folk horror
145 movies and shows
Midsommar
Wed, 03 Jul 2019
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
The Ritual
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
The Witch
Fri, 19 Feb 2016
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
The Devil's Bath
Fri, 08 Mar 2024
In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts, until the possibility of committing a shocking act of violence seems like the only way out of her inner prison.
The Wailing
Thu, 12 May 2016
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Petaka Gunung Gede
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Maya and Ita, two best friends who were climbing Mount Gede, suddenly experienced an unexpected event. When everyone blamed Ita for breaking a myth, Maya didn't believe it. Does this mean her friend must bear such a tragic consequence? Or is there something else that Ita has done, causing her to endure such cruel punishment and terror? Maya is determined to find the answer to save the life of her beloved friend.
The Medium
Wed, 14 Jul 2021
A documentary crew heads to Thailand’s Isan region to interview Nim, a shaman who believes she is inhabited by the spirit of the ancestral goddess Ba Yan. As her niece, Mink, begins displaying odd behavior, disturbing events start to challenge the community’s beliefs, suggesting a darker force may be at play.
Daddy's Head
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Thu, 08 Aug 2019
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Lord of Misrule
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
When the daughter of the town's new priest goes missing during the harvest festival, a desperate search begins, uncovering the town's dark history and resurfacing tales of a mysterious, malevolent spirit that demands sacrifice.
The Wicker Man
Thu, 06 Dec 1973
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Antlers
Thu, 28 Oct 2021
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.
The Damned
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving villagers’ supplies.
Blair Witch
Thu, 15 Sep 2016
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
D@bbe: The Possession
Fri, 02 Aug 2013
Preparing for her wedding, Kübra gets possessed by unknown livings. To cure Kübra, a psychiatrist, Ebru, gets on way. Ebru is also an old friend of Kübra. Ebru would work together with an exorcist to save Kübra. Just when things seemed to be going well, everything start going horribly wrong.
Apostle
Fri, 21 Sep 2018
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
The Borderlands
Fri, 28 Mar 2014
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Fri, 27 Oct 2000
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Gretel & Hansel
Thu, 30 Jan 2020
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Impetigore
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.