Frewaka
Fréwaka
After a personal tragedy, nurse Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for a woman with agoraphobia. The woman fears her neighbors as much as she fears the "Na Sídhe," evil beings who she claims kidnapped her decades ago. As a strangely deep connection develops between the two women, Shoo becomes increasingly consumed by the old woman's paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, until she is finally forced to confront the horrors of her own past.
thereelvoice reviewed
April 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.
thereelvoice reviewed
April 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.
