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Folk Horror

Folk Horror

Wander the haunting landscapes of influential, beguiling genre, Folk Horror.

Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo

Filmmakers investigate a teen's disappearence and death in this terrifying Australian horror film.

Moloch
Moloch

After being attacked, the deeper Betriek digs, the more she becomes convinced a mysterious entity is hunting her.

Good Madam
Good Madam

Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister spectre begins to stir.

Roh
Roh

A family fights for their souls when caught in the warpath of a vengeful forest spirit ripped straight from Malaysian mythology.

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

This acclaimed documentary is a mega text through the history of folk horror, exploring the rural roots, occult creeds and cultural lore that continue to shape international cinema.

Eyes of Fire
Eyes of Fire

On the 18th century frontier, an adulterous preacher and his followers flee to ‘the promised land’ only to enter a valley of lust, madness, pagan vengeance and hallucinatory terror.

Il Demonio
Il Demonio

Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession.

Alison
Alison's Birthday

During a Ouija board session, 16-year-old Alison is warned not to go home for her 19th birthday.

Leptirica
Leptirica

A group of rural villagers is beset upon by the infamous vampire Sava Savanovic, who has taken up residence in their local flour mill.

Wilczyca
Wilczyca

A cavalry officer named Kasper returns home to find his wife dying. With her last breath she confesses that she has sold her soul, and will return as a she-wolf.

Lake of the Dead
Lake of the Dead

A group of friends ventures into the forest to join their friend Bjørn at his remote cabin. They arrive to find his dog dead and no sign of him.

Lokis
Lokis

Based on the 1869 gothic novel by Prosper Mérimée, LOKIS concerns a pastor who visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs still have a hold on the population.

Tilbury
Tilbury

Set in 1940 during the British occupation, a country boy discovers his childhood sweetheart is having an affair with a British soldier, an ugly, impish man who spontaneously vomits green butter.

Edge of the Knife
Edge of the Knife

Haida Gwaii, 1800’s, after causing the accidental death of a child, a man flees into the rainforest, descending into madness and transforming into Gaagiixid – “the Wildman.”

Clearcut
Clearcut

A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to teach him the price of his destruction.

Dark August
Dark August

Sal, an out-of-towner relocated to a small rural community, finds himself at the mercy of dark forces after inadvertently killing a young girl in a car accident.

The Medium
The Medium

From the creators of SHUTTER and THE WAILING, comes a terrifying story of possession.

Viy
Viy

In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch.

Dark Waters
Dark Waters

A young Englishwoman attempts to discover her mysterious connection to a remote island convent.

Jug Face
Jug Face

A pregnant teen discovers her neighbors plan to sacrifice her to an evil entity.

A Field in England
A Field in England

A group of English Civil War soldiers are captured by an alchemist and fall victim to violent and nightmarish forces.

Messiah of Evil
Messiah of Evil

A young woman heads to a mysterious seaside town in search of her father, in one of the great cult gems of 70s horror.

City of the Dead
City of the Dead

In this atmospheric classic, a professor (horror icon Christopher Lee) sends a student to Whitewood, Massachusetts, the site of 17th century witch burnings. Once there, she learns the satanic secrets that live on.

Beyond the Door III
Beyond the Door III

A coed and her friends go to Yugoslavia, where the Prince of Darkness wants her for his bride.

The Reckoning
The Reckoning

From The Descent's Neil Marshall. A woman accused of witchcraft endures physical and emotional trial as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

La Llorona
La Llorona

In this bold new vision of La Llorona, a retired war criminal believes a wrathful supernatural force is targeting him.

Impetigore
Impetigore

Returning to her ancestral village, a young woman finds herself in a fight for her life. From the director of SATAN'S SLAVES.

Gwen
Gwen

In this stark folk horror, a young girl tries desperately to keep her home together as a growing darkness takes hold.

The Wailing
The Wailing

A foreigner’s mysterious appearance in a quiet, rural village causes suspicion among the locals - suspicion which quickly turns to hysteria as the townspeople begin killing each other in brutal outbursts for seemingly no reason.

The Noonday Witch
The Noonday Witch

A mythical witch comes for a widowed mother and her young daughter.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

A group of friends are terrorised by a chainsaw wielding madman and his depraved family in this legendary horror.

Noroi: The Curse
Noroi: The Curse

A paranormal journalist explores a series of strange events that may be connected to an ancient demon.

Prevenge
Prevenge

A pregnant woman sets out to get revenge on seven strangers in this British black comedy-slasher.

Dearest Sister
Dearest Sister

A Laotian woman is sent to care for a blind cousin who's been having scary supernatural visitations.