Folk Horror  Horror Movie Reviews

Looking for a new Folk Horror movie to watch, but don't want to waste your time sitting through a movie you'll hate? You're in luck! We built AllHorror specifically to help you find the horror movies you're most likely to love. Check out our spoiler-free "Worth Watching" reviews below. All reviews are short and written to give you an idea of what kind of Folk Horror movie it is and what other Folk Horror movies it's similar to, just so you know what to expect. And nearly all Folk Horror movie reviews include videos from other reviewers, so you get multiple opinions from the horror community.

The Glenarma Tapes (2023) Review

It's about five art students and two lecturers who go missing in a remote forest in Ireland, and whose horrific fight for survival in the cold darkness of Glenarma Forest is recorded and then later recovered by police two years later. The Glen...

Damon's Revenge (2022) Review

It's about cursed relics, police brutality, a jailbreak, and multiple competing killers. And nudity. Damon's Revenge was directed by David Gere (Burial Ground Massacre) and stars Michael Madsen (Megalodon, Incarnation, and Rock Paper De...

Don't Look at the Demon (2022) Review

It's about a spiritual medium who leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past. Don't Look at the Demon was directed by Brando Lee and ...

Nocebo (2022) Review

It's about a fashion designer who hires a traditional folk healer from the Philippines to treat her mysterious illness, which reveals a terrifying secret. Nocebo was directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium and Without Name) and stars Eva Gre...

October 18th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Evil Eye (2022) Review

It's about a 13-year-old girl who travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside to cure her sister's mysterious illness. But her granny isn't all that she seems... Evil Eye was directed by Isaac Ezban (Deat...

Midsommar Ending Explained (Spoilers)

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. Midsommar...

August 25th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , , , ,

Huesera (2022) Review

It's about a pregnant woman who is tormented by the supernatural entity La Huesera. Huesera was directed by Michelle Garza Cervera (México Bárbaro II) and stars Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández (Belz...

Antlers Ending Explained (Spoilers)

In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature. Antlers: Spoilers Below Julia's father...

June 02nd, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , , ,

Malibu Horror Story (2022) Review

It's about a team of paranormal investigators who search a sacred Native American cave for clues in the unsolved disappearance of four local teens. Malibu Horror Story was directed by Scott Slone and stars Tommy Cramer, Dylan Sprayberry (...

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Review

A classic Vincent Price Horror based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. The Masque of the Red Death was directed by Roger Corman (who also directed Frankenstein Unbound, The Tomb Of Ligeia and The Haunted Palace) and stars Vincent Price (from Dead ...

April 19th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , ,

Reed's Point (2022) Review

It's about two hapless college students investigating a disappearance in a creepy forest. Reed's Point was directed by Dale Fabrigar (who also directed Wedding Day) and stars Julia Kelly (E-Demon), Evan Adams, Madison Ekstrand and Antho...

April 11th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , , ,

Candyman Ending Explained (Spoilers)

A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began. Candyman: Spoilers Below In Chicago, 1977, at the Cabrini-Green housing projects, a young boy meets Sherman Fields, ...

Chhorii Ending Explained (Spoilers)

Eight-month pregnant Sakshi must save herself and her unborn child from the evil within society and from the fear that lies in the paranormal world. Chhorii: Spoilers Below In a sugarcane field, a pregnant woman is being chased, and she for...

March 31st, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

The Medium Ending Explained (Spoilers)

A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be. The Medium: Spoilers Below A Thai documentary team travels to Isan, t...

Fear Street Part Three: 1666 Ending Explained (Spoilers)

The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever. Fear Street Part Three: 1666: Spoilers Below 1666 Deena experiences a vision of the events ...

March 28th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , , ,

Lamb Ending Explained (Spoilers)

A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them. Lamb: Spoilers Below In Iceland, an unknown, loudl...

March 14th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Advent Calendar (2021) Review

It’s about Eva, a wheelchair bound former dancer, who is gifted a German advent calendar, with each door that is opened leading to happiness or trauma, and the dancer having to choose between personal loss or being able to walk and feel again. It d...

November 29th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Lamb (2021) Review

A couple discover a mysterious half-lamb/half-human newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them. If you love foreign horror, quirky folk tales, or both, then the ...

November 03rd, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Burial Ground Massacre (2021) Review

A group of college students spend a night at an old, eerie manor, only to realize that a terrifying stalker is watching their every move as he begins plans to repossess an ancient Native American artifact located inside. Some horror movies like to...

October 12th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) Review

Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy. The Last Thing Mary Saw is brought to you by ...

September 10th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Djinn (2021) Review

A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart’s greatest desire. The Djinn was directed by David Charbonier and Justin Powell and stars Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, and John Eri...

June 17th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , ,

Playhouse (2020) Review

It’s about the gothic horror of the horror industry. Playhouse was co-written and co-directed by siblings Fionn Watts and Toby Watts, their first feature-length film.  It stars the relatively unknown William Holstead as Jack Travis and Grace Co...

Phra Rot-Meri (1981) Review

It’s a Thai film about twelve orphans taken in by a sorceress and her two ogre sidekicks. Phra Rot-Meri (also transliterated as Phra Rod Meree) was directed by Sompote Saengduenchai (a/k/a Sompote Sands) (director of Crocodile and Computer Super...

April 01st, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) Review

It’s about a small town officer who is tasked with solving a string of brutal murders that occur when a full moon is present. The Wolf of Snow Hollow was directed by Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) and stars Riki Lindhome (The Last House on the Left...

March 20th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Pond (2021) Review

It’s about a professor who may not be playing chess with the grim reaper and whose daughter may or may not be being pursued by a monster who may or may not be her father. The Pond is a Serbian folk horror film directed and co-written by Petar Pa...

March 06th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Witch (2016) Movie Review

It’s set in New England in the 1630s: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, the family turns on one another. Beyo...

December 25th, 2019 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Ritual Review (2017)

It’s about a group of guys who go hiking on vacation, get injured, lost and hunted by... something. The Ritual was directed by David Bruckner (who also directed Iron Wolf) and stars Rafe Spall (from Shaun of the Dead), Rob James-Collier and Sam...

August 29th, 2018 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Children of the Corn Review (1984)

It’s about a traveling couple encountering a village run by a cult of children obsessed with corn. Children of the Corn was directed by Fritz Kiersch (who also directed The Hunt and Surveillance) and stars Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton (from King...

July 14th, 2018 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

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