I love folk horror, so when I saw that Rubicon Films were going to release a modern folk horror I was very excited. Generally speaking I was impressed with their previous film, Hex, another folk horror set in the English Civil War and I was looking forward to seeing how they have developed as filmmakers. The Droving tells the story of ex-soldier Martin (Daniel Oldroyd) and his quest through some beautiful countryside to find his missing sister. Martin's military history invol

Jaws is not about a shark. The Exorcist is not about a demon. Hex is not about a witch. To be upfront about this, I’m not saying that Hex is in the same league as Jaws and The Exorcist, but there is more ambition in this film than simply being a horror film about a witch. So, if Hex is not about a witch, what is it about? Hex is about tribalism, religion and a divided nation…it might be set in the 1600s, but George Popov and Jonathon Russell—director and co-director—have give