Folk Horror Movies of the 2010s
Folk horror finds terror in isolated villages, old rites and the pull of the land. Elevated horror, shared universes and social allegory reshaped the genre. Standouts from the 2010s include Midsommar, Hereditary and Ready or Not.
Midsommar (2019)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
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.
See where it’s streamingHereditary (2018)
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
See where it’s streamingReady or Not (2019)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
See where it’s streamingThe Witch (2016)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen.
See where it’s streamingThe Wailing (2016)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
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.
See where it’s streamingHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution.
See where it’s streamingmother! (2017)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
See where it’s streamingScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
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…
See where it’s streamingThe Ritual (2017)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
See where it’s streamingSuspiria (2018)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
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.
See where it’s streamingThe Love Witch (2016)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
See where it’s streamingApostle (2018)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
See where it’s streamingThe Hole in the Ground (2019)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris.
See where it’s streamingParanormal Activity 3 (2011)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
See where it’s streamingThe Endless (2017)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
See where it’s streamingThe Invitation (2016)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David.
See where it’s streamingBlair Witch (2016)
Rated 5.2 on TMDB
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
See where it’s streamingBlack Death (2010)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead.
See where it’s streamingThe Lords of Salem (2013)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past.
See where it’s streamingTroll Hunter (2010)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on.
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