
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 Violent Kind
›R2010 · Horror · 89m · Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang of "Rockabillies" seemingly from the 1950's descends upon them to collect what is growing inside her.

Sunrise
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Alex Pettyfer, Guy Pearce, Olwen Fouéré
When an ex-cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town soon discover that this dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear. After he is befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer is faced with a choice between revenge and redemption.

Sacrilege
›2020 · Horror · 83m · Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt, Sian Abrahams
Four lifelong friends head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offer them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice.

Don't Go Near the Park
›R1979 · Horror · 83m · Aldo Ray, Meeno Peluce, Tammy Taylor
In the prehistory of man, 12,000 years ago, two members of a superhuman tribe abuse the treasured secret of eternal youth. They use the methods of ritual cannibalism on the children of their own tribe and when discovered by the 'Queen' of the tribe, they are cursed to an eternity of old age with no chance to ever die. Now, in present day Los Angeles, their only hope to recapture eternal youth is the ritualistic sacrifice of a 16-year-old female virgin. Their existence is discovered by an investigative reporter and a young runaway child and this leads to an unexplained and terrifying confrontation

Getaway
›2020 · Horror · 76m · Jaclyn Betham, Scout Taylor-Compton, Landry Allbright
Tamara Miller has planned a weekend lake getaway with her two best friends. When she gets kidnapped by a backwoods cult, eerie and unexplained occurrences arise. Will she make it out alive or become the treasure of these deranged lunatics?

Suburban Sasquatch
›2004 · Horror · 100m · Sue Lynn Sanchez, Bill Ushler, Dave Bonavita
A mystical Sasquatch is on the loose in suburbia and only a Native American warrior can stop it.

The Vatican Exorcisms
›PG-132013 · Horror, Documentary, Mystery · 77m · Joe Marino, Piero Maggiò, Anella Vastola
The Vatican Exorcisms was shot by Joe Marino, an American film-maker who went to Italy to shed light on the phenomenon of exorcisms. Accompanied by Padre Luigi, a true exorcist, Joe travels to the south of Italy, a place where the sacred and profane have always lived together, where Christian rituals are inextricably linked to the pagan ones.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man
›R2024 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · 100m · Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph
Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

Tooth Fairy
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Claire-Maria Fox, Claudine-Helene Aumord, Manny Jai Montana
Nana starts to tell the legend of the evil tooth fairy who rips out teeth. Carla is sick of her crazy alcoholic stories and tries to leave, however a power outage suggests something is amiss, something much more sinister than Carla could imagine.

Rites of Spring
›2012 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 81m · Katherine Randolph, Anessa Ramsey, AJ Bowen
A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring.

Krampus Origins
›2018 · Horror · 86m · Maria Olsen, Anna Harr, Katie Peabody
The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer's widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.

Scalps
›R1983 · Horror · 84m · Richard Hench, Roger Maycock, Frank McDonald
A silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by the evil spirit of Black Claw so he must therefore slaughter all of his friends.

Cherry Tree
›2015 · Horror · 85m · Naomi Battrick, Sam Hazeldine, Anna Walton
Faith’s world is turned upside down after she finds out that her beloved father is dying. When the mysteriously alluring Sissy Young becomes her field hockey coach, Faith finds a compassionate spirit and much-needed mother figure. Little does she know that Sissy is the head of a centuries-old witches’ coven that uses the fruit of an ancient cherry tree in a secret ritual that restores life to the dead and dying. Offering to cure her father in exchange for a child, Sissy strikes a bargain with Faith, who suddenly finds herself pregnant with a baby that’s growing at an alarming rate. But with the clock to the child’s birth ticking down and the true intention of Sissy’s plans for humanity becoming more apparent, Faith and her father must stand together in order to save both their lives.

Monsterwolf
›2010 · TV Movie, Fantasy, Horror · 86m · Jason London, Robert Picardo, Leonor Varela
A creature of ancient legend manifests, bound to protect the ecological balance of the land and killing anyone that threatens it. This elusive guardian is initially both feared and celebrated by the locals, but when a deadly curse affects them all, they must unite and recapture the monster wolf’s spirit or face their ultimate doom.

Beyond the Woods
›2018 · Horror · 84m · Ross Mac Mahon, John Ryan Howard, Irene Kelleher
A gathering of friends is thrown into chaos by the opening of a mysterious fiery sinkhole near their secluded holiday home.

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
›R2023 · Horror · 87m · Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern
In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that forever binds him to Ludlow.

Venom
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey
A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.

Troll
›PG-131986 · Fantasy, Horror · 83m · Noah Hathaway, Jenny Beck, Phil Fondacaro
When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

The Beast Within
›R2024 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 97m · Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, Caoilinn Springall
Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an ancient forest. After witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret that they've so desperately tried to conceal.

Long Weekend
›R2009 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 87m · Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan, Robert Taylor
Peter and Carla, a couple whose marriage is faltering, decide to go on a camping weekend. When they become lost, the pair sets up camp on a remote beach that doesn't seem to be on any map. At first the trip is the romantic getaway they imagined – then slowly things begin to go wrong. After Peter disrespects the unspoiled habitat, it seems as if the surroundings are exacting revenge on the couple, as insects, animals, and then nature itself become the enemy.

WarHunt
›R2022 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone, Mickey Rourke
1945. A U.S. military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Major Johnson sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top-secret material the plane was carrying, led by Sergeants Brewer and Walsh. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist and straying from the group leads to profound horrors as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force.

The Carpenter's Son
›R2025 · Horror, Fantasy · 94m · Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs
A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces.

Little Dead Rotting Hood
›NR2016 · Horror · 90m · Eric Balfour, Bianca A. Santos, Patrick Muldoon
The residents of a small town discover that something more sinister than killer wolves is lurking in the backwoods: first the wolves start turning up dead...then people.

Hollow
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman, Jessica Ellerby
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
