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Black Death (film)
Black Death (2010) is a UK-German medieval horror film directed by Christopher Smith, written by Dario Poloni, starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, and Carice van Houten; a monk guides knights to a plague-spared village in 1348.
Bramayugam (ബ്രഹ്മയുഗം)
Bramayugam (ഭ്രമയുഗം), 2024 Malayalam black-and-white folk horror by Rahul Sadasivan, starring Mammootty as Kodumon Potti; 17th-century Kerala slavery tale, ₹85 crore grosser, National Film Award winner.
Death of Me (film)
Death of Me is a 2020 folk-horror thriller directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, starring Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth as a couple in Thailand who find a video of an apparent ritual murder. Released by Saban Films on October 2, 2020; shot in Krabi and Bangkok; 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Errementari
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil is a 2017 Basque-language Spanish folk-horror film directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo, adapted from the folktale Patxi Errementaria, about a blacksmith who tortures a captive demon until orphan Usue frees it.
Frewaka
Fréwaka (from Irish fréamhacha, "roots") is a 2024 Irish-language folk horror film by Aislinn Clarke, the first horror film produced in Irish, about caregiver Shoo, Peig, and the Na Sídhe; premiered at Locarno 2024.
Hagazussa
Hagazussa (Hagazussa: Der Hexenfluch, A Heathen's Curse) is a 2017 German-Austrian folk horror film, Lukas Feigelfeld's debut, about Albrun, a 15th-century Alpine goatherd ostracized as a witch, told in four chapters with minimal dialogue.
Harvest (2024 film)
Harvest (2024 film): Athina Rachel Tsangari's English-language debut, adapted from Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted novel; premiered at Venice 2024, released by MUBI in 2025, Metascore 68.
Impetigore
Impetigore (Perempuan Tanah Jahanam) is a 2019 Indonesian folk horror film by Joko Anwar starring Tara Basro as Maya, who inherits a cursed ancestral village house; Indonesia's 2021 Oscar submission with six Citra wins.
Keeper (2025 film)
Keeper is a 2025 supernatural horror film directed by Osgood Perkins, written by Nick Lepard, and starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, released by NEON in November 2025.
Lamb (2021 film)
Lamb (Dýrið) is a 2021 Icelandic supernatural drama, the debut feature of Valdimar Jóhannsson co-written with Sjón, starring Noomi Rapace as a farmer raising a lamb-human hybrid; it won Cannes Un Certain Regard's first Prize of Originality.
Lord of Misrule (film)
Lord of Misrule (2023) is a British folk horror film directed by William Brent Bell, written by Tom de Ville, starring Tuppence Middleton and Ralph Ineson; a vicar's daughter vanishes at a harvest festival tied to the demon Gallowgog. Not the 1996 Guy Jenkin BBC comedy.
Lovely, Dark, and Deep (film)
Lovely, Dark, and Deep is a 2023 folk horror film and the directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, starring Georgina Campbell as ranger Lennon investigating disappearances in a national park; premiered at Fantasia 2023, released on VOD February 22, 2024 by XYZ Films.
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Manos: The Hands of Fate is a 1966 American horror film made on a bet by El Paso fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren, starring Tom Neyman as the Master; revived by MST3K and restored on Blu-ray in 2015.
Men (2022 film)
Men is a 2022 folk horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Jessie Buckley as a widow stalked by men all played by Rory Kinnear.
Midsommar
Midsommar (2019) is Ari Aster's folk horror film for A24, starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a couple drawn into a Swedish commune's nine-day midsummer festival; shot in Hungary, Metascore 72.
Motherwitch (Δωδεκάμερον)
Motherwitch (Δωδεκάμερον) is a 2026 Cypriot folk-horror film by Emmy-winning director Minos Papas, his third feature. Set in 1882 British Cyprus, painter Eleni's resurrection ritual awakens the Kalikantzari; world premiere at IFFR 2026, billed as the first Cypriot horror film.
Nang Nak (นางนาก)
Nang Nak (นางนาก), also Nang-Nak, is Nonzee Nimibutr's 1999 Thai horror-romance film adapting the Mae Nak Phra Khanong ghost legend; it earned 150 million baht, the first Thai film past 100 million, and became national film heritage in 2014.
Onibaba (鬼婆) (film)
Onibaba (鬼婆) is Kaneto Shindo's 1964 black-and-white Japanese horror film about a woman and her daughter-in-law killing samurai in reed marshes during fourteenth-century civil war, based on a Buddhist fable, with a hannya demon mask, Kiyomi Kuroda's cinematography, and Hikaru Hayashi's percussive score.
Phi Phong: The Blood Demon
Phi Phong: The Blood Demon (Phí Phông: Quỷ Máu Rừng Thiêng) is a 2026 Vietnamese folk-horror film by Đỗ Quốc Trung about a blood-drinking highland demon; it became Vietnam's highest-grossing horror film at over 201 billion VND.
Round the Decay
Round the Decay is a 2025 American indie folk horror creature feature written and directed by Adam Newman, starring Victoria Mirrer, Damian Maffei, and Rachel Pizzolato as the Wrexsoul, released limited theatrically January 2025 and digitally June 2026.
Salmokji: Whispering Water
Salmokji: Whispering Water is a 2026 South Korean folk horror film set at the real Salmokji Reservoir. A road-view mapping crew investigates an unidentified figure in the footage.
Starve Acre
Starve Acre: 2023 British folk horror film directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, adapted from Andrew Michael Hurley's 2019 novel, starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark as grieving parents in 1970s Yorkshire; premiered at the BFI London Film Festival.
The Damned (2024 Palsson film)
The Damned (2024) is Thordur Palsson's debut folk horror film, set in 1871 in Iceland's Westfjords, starring Odessa Young as widow Eva, whose crew lets shipwrecked sailors drown and is then haunted by a draugr; premiered at Tribeca, released January 2025, distinct from Minervini's Civil War film of the same name.
The Devil's Bath
The Devil's Bath (Des Teufels Bad) is a 2024 Austrian-German historical drama by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, starring Anja Plaschg as Agnes, based on Kathy Stuart's research into 18th-century suicide by proxy; Berlinale Silver Bear and Austria's 2025 Oscar entry.
The Hallow
The Hallow (2015) is a UK-Irish folk horror film and Corin Hardy's feature debut, premiering at Sundance 2015. A London family in a remote Irish mill house is attacked by changeling and banshee creatures, realized mainly with practical animatronic effects.
The Holy Boy (film)
The Holy Boy (La valle dei sorrisi) is a 2025 Italian-Slovenian horror drama by Paolo Strippoli about a village whose members shed pain by hugging a teenage boy. Premiered out of competition at Venice 2025; Italian release September 17, 2025.
The Moor (film)
The Moor is a 2024 British folk horror film, Chris Cronin's feature debut written by Paul Thomas, about a woman helping a father search Yorkshire moorland for his murdered son's remains; premiered at FrightFest 2023, released by Bulldog Film Distribution.
The Other Lamb
The Other Lamb (Córka boga) is a 2019 English-language cult drama-horror film by Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, starring Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, and Denise Gough, shot in Wicklow, Ireland, premiered at Toronto 2019.
The Ritual (2017 film)
The Ritual is a 2017 British folk-horror film directed by David Bruckner, based on Adam Nevill's novel, about four friends lost in a Scandinavian forest.
The Severed Sun
The Severed Sun is a 2024 British folk horror film, Dean Puckett's debut feature, starring Emma Appleton and Toby Stephens; shot in 12 days on Bodmin Moor, premiered at Fantastic Fest, released by Dark Sky Films in 2025.