni in "A Nicturnal Breath", and almost certainly the reason for Anni's [[DemonicPossession possession by the drude]].

* ForHalloweenIAmGoinAsMyself: In "What Ever Happened to Paganus the Pagan?", the goblin attempts to mingle with drunken revelers who are dressed in pagan costumes of animal skins and horns. His masquerade does not last long.

''The Field Guide To Evil'' is a 2018 anthology horror film produced by Legion M.] Eight film makers from different countries bring stories or folk tales from their country to the anthology. The stories and filmmakers come from Hungary (Peter Strickland), Austria (Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala), Germany (Katrin Gebbe), Greece (Yannis Veslemes), India (Ashim Ahluwalia), Poland (Agnieszka Smoczynska), Turkey (Can Evrenol), and the United States (Calvin Reeder).

* "The Sinful Women of Höllfall" centres around an isolated community of women in the 19th century, where two of the women fall for each other resulting into a sin that an evil entity won’t forgive.

* "Beware the Melon Heads" revolves around an American family that moves to a cabin in the woods, but when their son meets an “imaginary” friend, things take a dark, creepy turn.

* CannibalTribe: "Beware the Melon Heads" is based upon legends of a cannibalistic tribe of children with oversized craniums said to dwell in the American north woods.

* NotSoImaginaryFriend: In "Beware the Melon Heads", Arnold meets a boy named William in the woods: dressed in dirty clothes and with his head hidden from view. His parents assume that William is a new imaginary friend. Unfortunately for them, William is all too real.

* TripTrap: In "Beware the Melon Heads", Chris trips over a tripwire set by the Melon Heads and slams his head into a rock: leaving him easy prey for the cannibal children.

* EvilDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: "What Ever Happened to Panagas the Pagan?" takes place at Christmas.

* OurGeniesAreDifferent: In Haunted by Al Karisi, the Childbirth Djinn", the eponymous djinn manifests as a goat and passes judgement on a pregnant teenager, later possessing the girl's invalid mother-in-law wreak vengeance on her.

* GoMadeFromTheRevelation: What happens to Gentry in "The Palace of Horrors". Henry, who was behind Gentry and only saw the king in shadow, goes mad for several months and remains mentally fragile for the rest of his life. Gentry never exits the king's chamber.

* DwarvesAreSurreal: In "The Palace of Horrors", the jailer of the dungeons of the palace is a dwarf, which just adds to the surrealism of palace.

* 'The Melon Heads" revolves around an American family that moves to a cabin in the woods, but when their son meets an “imaginary” friend, things take a dark, creepy turn.

* AnimalSpy: In "The Cobbler's Lot", Princess Boglarka sends her pet raven to spy on Tivadar on his quest to see if he succumbs to the temptations of the loosestrife pool.

* GenuineHumanHide: In "The Kindler and the Virgin", the Kindler skins the belly of the dead virgin. He later explains to the court that he intended to make a drumskin from it and present the drum to the emperor: who would become undefeatable once it was sounded.

* TripWire: In "Beware the Melon Heads", Chris trips over a tripwire set by the Melon Heads and slams his head into a rock: leaving him easy prey for the cannibal children.

* CannibalTribe: "The Melon Heads" is based upon legends of a cannibalistic tribe of children with oversized craniums said to dwell in the American north woods.

* NotSoImaginaryFriend: In "The Melon Heads", Arnold meets a boy named William in the woods: dressed in dirty clothes and with his head hidden from view. His parents assume that William is a new imaginary friend. Unfortunately for them, William is all too real.

* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: In "The Sinful Women of Höllfall", the Trud is monster that is attracted to sin. After Kathi's sexual liasion with Valerie, the Trud appears in her bedroom.

* OurGeniesAreDifferent: In Haunted by Al Karisi, the Childbirth Djinn", the eponymous djinn manifests as a goat and passes judgement on a pregnant teenager, later possessing the girl's invalid mother-in-law wreak vengeance on her.

* EyeScream: In "Haunted by Al Karisi,the Childbirth Djinn", Songul has a nightmare in which she sees her mother-in-law about to stab her infant son through the eye with a hairpin. Later, she returns to the house and finds the bloodied hairpin lying on the kitchen counter...

* "Haunted by Al Karisi,the Childbirth Djinn" is about a pregnant teenager who’s taking care of her disabled grandma, until she starts mistreating her. The consequences for the teenager and her baby will be terrible.

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