Blood Feuds and 'Bloodlands': Steven Kastrissios' Albanian Horror-Fantasy

Albania's first horror film – a co-production with Australia – takes the honour-killing code within the historically significant Kanun of Lek and the folkloric witch-vampire figure of the shtriga, and collides them with the plight of a struggling rural family. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas explores not just the story of these piteous characters, but also the one behind the creation of Steven Kastrissios' kitchen-sink horror-fantasy.

Additional keywords:
The Horseman, blood feud, curse.