Folk Horror

I don't often watch folk horror because their endings often deal with cults getting their way at the end, but I love the aesthetic. Also, after Hereditary, I haven't bothered with much Ari Aster.

Midsommar was well done. I enjoyed both films.

I thought we needed a Folk Horror thread. It's my favorite sub-genre of Horror. One of my favorite films is Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man.

I have seen several in my lifetime. To me, it's more a lifestyle than just Horror.

Wikipedia describes it as

a subgenre of horror film that uses elements of folklore to invoke fear and foreboding,,
include a rural setting, isolation, and themes of superstition, folk religion, paganism, sacrifice and the dark aspects of nature. Although related to supernatural horror film, it usually focuses on the beliefs and actions of people rather than the supernatural, and often deals with naïve outsiders coming up against these.

My favorites include

The Wicker Man (1973)
Midsommar (2019)
Men (2022)
Apostle (2018)
The VVitch (2015)
Lamb (2021)
Thale (2012)
Lord of Misrule (2023)
And many more

I would like to hear from fellow members and maybe find a new favorite.

My fave horror sub-genre too. Yes Wicker man one of the classics.


La Larona (2019)
Hereditary (2018)
Blood on Satans Claw (1971)
Midsommar (2019)
The Godsend (1980
The Witches (1966)

Have you seen Men directed by Alex Garland?

It's a strange, f'dup film. I know many males who don't like it. I loved it!

The White Reindeer (OMFG, I'm recommending a Finnish movie)

Folk horror is among my favourite genres, though I’m probably stretching the definition.
I love most of the classics mentioned above, like The Wicker Man, etc. Zulawski’s Possession also counts imo, as does The Devil (though I liked it a tad less). I would add A Field in England, [i]Wake Wood[/i], Don’t Look Now, Rosemary’s Baby, Polanski’s Tenant, maybe even The Holy Mountain.
In recent years, broadly speaking, I’ve also loved Hereditary (it’s one of my all-around favourite films at this point ), A Dark Song, Hellbender (cannot recommend highly enough everything the Adams family and Toby Poser do). The Offering (‘22) and The Golem (and much other Jewish mysticism-themed horror from the last decade; there was one about a lesbian couple, but I can’t remember what it’s called).
Enys Men I didn’t love, but it’s very memorable, what with . Similarly, Antrum (The Deadliest Film Ever Made) is technically nothing much, but has stayed with me for absolute ages and is creepy like few ‘modern’ films are. Very Jack-and-Jill-went-up-the-hill in the worst (best) sense.
A few of Moorhead and Benson’s films count as folk horror to me (Resolution and The Endless especially). They are also my absolute favourites.

Ones I enjoyed that (I think) haven't been mentioned yet:

A Field in England
Black Death
The Company of Wolves
Errementari
Haxan
Kill List
Kwaidan
Pumpkinhead
Tilbury
Witchfinder General

If you really like folk horror, you should help yourself to the All the Haunts be Ours box set.