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The Dance of the Dead (2021)

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The Great Granddaddy of Halloween

According to Celtic legend, fairies were a mythical race of people who were driven into the shadows when a conquering force arrived in their home. On October 31st during Sowin, the Celts would gather around the fire and tell scary stories about these fairies. To the Irish peasant earth and air were filled with those mysterious beings, half loved, half feared by them.

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