Frewaka
Fréwaka
6.196%
Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
thereelvoice reviewedApril 30, 2025
Fréwaka is an effective folk horror that plays on atmosphere and mood more than bloody jump scares. Layers are peeled back as ideas of trauma bonding and mental health are explored. It makes for an uneasy watch as we all wonder what is coming for us when we finally reach an elderly stage in life. And moving through the narrative, Fréwaka pushes the viewer to think about unresolved familial strife and how this may carry into something ugly. This film is eerie, not just because of its imagery, score and tense atmosphere. It’s scary because it nudges you into the feeling that your unresolved trauma has unforeseen consequences.