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
Sanctuary: A Witch's TaleSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Elaine Cassidy, Hazel Doupe, Stephanie Levi-John
Set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now…
Krampus
›PG-132015 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 98m · Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.
The Lodge
›R2020 · Horror, Mystery · 108m · Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
Men
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 100m · Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
We Are Still Here
›NR2015 · Horror · 83m · Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
The Sacrament
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.
The Head Hunter
›2019 · Horror, Fantasy · 72m · Christopher Rygh, Cora Kaufman, Aisha Ricketts
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for revenge, he travels wild expanses on horseback. When his second chance arrives, it’s in a way far more horrifying than he ever imagined.
Possum
›2018 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 85m · Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe
A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
The Lair of the White Worm
›R1988 · Horror, Comedy · 93m · Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
›R1997 · Fantasy, Horror · 100m · Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
Motel Hell
›R1980 · Comedy, Horror · 102m · Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons
Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats."
Borderland
›R2007 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 105m · Brian Presley, Rider Strong, Jake Muxworthy
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
›NR2006 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 103m · Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allyson Sereboff
When the American Chicken Bunker, a military themed fast food restaurant, builds its latest chain restaurant on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the displaced spirits take revenge on unsuspecting diners and transform them into chicken zombies! Now, it’s up to a dimwitted counter boy, his collegiate lesbian ex-girlfriend and a burqa-wearing fry cook to put an end to the foul feathered menace once and for all.
The Pale HorseSeries
›TV-142020 · Mystery · 1 season · Rufus Sewell, Kaya Scodelario, Georgina Campbell
After a list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman, one of the named people begins investigating and is drawn to the The Pale Horse, the home of a trio of rumored witches living in a small village. Word has it that the witches can do away with wealthy relatives using dark arts.
Dead of SummerSeries
›TV-142016 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Elizabeth Lail, Ronen Rubinstein, Zelda Williams
Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.
Two Heads Creek
›2019 · Horror, Comedy · 86m · Jordan Waller, Kathryn Wilder, Helen Dallimore
A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post-Brexit Britain and venture to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
Boys from County Hell
›NR2021 · Horror, Comedy · 89m · Jack Rowan, Nigel O'Neill, Louisa Harland
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
The Witches
›1966 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
Home Education
›2023 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 90m · Lydia Page, Julia Ormond, Rocco Fasano
A home-schooled girl begins to question her domineering mother's teachings when their beliefs face the ultimate test.
Howard’s Mill
›2021 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 96m · Reegus Flenory, Josefina Boneo, Jeremy Childs
An abandoned piece of farmland in rural Tennessee may hold the key to multiple missing person cases spanning over forty years.
Don't Say Its Name
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Julian Black Antelope, Samuel Marty, Sera-Lys McArthur
After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a small northern town out of revenge for the loss of her daughter’s life. Kharis returns as a Wheetago, a ferocious creature that only gets hungrier the more it eats. Can an ex-military Park Ranger, Stacy Cole, and Police Officer, Betty Stonechild, call back their traditional teachings to stop Kharis before she continues to feed on all who get in her way?
Leviticus
›R2026 · Horror, Romance · 88m · Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
HellierSeries
›2019 · Mystery, Documentary, Reality · 2 seasons · Greg Newkirk, Dana Newkirk, Connor Randall
Driven by a plea for help from a man in Appalachia under supernatural assault, a small crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences leads them to a decades-old mystery with far-reaching implications.
The Wretched
›NR2019 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 95m · John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones
A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
