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22nd Jan 2019

The first trailer for HBO’s new horror anthology show is here and it is TERRIFYING

Keeley Ryan

Who needs sleep, anyways?

HBO is debuting a brand new horror anthology series – and it looks absolutely terrifying.

Folklore will take place across six Asian countries: Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, according to Entertainment Weekly

Each hour within the six-episode miniseries will be based around the myths and folklore of one of the countries – and bring to life some of their notorious myths and folklore.

Every one f the episodes will feature a different director and will take place in the country’s language.

For example, the episode set in Indonesia – A Mother’s Love – follows a mum and her young son who discover a group of dirty and underfed children living in the attic of a mansion. They return them to their families, thinking they have saved them.

However, it turns out that a creature named Wewe Gombel had taken the children into her care – and she’s not too happy to find them missing…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b75t37CtLYo

The episode set in Malaysia, Toyol, follows a Member of Parliament (MP) of a fishing town turns to a mysterious woman who possesses shamanistic powers in order to salvage his town’s dire economic situation.

She fixes all his problems and the two soon become lovers. However, the woman has a dark secret that threatens to destroy his life.

The rest of the episodes sound equally as chilling – we’re not going to spoil any other details, though. You can check out the trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc69XxZNL68

Folklore will premiere on February 1 on HBO in North America. An Irish date has not yet been set – but we’d imagine this will definitely be headed for Sky Atlantic at some point.

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