
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

Black Forest
›PG2012 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Tinsel Korey, Dhafer L'Abidine, Andy Clemence
Tourists trapped in an enchanted forest do battle with evil fairy tale creatures.

Werewolves on Wheels
›R1971 · Action, Horror · 85m · Steve Oliver, Donna Anderson, Gene Shane
A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. When the monks try to persuade one of the female bikers, Helen, to become a satanic sacrifice the bikers smash up the monastery and leave. The monks have the last laugh, though, as Helen, as a result of the satanic rituals, is now possessed and at night changes into a werewolf, with dire results for the biker gang.

Red Billabong
›2016 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 113m · Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green
In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares - But is it just - A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?

The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill
›PG-132013 · Horror · 88m · Michael G. Bartlett, Kevin Gates, Craig Stovin
In March 1963, a black mass was held at a ruined church in Clophill, Bedfordshire by a coven of dark witches. Tombs were looted, animals sacrificed and human bones arranged during a macabre ceremony. Further defilements continued at Clophill in the following years, with cattle in nearby fields found mutilated, evidence of necromancy discovered and perpetual sightings of paranormal activity witnessed at the isolated ruin. 50 years on from the original incident, the Clophill legend remains etched on the psyches of the local populace. In 2010, a documentary team was assembled to investigate the legend of the Clophill witches and to try and uncover the truth behind the paranormal events. What followed during that long weekend at Clophill was a terrifying journey into the unknown.

The Dead One
›PG-132007 · Horror, Thriller, Romance · 90m · Wilmer Valderrama, Angie Cepeda, Joel David Moore
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.

Swamp Devil
›2008 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 90m · Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright
SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization that her father is wanted for murder. As Melanie digs a little more deeply into the stories of the past, she uncovers a tale wound about the town like Spanish moss, composed of secrets and lies, murder and revenge.

Meet Me There
›2014 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Dustin Runnels, Lisa Friedrich, Micheal Foulk
After several years of sexual dysfunction, Ada and her boyfriend, Calvin travel to her hometown in rural Oklahoma in hopes of piecing together her fragmented childhood memories. They find their answers, but can they find their way back home?

Pay the Ghost
›2015 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronica Ferres
One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

The Front Room
›R2024 · Horror · 95m · Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter
Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

Ghoul
›2015 · Thriller, Horror · 86m · Jennifer Armour, Jeremy Isabella, Paul S. Tracey
A small group of Americans travel to Ukraine to film a documentary about the cannibalism epidemic that swept through the country during the famine of 1932. After being lured deep into the Ukrainian forest for an interview with one of the last known survivors, they quickly find themselves trapped in a supernatural hunting ground.

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
›PG-131989 · Horror, Comedy, Adventure · 89m · Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Waldron
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.

The Parish
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Sanae Loutsis, Bill Oberst Jr., Angela DiMarco
Strange events plague a recently widowed woman and her young daughter when they move to a small town.

Goblin
›2010 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 92m · Gil Bellows, Tracy Spiridakos, Camille Sullivan
Every Halloween, a small hamlet in the deep woods is visited by a fierce goblin, intent on capturing infants and brutally murdering anyone in its path.

Blood Tide
›1982 · Adventure, Horror, Action · 82m · James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova
An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.

Bloat
›R2025 · Horror · 87m · Ben McKenzie, Bojana Novaković, Sawyer Jones
After a near-death drowning accident, a young boy's family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy's soul, the evil monster inside the child tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path.

Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
›R2007 · TV Movie, Horror, Mystery · 95m · Adrian Paul, Frida Farrell, Rhett Giles
English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built years before deserted. Soon after, members of the colony begin to die in horrible ways. Before returning to England for provisions, leader John White puts his son-in-law Ananais Dare in charge, and Dare realizes the island is haunted by Norse spirits. Enlisting the aid of a friendly Native American, Dare attempts to free the spirits from their earthly captivity before the entire colony is lost.

7 Witches
›NR2017 · Horror, Thriller · 75m · Persephone Apostolou, Megan Hensley, Macall Gordon
As their big day approaches Cate and Cody should be celebrating, they've got their family with them, they've rented an island for the big day, but unbeknownst to them their wedding falls on the day when a 100 year old curse comes to fruition. Instead of celebrating they find themselves fighting for their lives as a coven of witches rise for revenge.

The Eternal
›R1998 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Alison Elliott, Jared Harris, Christopher Walken
An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.

Headless Horseman
›R2007 · Horror · 87m · Billy Aaron Brown, Rebecca Mozo, Richard Moll
Seven college kids take a shortcut on their way to a party and unfortunately end up in Wormwood – a "lost" town in the middle of nowhere. They find something strange and sinister happening there – bones and weird decorations line Main Street. The cause: local Wormwood legend says on All Hallows Eve one hundred years ago, a crazed man tortured the youngsters in town and then cut off their heads. In retaliation, the townspeople killed him by cutting off his head. Seeking revenge every seven years, he returns and takes seven heads from children in the town. Now the seven visitors find themselves hunted one by one as the Headless Horseman claims his due.

Warlock: The Armageddon
›R1993 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall
Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.

The Pale Door
›R2020 · Horror, Western · 96m · Noah Segan, Melora Walters, Zachary Knighton
The Dalton gang escape to a nearby town after a train robbery goes south, but they are met by a coven of witches with sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws.

The Maus
›2017 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 90m · Alma Terzić, August Wittgenstein, Aleksandar Seksan
Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Suddenly, Selma feels a mysterious force is chasing them.

Kaw
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 93m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Kristin Booth, Megan Park
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.

Roadkill
›R2011 · Horror, TV Movie · 88m · Kacey Barnfield, Stephen Rea, Eliza Bennett
Six young friends on a road trip in Ireland run afoul of gypsies who curse them for accidentally running down an old woman. The curse takes the form of a terrifying flying beast that tries killing them all.
