Folk Horror
by Sureds | created - 25 Aug 2021 | updated - 4 days ago | PublicA list of movies and series which use elements of folklore to invoke fear. Typical elements include a rural setting and themes of isolation, religion, the power of nature, and the potential darkness of rural landscapes.
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1. The Wicker Man (1973)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
Votes: 92,398 | Gross: $0.06M
2. The Wicker Tree (2011)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror
Charmed by the residents of Tressock, Scotland, two young missionaries accept the invitation to participate in a local festival, fully unaware of the consequences of their decision.
Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett, Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonard
Votes: 2,948
3. The Wicker Man (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan
Votes: 71,454 | Gross: $23.64M
4. Dogged (I) (2017)
116 min | Horror
When Sam returns home to the tidal island where he grew up to attend a funeral, he soon discovers that the seedy underbelly of this small community harbours more than just a few secrets.
Director: Richard Rowntree | Stars: Tony Manders, Jo Southwell, Toby Wynn-Davies, Debra Leigh-Taylor
Votes: 307
5. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 403,962 | Gross: $27.33M
6. The Droving (2020)
80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man returns from the military in search for his lost sister, who mysteriously went missing around the time of a strange traditional festival called 'The Droving'.
Director: George Popov | Stars: Daniel Oldroyd, Suzie Frances Garton, Amy Tyger, Jonathan Lawrence Risdon
Votes: 713
7. The Triangle (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery
Four filmmakers take their cameras into the Montana wilderness to document the mysterious inner workings of a young community with a giant secret.
Directors: David Blair, Nathaniel Peterson, Adam Pitman, Andrew Rizzo, Adam Stilwell | Stars: Andrew Rizzo, Lee Rizzo, Brick Patrick, Nathaniel Peterson
Votes: 941
8. Meet Me There (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A new horror/suspense film from the minds of director, Lex Lybrand and writer, Brandon Stroud. based on the real-life stories and the nightmares of Destiny Talley.
Director: Phillip Lybrand | Stars: Lisa Friedrich, Micheal Foulk, Dustin Rhodes, John Gholson
Votes: 943
9. Cult Girls (2019)
83 min | Horror
Dalia and her two young sisters grow up in a pagan apocalyptic cult led by an ancient Baltic goddess of death and reincarnation. On the night of an important cult ritual, a police raid ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Bakaitis | Stars: Saara Lamberg, Jane Badler, Dean Kirkright, Brendan Bacon
Votes: 289
10. Hereditary (2018)
R | 127 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Votes: 378,685 | Gross: $44.07M
11. Kill List (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley
Votes: 45,368 | Gross: $0.03M
12. The Ritual (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton
Votes: 119,915
13. Final Prayer (2013)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of Vatican investigators descend upon a church in a remote area to demystify the unusual happenings, but what they discover is more disturbing than they had first imagined.
Director: Elliot Goldner | Stars: Gordon Kennedy, Robin Hill, Aidan McArdle, Sarah Annis
Votes: 10,050
14. Apostle (2018)
TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner
Votes: 59,096
15. Jordskott (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A detective returns to her hometown seven years after her daughter's disappearance, trying to find a connection to a current case.
Stars: Moa Gammel, Göran Ragnerstam, Richard Forsgren, Happy Jankell
Votes: 5,012
16. Marianne (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After the death of his beloved wife a man begins to fall apart mentally, having dreadful nightmares and finding his family and career affected. As time goes on, he begins to rapidly slip away.
Director: Filip Tegstedt | Stars: Thomas Hedengran, Peter Stormare, Tintin Anderzon, Sandra Larsson
Votes: 547
17. Border (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén
Votes: 34,287 | Gross: $0.77M
18. Troll Hunter (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum, Glenn Erland Tosterud
Votes: 79,591 | Gross: $0.25M
19. Thale (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Estranged friends Leo (a crime-scene cleaner) and hired-hand Elvis are cleaning up a particularly messy casualty deep in the Norwegian woods. When Elvis accidentally finds a secret passage ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksander Nordaas | Stars: Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen
Votes: 6,179
20. Pagan Peak (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ellie Stocker and Gedeon Winter have become bitter enemies. A ritual murder leads to the formation of a German-Austrian Soko and forces the two opponents to investigate together.
Stars: Matthias Hack, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Rony Herman
Votes: 9,522
21. Pagan Peak VR (2019)
45 min | Horror, Thriller
A journey to the darkest corners of the human mind.
Directors: Ioulia Isserlis, Max Sacker | Stars: Bennet Büker, Philipp Droste, Ioulia Isserlis, Pauline Maréchal
Votes: 27
22. True Detective (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 657,165
23. Hex (2017)
88 min | History, Horror, Thriller
During the English Civil War, two opposing soldiers find themselves trapped in a forest controlled by a Witch.
Directors: George Popov, Jonathan Russell | Stars: Tony Broadbent, Suzie Frances Garton, Daniel Oldroyd, William Young
Votes: 403
24. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings
Votes: 301,260 | Gross: $25.14M
25. Bella in the Wych Elm (II) (2017)
36 min | Short, Crime, Fantasy
In 1943 a group of boys wondering the woodland of Hagley Hall discovered the remains of an unknown woman stuffed inside a hollowed-out Wych Elm tree. To this day her identity is still ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Lee Rutter | Stars: Barry Anscomb-Moon, Matias Barnes, Peter Grail, Jim Heal
Votes: 29
26. Hagazussa (2017)
102 min | Drama, Horror
After the loss of her tormented mother, the erratic behavior of a 15th century woman living in an isolated mountain village becomes a threat to the safety of her infant child.
Director: Lukas Feigelfeld | Stars: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky
Votes: 6,985 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Luz: The Flower of Evil (I) (2019)
104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In the thickness of the mountains, in an isolated community led by a preacher known as El Señor, a presumed new Messiah is brought unleashing a wave of violence and pain.
Director: Juan Diego Escobar Alzate | Stars: Yuri Vargas, Andrea Esquivel, Jim Muñoz, Marcela Robledo
Votes: 823
28. A Field in England (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, Horror
Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope
Votes: 14,004 | Gross: $0.03M
29. Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2018)
TV-14 | 95 min | Horror
A young boy and girl enter the forest to dig a hole to Hell. Said to be a cursed film from the late 1970s, "Antrum" examines the horrifying power of storytelling.
Directors: David Amito, Michael Laicini | Stars: Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate, Circus-Szalewski
Votes: 4,361
30. The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
R | 117 min | Horror
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.
Directors: Ashim Ahluwalia, Can Evrenol, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Lee Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Peter Strickland, Yannis Veslemes | Stars: Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Karin Pauer, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 2,508
31. November (2017)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Director: Rainer Sarnet | Stars: Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Heino Kalm
Votes: 6,041 | Gross: $0.02M
32. Viy (1967)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov
Votes: 9,357
33. Viy (1996 TV Short)
19 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Vampiric tale based on the story by Nikolay Gogol.
Directors: Leonid Zarubin, Alla Grachyova | Stars: Bogdan Benyuk, Ivan Kadubets, Vasily Mazur, Yevgeniy Shakh
Votes: 135
34. Vedma (2006)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
Ivan, a cynical journalist, is assigned to investigate mysterious events in a small town. During his first night, he is seduced by a strange and mysterious girl. As they embrace, she ... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Fesenko | Stars: Valeriy Nikolaev, Evgeniya Kryukova, Lembit Ulfsak, Arnis Licitis
Votes: 621
35. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 11,241
36. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,744
37. Eyes of Fire (1983)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Western
A preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
Director: Avery Crounse | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Sally Klein
Votes: 2,270
38. Leonor (1975)
PG | 101 min | Fantasy, Drama, Horror
A female vampire rises from her crypt every night in search of children as her victims.
Director: Juan Luis Buñuel | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann, Ornella Muti, Antonio Ferrandis
Votes: 462
39. The Wolf (1983)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Horror
Kacper, an ex-guerrilla soldier is chased by a female werewolf, realizes that he is possessed by the spirit of his deceased wife Maryna. He also recognizes the same werewolf symptoms in ... See full summary »
Director: Marek Piestrak | Stars: Krzysztof Jasinski, Iwona Bielska, Stanislaw Brejdygant, Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Votes: 689
40. Kwaidan (1964)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Votes: 20,009
41. Sauna (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk
Votes: 7,489
42. Draug (2018)
87 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
In the late viking age a missionary, travelling with a group of soldiers, vanishes somewhere in a vast border forest in the northern parts of Sweden. A rescue party is sent out to find them... See full summary »
Directors: Karin Engman, Klas Persson | Stars: Elna Karlsson, Thomas Hedengran, Ralf Beck, Nina Filimoshkina
Votes: 655
43. Legend of the Witches (1970)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A visual exploration into the origins of witchcraft in the UK and in particular the demystification of symbolism still embedded today within many modern religious artefacts and rituals.
Director: Malcolm Leigh | Stars: Alex Sanders, Maxine Sanders, Guy Standeven
Votes: 288
44. Secret Rites (1971)
R | 93 min | Drama
Pseudo-documentary about black magic.
Director: Derek Ford | Stars: Penny Beeching, Shirley Harmer, Lee Peters, Alex Sanders
Votes: 187
45. Ayla (2017)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A man haunted by the mysterious death of his 4-year-old sister brings her back to life thirty years later as an adult woman, with dire consequences.
Director: Elias | Stars: Nicholas Wilder, Tristan Risk, Dee Wallace, Sarah Schoofs
Votes: 866
46. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,073 | Gross: $0.23M
47. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
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.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 15,114 | Gross: $1.19M
48. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,230
49. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
R | 97 min | Horror
In early 18th century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice
Votes: 7,532
50. The Lords of Salem (2012)
R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Radio DJ Heidi 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?
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Votes: 32,328 | Gross: $1.16M
51. Curse of the Demon (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham
Votes: 15,518
52. Blackwood (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
The classic English ghost story gets a revision when a college professor finds himself plagued by spectral visions.
Director: Adam Wimpenny | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Annabel Riley, Harry Burton, Paul Kaye
Votes: 1,210
53. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Votes: 6,031
54. Baltic Tribes (2018)
103 min | Documentary, Drama, History
These are religious rituals, magical and true, the Battle of Saule, the Crusaders battles, our ancestors fiery battles for the free land. Who were the last pagans of Europe and who did they believe?
Directors: Lauris Abele, Raitis Abele | Stars: Kaspars Anins, Kristaps Bedritis, Lauma Balode, Carl Biorsmark
Votes: 578
55. Children of the Stones (1977)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it under the grip of weird psychic powers unleashed by the sinister village squire, Hendrick, and whose power they struggle to break.
Stars: Gareth Thomas, Veronica Strong, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 856
56.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Penda's Fen
(1974)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson, Ron Smerczak
Votes: 838
57. Lesapan (2015)
24 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Karel is a passionate gamekeeper. He has been taking good care of the forest and there are many enviable trophies in his collection. In a remote part of the forest, poachers waken a creature who could prove to be Karel's equal.
Director: Pavel Soukup | Stars: Vladimíra Havlícková, Miroslav Karel, Jakub Koudela, Marek Pospíchal
Votes: 88
58. The Heretics (2017)
87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
After she's kidnapped, a young woman begins to undergo a strange transformation.
Director: Chad Archibald | Stars: Nina Kiri, Ry Barrett, Jorja Cadence, Will King
Votes: 2,039
59. She Walks the Woods (2019)
81 min | Horror
Over 1600 people have vanished in our National Forests. Now, a team of adventurers is about to find out why.
Directors: John Crockett, Brian McCulley | Stars: Danny Bohnen, Scotty Bohnen, Jason Potter, Vivienne Edridge
Votes: 450
60. Wood Witch: The Awakening (2020)
76 min | Horror
Two couples on a camping trip stumble onto a local urban legend, inadvertently awakening a sleeping demon.
Director: Courtney G. Jones | Stars: Shannon Dowling, Ted Dowling, Sydney Mitchell, Tim Tully
Votes: 90
61. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
194 min | Documentary, Horror
A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of 'folk horror, ' with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.
Director: Kier-La Janisse | Stars: Linda Hayden, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin Kölsch, Sean Hogan
Votes: 1,632
62. Hellbender (2021)
86 min | Horror
A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser | Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams
Votes: 6,618
63. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
G | 95 min | Horror
Devil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene
Votes: 10,274
64. Wake Wood (2009)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Director: David Keating | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall, Ella Connolly
Votes: 8,827
65. The Night Shift (III) (2016)
63 min | Horror
A security guard (Vincent Rivera) gets hired to guard an empty mansion until the owner will arrive in the morning. Little does he know, he has been set up as a human sacrifice to placate ... See full summary »
Director: Massimiliano Cerchi | Stars: Sadie Katz, Greg Maness, Vincent Rivera
Votes: 156
66. The Earth Rejects Him (2011)
26 min | Short, Horror
A young boy discovers a corpse while biking in the woods, then faces unexpected and macabre consequences when he tries to bury it.
Director: Jared Skolnick | Stars: Ellis Gage, Colin Allen, Jacob Moon, Rj Ramos
Votes: 42
67. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,818 | Gross: $140.54M
68. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Stephen Barker Turner, Erica Leerhsen, Kurt Loder
Votes: 40,023 | Gross: $26.44M
69. Blair Witch (2016)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott
Votes: 49,626 | Gross: $20.78M
70. The Hallow (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley
Votes: 18,545 | Gross: $0.01M
71. Without Name (2016)
93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Follows a land surveyor on an assignment to measure an ancient forest for a developer but soon loses his reason in a supernatural environment that has its own plans.
Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne, Olga Wehrly
Votes: 1,290
72. The Gatehouse (2016)
97 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Eternity (aged 10) lives in a haunted gatehouse at the edge of an ancient forest. She likes to dig for buried treasure in the woods, but one day she digs up something she shouldn't and the forest want it back.
Director: Martin Gooch | Stars: Scarlett Rayner, Simeon Willis, Linal Haft, Samantha White
Votes: 292
73. American Fable (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Thriller
After 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
Director: Anne Hamilton | Stars: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller
Votes: 4,673
74. The Nanny (IV) (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A young girl, Noa, suspects her new nanny isn't from this world. Noa fights to reveal the nanny's identity, which is more twisted than she imagined in this dark fantasy tale.
Director: Joel Novoa | Stars: Jaime Murray, Nicholas Brendon, Schuyler Fisk, Nick Gomez
Votes: 1,204
75. Sator (2019)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.
Director: Jordan Graham | Stars: Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson, Aurora Lowe, Gabriel Nicholson
Votes: 2,722
76. The Wretched (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
Directors: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce | Stars: John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones, Azie Tesfai
Votes: 19,705
77. Behind the Trees (2019)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
While on a romantic getaway in the Indian wilderness, a couple from Los Angeles accidentally witnesses the haunting exorcism of an 11-year old girl. They decide to rescue her.
Director: Vikram Jayakumar | Stars: Vanessa Curry, Sahil Shroff, Subrat Dutta, Tvisha Seema
Votes: 2,689
78. Begotten (1989)
Unrated | 72 min | Fantasy, Horror
Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.
Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia
Votes: 11,766
79. Flesh of the Void (2017)
77 min | Horror
Death is imminent and meaning absent in this visual exercise of pointless nihilism. A visual experiment of anger and psychosis, captured on all kinds of manipulated film. Pain and anguish ... See full summary »
Director: James Florian Quinn | Stars: Man Without a Face, Kmsura, Dead Flesh, Elektriking
Votes: 166
80. Armageddon Gospels (2019)
95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Refugee gods, transposed to flesh and blood, wash ashore to rouse the myths of ancient Britain, half-drowned in a forgotten past. They disperse through shifting realities to awaken the ... See full summary »
Director: John Harrigan | Stars: Kate Alderton, Milo Cradick, Ethan-James Harrigan, Finn Harrigan
Votes: 72
81. The Mark of the Bell Witch (2020)
85 min | Documentary
Beginning in 1817 as a disembodied voice before eventually manifesting into numerous entities and showing her power through horrifying encounters, the Bell Witch has since become a folk legend.
Director: Seth Breedlove | Stars: Adrienne Breedlove, Amy Davies, Aaron Gascon, Thomas Koosed
Votes: 62
82. Children of the Corn (1984)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin
Votes: 57,364 | Gross: $14.57M
83. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A journalist and his son travel to Nebraska to investigate the mysterious town of Gatlin where, unbeknownst to them, a murderous cult of children are still waiting in the corn fields.
Director: David Price | Stars: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark
Votes: 9,533 | Gross: $6.98M
84. Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Two brothers connected to the murderous children's cult of Gatlin, Nebraska are taken to Chicago by an adoptive couple.
Director: James D.R. Hickox | Stars: Daniel Cerny, Ron Melendez, Jim Metzler, Nancy Lee Grahn
Votes: 8,377
85. Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996 Video)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A nurse returns to her hometown in Nebraska, only to find that the town's children have fallen under a mysterious mass illness connected to its sinister past.
Director: Greg Spence | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jamie Renée Smith, Karen Black, Mark Salling
Votes: 5,376
86. Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998 Video)
R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Six college students on a road trip take a wrong turn and end up trapped in a strangely deserted rural town inhabited by a murdeous cult of children.
Director: Ethan Wiley | Stars: Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Eva Mendes, Greg Vaughan
Votes: 5,236
87. Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999 Video)
R | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
As a teenage girl comes to Gatlin to find her biological mother, the town's infamous cult plots a comeback as their leader, Isaac, awakens from a coma.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Natalie Ramsey, Gary Bullock, Alix Koromzay, Stacy Keach
Votes: 4,905
88. Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001 Video)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha Nebraska....only to find that it's been condemned and ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Claudette Mink, Kyle Cassie, Michael Ironside, Troy Yorke
Votes: 3,225
89. Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple try to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.
Director: Joel Soisson | Stars: J.J. Banicki, Diane Peterson, Kai Caster, Kelen Coleman
Votes: 3,776
90. Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018 Video)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant Ruth who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an ... See full summary »
Director: John Gulager | Stars: Marci Miller, Jake Ryan Scott, Sara Moore, Mary Kathryn Bryant
Votes: 1,388
91. Children of the Corn (2020)
R | 93 min | Horror
The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults' irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children's future.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence
Votes: 4,021
92. Children of the Corn (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
While traveling, an unhappy married couple encounter a cult of murderous children who worship an entity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Director: Donald P. Borchers | Stars: Robert Gerdisch, Jordan Schmidt, David Anders, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 6,447
93. Disciples of the Crow (1983)
30 min | Short, Horror
A couple passing through a small Oklahoma town discover that it has been taken over by a homicidal cult that worships a crow god--and that all the cult members are children.
Director: John Woodward | Stars: Eleese Lester, Gabriel Folse, Steven Young, Martin Boozer
Votes: 549
94. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
PG-13 | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Director: Oz Perkins | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 34,064 | Gross: $15.35M
95. In the Earth (2021)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia
Votes: 11,645
96. Shadow of the Hawk (1976)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Horror
The Westernized grandson of a shaman returns to the wilderness to learn more about his Native American heritage. When he encounters powerful evil spirits, he enlists the aid of his lover and a local chief to stop the spirits.
Directors: George McCowan, Daryl Duke | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel
Votes: 644
97. Nightwing (1979)
PG | 105 min | Horror
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Macht
Votes: 1,731
98. Loon Lake (2019)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Eager to escape the grief and nightmares of the city, Louis Olsen travels to Southwest Minnesota, seeking the peace of the rural countryside. When he accidentally disturbs the grave of a supposed local 'witch' Mary Jane Terlinden, what began as a peaceful reprieve unravels into a haunting nightmare from which Louis cannot escape - but is it all just in his head?
Director: Ansel Faraj | Stars: Nathan Wilson, David Selby, Kelly Erin Decker, Brittany Benjamin
Votes: 401
99. Blood Myth (2019)
81 min | Horror
A journalist desperately tries to find his missing fiancee and finally uncover the truth behind a sinister folklore, leading him down a dangerous road of discovery.
Directors: Sean Brown, Luke Gosling | Stars: Jonathan McClean, Anna Dawson, Hannah Chalmers, Matt Ray Brown
Votes: 354
100. Sacrilege (2020)
83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: David Creed | Stars: Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt, Sian Abrahams, Naomi Willow
Votes: 503
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