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Folk Horror Movies

Name: Folk Horror Movies
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Folk horror rooted in pagan traditions, ancient rituals, and the terror of the old ways.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
The Wailing	2016	Na Hong-jin	7.4	Horror, Mystery	South Korea	156	A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Hereditary	2018	Ari Aster	7.3	Horror, Mystery, Thriller	United States of America	128	Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
The Wicker Man	1973	Robin Hardy	7.3	Horror	United Kingdom	93	Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
Midsommar	2019	Ari Aster	7.2	Horror, Drama, Mystery	Sweden	147	Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite the...
Angel Heart	1987	Alan Parker	7.1	Horror, Mystery	United Kingdom	113	A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
The Witch	2016	Robert Eggers	7	Horror, Fantasy, Drama	Brazil	92	In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Suspiria	2018	Luca Guadagnino	6.9	Horror, Mystery, Drama	Italy	152	A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Troll Hunter	2010	André Øvredal	6.7	Fantasy, Horror	Norway	104	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.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	2019	André Øvredal	6.5	Horror, Adventure, Mystery	Canada	108	Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
His House	2020	Remi Weekes	6.4	Horror, Drama	United Kingdom	93	After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
The Ritual	2017	David Bruckner	6.3	Horror, Mystery	Canada	94	A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Krampus	2015	Michael Dougherty	6.2	Horror, Comedy, Fantasy	United States of America	98	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.
Apostle	2018	Gareth Evans	6.1	Horror, Mystery	United States of America	129	In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Jennifer's Body	2009	Karyn Kusama	6	Horror, Comedy	United States of America	107	Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Gretel & Hansel	2020	Osgood Perkins	6	Horror, Fantasy, Mystery	Canada	87	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.
The Curse of La Llorona	2019	Michael Chaves	5.7	Horror	United States of America	93	In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusio...
Children of the Corn	1984	Fritz Kiersch	5.7	Horror, Thriller	United States of America	92	A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

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