Synopsis
“A global anthology into dark folklore”
A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 91% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Field Guide to Evil. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2017–2019 India Window
In the crowded 2017-2019 India release window, The Field Guide to Evil sits at #270 of 334. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Field Guide to Evil premiered alongside 103 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 103 other India films in 2018.
The 1533rd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Field Guide to Evil, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- goat · 4
- demonic possession · 2
- anthology · 30
- lesbian relationship · 10
- folk horror · 6
- woman director · 246
- monster · 91
- demon · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,544 of 1,983 India films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Horror productions specifically: #48 of 77 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Austria, Greece, Hungary, India, New Zealand, Poland, Turkey, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Greek, German, English, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian, Hindi |
| Production Companies | Timpson Films, EchoWolf Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | October 11, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt6688354 |
| Official Site | fieldguidetoevil.com |













