
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 Toll
›2020 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan
A socially awkward driver and a weary passenger try to make it to their destination while being haunted by a supernatural threat.

The Last Thing Mary Saw
›R2021 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 88m · Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin
Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

The Field Guide to Evil
›2019 · Horror · 117m · Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Birgit Minichmayr
A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.

Neverlake
›2014 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 86m · Daisy Keeping, Joy Tanner, David Brandon
On a trip home to visit her father, Jenny is thrown into a world of mystery, horror and legend when she is called upon by 3000 year old spirits of the Neverlake to help return their lost artifacts and save the lives of missing children.

Mohawk
›2018 · Action, Thriller · 92m · Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Eamon Farren
A young Mohawk woman and her two lovers battle a squad of American soldiers hell-bent on revenge.

Raven's Hollow
›2022 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 98m · Melanie Zanetti, William Moseley, Kate Dickie
West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community where they find a township guarding a frightening secret.

Shepherd
›R2021 · Horror · 103m · Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss
When a deadly secret rots the mind of a grieving widower, the decision to work alone on a deserted island morphs into a terrifying race to save his sanity and his life.

Satan's Slave
›R1976 · Horror · 90m · Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her wicked uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even those she thought were dead return to haunt her.

The She Beast
›NR1966 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 79m · Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy
A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.

Apprentice to Murder
›PG-131988 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara
Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell of this "doctor" Reese, he will soon discover Reese has murderous plans for his future. Based on a true story.

Toad Road
›NR2013 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 76m · James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Jim Driscoll
Stuck in a dead end town, young James kills time with his druggie friends, engaging in debauched chemical intake to the point of unconsciousness, until he meets Sara, a sweet new arrival to their group. However, Sara wants James to take her further into the world of narcotics experimentation (just as James was contemplating abandoning this lifestyle), and she also wants him to introduce her to the sinister local legend of Toad Road, a spot deep in the forest that is apparently home to the Seven Gates of Hell.

1313: Bigfoot Island
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller · 75m · Adam Ballantyne, Nick Chernoff, Kathryn Collins
On an island in the Pacific Northwest, a young woman calls to ancient spirits in order to right the wrongs inflicted on her. For this she summons the mythical beast that has long been rumored to roam the verdant forests. Nearby, a young man readies a cabin for the arrival of his friends. They’ve been coming to this place every year since they were kids, to relax and shape up before the start of a new college year. Only this time, they’re about to meet their worst nightmare.

The Triangle
›2016 · Mystery, Horror · 94m · Andrew Rizzo, Lee Rizzo, Brick Patrick
Three filmmakers receive an unsettling postcard from an estranged friend living in a secluded commune. The filmmakers take their cameras into the wilderness of Montana to document the mysterious inner workings of the group. On their disconcerting road to self-sufficiency, witnessing something more shocking than they ever imagined.

Mandrake
›NR2022 · Horror · 85m · Deirdre Mullins, Derbhle Crotty, Paul Kennedy
A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
›1999 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · 105m · Brent Carver, Rachelle Lefevre, Vlasta Vrana
Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how can marry her, ultimately, inherit her father's rich estate. Her suitor Brom Bones, the blacksmith, wants to scare him away and dresses up as the legendary Headless Horseman. During the prank, the real ghost appears and drives Ichabod off

The Watchers
›PG-132024 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · 102m · Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré
A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

Children of the Corn
›R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong
A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
›PG-131986 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.

Lost River
›R2015 · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller · 95m · Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery if their family is to survive.

Spell
›R2020 · Thriller, Horror, Fantasy · 91m · Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

Ernest Scared Stupid
›PG1991 · Comedy, Family, Horror · 91m · Jim Varney, Bill Byrge, John Cadenhead
Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.

Lord of Misrule
›NR2023 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 104m · Tuppence Middleton, Jane Wood, Evie Templeton
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.

Matriarch
›R2022 · Horror · 85m · Jemima Rooper, Kate Dickie, Sarah Paul
Afflicted with a mysterious disease after surviving an overdose, a woman returns to her childhood home to confront her personal demons but instead discovers a real one.

Vinyan
›R2008 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah
Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne is convinced she sees him in a film about orphans living in the jungles.
