Best Folk Horror Movies & Films Subgenre

Plot / Synopsis: Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves...

Plot / Synopsis: A trio of teenage miscreants are given one last chance to turn their lives around by completing the Duke of Edinburgh Award trek across the highlands. Along for ride is one little overachiever who is in this for the opportunity to pad his CV. They don't have anything in common, but the ragtag quartet are dropped in the middle...

Plot / Synopsis: Candyman (2021) is now releasing on August 27, 2021, earlier than the previous October 1, 2021 release date. A "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 horror film 'Candyman' that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began. Candyman was scheduled for a September 25, 2020 release but is pushed back to an October 16, 2020 release date...

Plot / Synopsis: Polish director Marcin Wrona committed suicide after filming Demon (2015), a film about a dybbuk demon (dibbuk). This demon-possession happens around the time of the man's wedding. Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Zulewska, and Andrzej Grabowski star in Demon...

Plot / Synopsis: A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside...

Plot / Synopsis: After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. Tagline: Basic switch. Killer new look...

Plot / Synopsis: Feature adaptation of the video game where werewolves attack a small town...

Plot / Synopsis: A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter. Tagline: You'll believe it when you see it!...

Plot / Synopsis: A team of Vatican investigators descends upon a church in a remote area to demystify the unusual happenings, but what they discover is more disturbing than they had first imagined. Tagline: Don't Lose Your Way...

Plot / Synopsis: Deep inside the mountain of Dovre, Norway, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway, with city-dweller struggling to stop something they thought existed only in Norwegian folklore. Tagline: Mountains Will Move...

Plot / Synopsis: In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged. A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have...

Plot / Synopsis: An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Tagline: Don't bury me...I'm not dead!...

Plot / Synopsis: A woman's tight-knit Jewish community that is besieged by foreign invaders. Turning to Jewish mysticism, she conjures a dangerous creature to protect her and her people. However, her creation may be more evil than she ever imagined...

Plot / Synopsis: A Field in England (2013) was originally released in the UK in 2013 but will be getting a limited theatrical run this February 7, 2014. Ben Wheatley directs Michael Smiley, Julian Barratt and Reece Shearsmith. Not to sure about this movie from the synopsis alone but I heard it is an okay horror movie. A 17th-century alchemist captures a small...

Plot / Synopsis: The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter. Tagline: Beware Those You Love the Most...