
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

Witches of Blackwood
›2020 · Thriller, Horror · 78m · Cassandra Magrath, John Voce, Nicholas Denton
When Claire returns to her hometown, she discovers her former home riddled with terrifying witchcraft, the town in the grip of fear, decay, and madness.

Perpetrator
›2023 · Horror · 101m · Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Chris Lowell
Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her eighteenth 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.

Jikirag
›2022 · Horror · 120m · Tracey Roath, Alexander J. Baxter, Roy Campsall
A pagan village, founded on the bones of both innocent and foul, is deeply rooted within the heart of an ancient Eden. When a balance of flesh and soil decays, the last surviving village elder battles madness and the macabre to save her people from not only themselves, but the monstrous judgement that burrows up from below.

The Devonsville Terror
›NR1983 · Horror · 82m · Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Donald Pleasence
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on them.

Wild Eyed and Wicked
›PG-132024 · Horror, Fantasy, Drama · 99m · Molly Kunz, Michael X. Sommers, Colleen Camp
Lily Pierce is sick of being haunted. She decides to reconnect with her estranged father, a disgraced history professor, and learn how to draw upon a time of steel and blade when armor-clad knights rode out and dueled their monsters to the death.

Lord of Tears
›2013 · Drama, Horror · 100m · David Schofield, Alexandra Nicole Hulme, Euan Douglas
Lord of Tears tells the story of James Findlay, a school teacher plagued by recurring nightmares of a mysterious and unsettling entity. Suspecting that his visions are linked to a dark incident in his past, James returns to his childhood home, a notorious mansion in the Scottish Highlands, where he uncovers the disturbing truth behind his dreams, and must fight to survive the brutal consequences of his curiosity.

Brute 1976
›2024 · Horror · 105m · Adriane McLean, Sarah French, Gigi Gustin
In 1976 a group of people in the desert for a photo shoot, stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. But they are not alone. A family of masked psychopaths have claimed Savage as their own and are hell bent on living up to its name.

Viking: The Berserkers
›2014 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Sol Heras, Anthony Baines, Kezia Burrows
The Hunger Games heads back to the Dark Ages when a group of five young Saxons is captured by a clan of fearsome Viking warriors and used as prey in a ritualistic manhunt. High on a potion that turns them "berserk" the brutal hunters are soon on the scent of the terrified youngsters in a desperate battle for survival from the ritualistic manhunt. Written and directed by Welsh film-maker Antony Smith.

The Lords of Salem
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

The Lodgers
›R2017 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 93m · Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon
1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.

The Dark
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 87m · Maria Bello, Sean Bean, Abigail Stone
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.

Hold Your Breath
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 94m · Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.

The Devil's Hand
›PG-132014 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Rufus Sewell, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Adelaide Kane
Five young Amish girls accused of being Satan's children must fight for their lives when their devout community elders insist they be "cleansed" before turning 18.

Skinwalker Ranch
›R2013 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Steve Berg, Kyle Davis, Erin Cahill
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s eight-year-old son Cody on November 11, 2010. Close to a year later, Modern Defense Enterprises has sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences, which only escalate upon their arrival. Tensions rise as the team must decide how far they will go to unlock the mysteries of “Skinwalker Ranch.” The group debates whether the answers are worth risking their lives for, or if they should just call off the investigation and leave the ranch—that is, if leaving is actually an option…

Dark Touch
›2013 · Horror · 90m · Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Charlotte Flyvholm
Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.

The Last Broadcast
›NR1998 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · David Beard, Jim Seward, Stefan Avalos
In December 1995, a four-man team from the public-access program, "Fact or Fiction", braved the New Jersey's desolate Pine Barrens determined to deliver a live broadcast of the legendary Jersey Devil. Only one came out alive. It took the jury ninety minutes to sentence the lone survivor to life in prison. One year later, a filmmaker decides to mount his own investigation...

Primal Rage
›2018 · Horror · 106m · Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Jameson Pazak
A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.

The Seeding
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Scott Haze, Kate Lyn Sheil, Charlie Avink
When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.

Becoming
›2020 · Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller · 98m · Toby Kebbell, Penelope Mitchell, Jason Patric
A couple on a road trip through America encounter a terrifying dark force older than the country itself. An evil that transforms loved ones into someone terrifying, the entity has left a trail of murdered families going back hundreds of years.

Hack-O-Lantern
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Hy Pyke, Gregory Scott Cummins, Katina Garner
When Tommy was a boy, he saw his grandpa, the leader of a vicious satanic cult, murder his father in a brutal ritual on Halloween night. Now he is 18, and grandpa is ready to indoctrinate him into the ways of the black arts.

A Banquet
›2022 · Horror · 97m · Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.

The Nameless Days
›2022 · Horror · 92m · Alexia Ioannides, Charles Halford, Andrew Roach
Young immigrant Rahui and his pregnant sister are attacked and separated by a demonic spirit as they embark on a dangerous trek across the U.S. border. Injured but determined to survive, Rahui must rescue his sister before the demon takes the one thing she was denied in life–a baby.

The Cellar
›PG-131989 · Horror · 86m · Patrick Kilpatrick, Chris Miller, Suzanne Savoy
A young boy finds an ancient Comanche monster spirit in the basement of his home. His parents don't believe him, so he must kill the monster alone.

Little Necro Red
›2019 · Horror · 75m · Victoria Hopkins, Lucy Drive, Peter Cogrove
Angela's daughter, Annie (aka "Little Red"), mysteriously disappeared, but the police never found her body.
