Best Folk Horror Movies & Films Subgenre
Top 37 must-see best folk horror movies from folk horror movies, including Tumbbad, The Witch, Hereditary, When Evil Lurks, You Wont Be Alone, The Wailing, Impetigore, Huesera, The Ugly Stepsister, and Satan's Slaves ranked and rated by score.
Folk Horror Movies List
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61). The Old Ways (2020) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: The Old Ways (2020)
Score: 6.38/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,880 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Supernatural, Twisted Mystery, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Folk Horror, Religion, Satanic, Western, Wilderness, Witchcraft
The Old Ways is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated...
Director: Christopher Alender
Stars: Brigitte Kali Canales, Andrea Cortés, Julia Vera, Sal Lopez, AJ Bowen
62). Boys from County Hell (2020) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Boys from County Hell (2020)
Score: 6.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,250 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 5.6/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
Tagline: Hard work never killed anyone. Until now...
Director: Chris Baugh
Stars: Jack Rowan, Nigel O`Neill, Nigel O''Neill, Louisa Harland, Michael Hough
63). The Lair of the White Worm (1988) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 16,884 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | Metascore: 6.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $1,189,315
Plot / Synopsis: Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating...
Director: Ken Russell
Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis
64). The Ritual (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
What We Thought of The Ritual
Score: 6.33/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 134,351 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.4/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: TV-MA
The Ritual is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them...
Director: David Bruckner
Stars: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton, Paul Reid
65). Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.32/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,921 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Cabin in the Woods, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Female Revenge, Folk Horror, Teens, Urban Legend, Wilderness, Witchcraft
Plot / Synopsis: In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.Tagline: The fairytale is over...
Director: Michael Cohn
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis, Brian Glover
66). 8 (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: 0
Plot / Synopsis: Bankruptcy forces William Ziel to return to the farm he inherited from his estranged father in an attempt to start a new life with his young, fragmented family. Lazarus, the farm hand who took care of William's father Frederick in his lonely final hours, reappears soon after William, Sarah and adopted daughter Mary, arrive at Hemelop- Aarde. A supposed...
Director: Harold Holscher
Stars: Tshamano Sebe, Inge Beckmann, Keita Luna, Garth Breytenbach, Chris April
67). The Offering (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,145 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A family struggling with loss finds themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon trying to destroy them from the inside.
The ancient demon Abyzou is in The Offering movie...
Director: Oliver Park
Stars: Paul Kaye, Nick Blood, Allan Corduner, Emm Wiseman, Jonathan Yunger
68). Iron Lung (2026) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Iron Lung (2026)
Score: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 18,573 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $34,960,000
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future after "The Quiet Rapture" event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the "Iron Lung" to search for missing stars/planets...
69). Perpetrator (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.27/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,598 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | Metascore: 6.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Folk Horror, Mutants, Teens, Witchcraft
Perpetrator is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
Director: Jennifer Reeder
Screenwriter: Jennifer Reeder
Starring: Kiah McKirnan, Alicia...
Director: Jennifer Reeder
Stars: Josh Bywater, Taylor Kinkead, Avery Holliday, Casimere Jollette, Sasha Kuznetsov
70). The Hallow (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on The Hallow (2015)
Score: 6.24/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 19,496 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | Metascore: 6.5/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $13,906
Plot / Synopsis: Corin Hardy's The Hallow (2015), aka The Woods (2015), is a very ancient world scary film. Mankind has always been scared of the unknown that lurks in the woods and this horror film emerges us in that fact. Imagine that, in New England, there was a place where the evil fairies and banshees were, and they felt threatened. A new...
Director: Corin Hardy
Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley, Gary Lydon
71). Jug Face (2013) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,173 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit.
Tagline: The Pit Wants What It Wants...
Director: Chad Crawford Kinkle
Stars: Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, Larry Fessenden, Katie Groshong
72). The Woods (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.15/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,228 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her estranged parents.
Tagline: Every high school has its secrets...
Director: Lucky McKee
Stars: Agnes Bruckner, Emma Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Birkell
73). Unwelcome (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.13/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,001 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $21,284
Creatures, Haunted House, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Cursed, Folk Horror, Haunted House - Cursed, Home Invasion, Isolation, Pregnancy, Wilderness
Plot / Synopsis: Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare of London to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. Heavily pregnant, Maya is soon targeted by the goblins and the family she befriended after forgetting to make sure the creatures are fed. Who -...
Director: Jon Wright
Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Kristian Nairn, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Jamie-Lee O`Donnell
74). Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,501 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Supernatural, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Cursed Images, Dangerous Exploration, Folk Horror, Meta, Paranormal Proof
Plot / Synopsis: In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
Tagline: Follow the tapes...
Director: Jacob Gentry
Stars: Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Chris Sullivan, Anthony E. Cabral, Richard Cotovsky
75). Antichrist (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Antichrist (2009)
Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 142,023 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.3/10 | Metascore: 4.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $404,122
Plot / Synopsis: A grieving couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the subject of evil forces during a cabin getaway shortly after their son has died in this horror film from auteur Lars von Trier...
Director: Lars von Trier
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
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