Folk Horror Movies of the 2000s
Folk horror finds terror in isolated villages, old rites and the pull of the land. Remakes, J-horror imports, extreme French cinema and the found-footage boom. Standouts from the 2000s include Martyrs, The Wicker Man and Wolf Creek.
Martyrs (2008)
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell…
See where it’s streamingThe Wicker Man (2006)
Rated 4.3 on TMDB
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.
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Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
See where it’s streamingBook of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Rated 4.4 on TMDB
A group of college students decide to take part in a witch hunt tour inspired by a horror movie. As the adventure goes awry, the students realise that an evil being has followed them home.
See where it’s streamingThe House of the Devil (2009)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse.
See where it’s streamingBlood Creek (2009)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.
See where it’s streamingBorderland (2007)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers…
See where it’s streamingChildren of the Corn (2009)
Rated 4.5 on TMDB
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.
See where it’s streamingNoriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com.
See where it’s streamingNext Door (2005)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible to separate truth from lies.
See where it’s streamingSauna (2008)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia.
See where it’s streamingPumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act.
See where it’s streamingDoctor Sleep (2002)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream.
See where it’s streamingThe Call of Cthulhu (2006)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather.
See where it’s streamingThe Mother of Tears (2007)
Rated 4.6 on TMDB
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking…
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