Sub-genre
Folk Horror
🌾 Every folk horror title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
532 titles
The Twilight ZoneSeries
›TV-PG1959 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama · 5 seasons · Rod Serling
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Almighty JohnsonsSeries
›2011 · Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 3 seasons · Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman, Shane Cortese
The four Johnson brothers have inherited the powers of the Norse gods. Because the gods lived eons ago, however, time has diluted the powers. The unique ability that each brother possesses isn't very strong, and they still have the same desires and faults that mortals do. Their lives include sibling rivalry, trying to get girls, and hanging out; but they also want to be stronger, and so they embark on a quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy in hope of gaining the full strength of their abilities.
FROMSeries
›TV-MA2022 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons · Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ricky He
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
Night of the Demon
›NR1957 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · 96m · Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Sinners
›R2025 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 138m · Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
The Wicker Man
›R1973 · Horror · 93m · Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
Midnight MassSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Hamish Linklater, Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel
The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.
YellowjacketsSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
›R1974 · Horror · 83m · Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Weapons
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 129m · Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Hereditary
›R2018 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 128m · Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
An American Werewolf in London
›R1981 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 97m · David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
›R2026 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 109m · Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
HavenSeries
›TV-142010 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 5 seasons · Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
ThemSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 2 seasons · Deborah Ayorinde, Pam Grier, Luke James
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
The Devils
›R1971 · Drama, History, Horror · 112m · Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
A charismatic 17th-century French priest becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.
Cat People
›NR1942 · Mystery, Horror, Romance · 73m · Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
Storm of the CenturySeries
›TV-141999 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino
When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.
The Witch
›R2016 · Horror · 92m · Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
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.
Bone Tomahawk
›NR2015 · Drama, Horror, Western · 133m · Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Bring Her Back
›R2025 · Horror · 104m · Billy Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Mischa Heywood
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
Hokum
›R2026 · Horror · 108m · Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot
When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
›NR1959 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
The Devil Rides Out
›G1968 · Horror · 96m · Christopher Lee, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.