Top 13 must-see new southern gothic movies from southern gothic movies, including The Devil and the Daylong Brothers, A House on the Bayou, Motherly, Honeydew, Blood Quantum, Villains, Matriarch, Hatchet III, Hatchet II, and Hatchet ranked and rated by release date, new southern gothic movie releases first.
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Plot / Synopsis: Deep in the kudzu-choked backwaters of the American South, three brothers set out on a blood-soaked quest for revenge against their father, who sold their souls to the Devil before they were born...
Plot / Synopsis: Follows a troubled couple and their daughter who go on vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family. But when unexpected visitors arrive, the unity starts to unravel...
Director: Alex McAulay Stars: Lia McHugh, Angela Sarafyan, Paul Schneider, Jacob Lofland, Lauren Richards
Plot / Synopsis: Kate (Lora Burke) and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
Tagline: What would you do for your child?...
Director: Craig David Wallace Stars: Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine
Plot / Synopsis: Strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son...
Director: Devereux Milburn Stars: Sawyer Spielberg, Malin Barr, Barbara Kingsley, Stephen D''Ambrose, Jamie Bradley
Plot / Synopsis: The term "blood quantum" refers to a colonial blood measurement system that is used to determine an individual's Indigenous status, and is criticized as a tool of control and erasure of Indigenous peoples. The words take on even more provocative implications as the title of Jeff Barnaby's sophomore feature, which grimly depicts an apocalyptic scenario where in an isolated...
Director: Jeff Barnaby Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Olivia Scriven
Plot / Synopsis: After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sad**tic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out...
Directors: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Blake Baumgartner, Jeffrey Donovan, Kyra Sedgwick
Plot / Synopsis: An expecting Mother (Rachel) and husband (Matt) crash their car in the countryside and are offered shelter by a farmer and his wife. Rachel soon realizes the farmer's children are in fact stolen. Just as they try to escape from the farm Rachel goes into labor.....Tagline: She Wants The Life You Give...
Director: Scott Vickers Stars: Charlie Blackwood, Julie Hannan, Scott Vickers, Alan Cuthbert, Briony Monroe
Plot / Synopsis: Danielle Harris plays traumatized Marybeth teams up with a small-town policeman (Zach Galligan) and his ex-wife (Caroline Williams) to bury a deformed psychopath. Kane Hodder plays Victor Crowley and is the primary target for a band of gun wielding mercenaries. Will Victor get the upper hand in the shadowy Louisiana swamp...
Plot / Synopsis: Scream Queen Danielle Harris takes over the role originated by Tamara Feldman in writer/director Adam Green's eagerly-anticipated sequel to the retro horror hit that introduced audiences to Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder), a psychotic, hideously deformed swamp-dweller who doesn't take kindly to uninvited guests...
Director: Adam Green Stars: Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Parry Shen, Tom Holland
Plot / Synopsis: When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Tagline: It's not a remake. It's not a sequel. And it's not based on a Japanese one...
Director: Adam Green Stars: Joel David Moore, Amara Zaragoza, Deon Richmond, Kane Hodder, Mercedes McNab
Plot / Synopsis: A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.Tagline: Gejagt. Ermordet. Zur Schau gestellt. (Hunted.Murdered.Displayed.)...
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki
Plot / Synopsis: A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.Tagline: It can open any door...
Director: Iain Softley Stars: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant
Plot / Synopsis: A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.Tagline: The Most Seductive Evil of All Time Has Now Been Unleashed in Ours...
Director: Patrick Lussier Stars: Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Vitamin C
Plot / Synopsis: The Candyman arrives in New Orleans and sets his sights on a young woman whose family was ruined by the immortal killer years before.
Tagline: Evil comes when you call his name...
Director: Bill Condon Stars: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O''Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark