Starve Acre, a 2023 folk horror film currently streaming on Shudder, is being highlighted as one of the standout entries in the genre from the past decade, despite receiving relatively little attention on release. Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and set in 1970s Yorkshire, the film distinguishes itself from genre touchstones like The Wicker Man and Midsommar by foregrounding dread and grief rather than the slow-burn mystery typical of folk horror, forcing audiences to confront tragedy early rather than piecing together ominous symbolism.

The film stars Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Morfydd Clark (Rings of Power, Saint Maud) as Richard and Juliette, a couple who return to Richard's childhood home to help their son Owen's severe asthma, only for Owen's behaviour to worsen disturbingly, including an incident involving a horse. As the family confronts death and an unsettling connection to a figure named "Jack Grey" from Richard's own troubled childhood, the story uses archaeology, buried folklore symbols and a menacing hare to explore inherited trauma and abuse, with both Richard and Juliette drawn towards different reckonings with grief and the supernatural.