The best folk horror movies
The top 3 according to 44 votes from people: The Wicker Man (1973) · Witchfinder General (1968) · Midsommar (2019). (Updated Jun 28, 2026.)
Isolated villages, pagan rites and a community that smiles too much: the best folk horror, ranked from StudioBinder, Collider and Screen Rant.
Top 10
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1
The Wicker Man (1973)
A devout policeman on a pagan Scottish island: the genre's blueprint.
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2
Witchfinder General (1968)
Vincent Price as a witch hunter in Civil War England.
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3
Midsommar (2019)
Horror in constant daylight at a Swedish festival, by Ari Aster.
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4
The Wailing (2016)
A stranger and a wave of deaths in a Korean village.
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5
Lamb (2021)
An Icelandic couple raise a strange newborn.
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6
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Village children turn to the devil in 17th-century England.
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7
Hagazussa (2017)
A goatherd's daughter shunned as a witch in the Alps.
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8
Children of the Corn (1984)
A Nebraska town ruled by children, from Stephen King.
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9
Kill List (2011)
Two hitmen whose last job leads to a cult, by Ben Wheatley.
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10
The Witch (2015)
A Puritan family, the woods and Black Phillip.
Candidates
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11
The Ritual (2017)
Four friends lost in a Swedish forest.
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12
Onibaba (1964)
Two women who kill samurai in the reeds, by Kaneto Shindo.
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13
Apostle (2018)
A man infiltrates an island cult to rescue his sister.
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Comments (1)
Glad to see Hagazussa on here, it's slow but it really stays with you.