An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

Summer of Fear

1978

English

5.5

♡ 11

20%

30%

Action

animal attack

based on novel or book

Wes Craven Director

Lee Purcell as Julia Trent

Jeff McCracken as Mike Gallagher

Linda Blair as Rachel Bryant

Billy Beck as Sheriff

A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.

Macumba Sexual

1983

Spanish

4.8

♡ 10

Jesús Franco Director

Lina Romay as Alice Brooks

Antonio Mayans as Novio de Alice

Ajita Wilson as Princesa Obongo

Jesús Franco as Recepcionista

Princess Obongo, the Goddess of Unspeakable Lust, uses dark powers to ensnare a hapless couple of yuppies, so that she can imbue them with evil and conquer the world.

Shadow of the Hawk

1976

English

5.4

♡ 4

35%

George McCowan Director

Jacques Hubert as Andak

Marilyn Hassett as Maureen

Jan-Michael Vincent as Mike

Chief Dan George as Old Man Hawk

Jan-Michael Vincent stars as Mike, the grandson of Native American shaman Old Man Hawk who is called back to his village to help defeat evil forces threatening the tribe. After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike is contacted by a freelance reporter, Maureen, who was enlisted by Old Man Hawk to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is beset by the evil spirit of an ancient sorceress, Dsonoqua, animating beasts and objects and causing strange, deadly accidents. Only the heir of the tribe’s shaman can stand in the way of the evil and protect his people, but will Mike be able to harness his power in time?

Call Me Miss Cleo

2022

English

5.5

57%

Celia Aniskovich Director

Raven-Symoné as

Debra Wilson as

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins as

Catherine Brunelle as Barbara Melit

Follow the rise, fall, and reinvention of controversial and revered '90s television psychic Miss Cleo. Featuring interviews with celebrities and those closest to the self-proclaimed voodoo priestess, this documentary explores the many layers behind a complicated and charismatic figure.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

1990

English

4.2

♡ 10

17%

Brian Yuzna Director

Laurel Lockhart as Ann

David Wells as De

Allyce Beasley as Janice

Clint Howard as Ricky

A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.

Those Who Call

2023

English

2.3

♡ 5

Anubys Lopez Director

Adam S. Ford as Ana's Dad

Dave McClain as Cult Leader

Bradley William Smith as Cult Member

Kevin Kinkade as Gas Station Owner

When their car breaks down at a small Texan town, two sisters must do everything in their power to survive a sadistic pagan cult.

Hide and Never Seek

2016

Korean

4.8

♡ 2

Doo-Hwan Lee Director

Deok-Hwan Ryu as

Soo-bin Lee as

Bok-rae Jo as

Tae-boo Nam as Female part-timer's brother

BJ Yagwang and PD Park broadcast a live stream themed around horror on AfreecaTV. They look for more provocative and fearful material for their program. One day, they receive a video which contains a female high school student disappearing. In the video, right before she disappears, the female school student was calling a ghost and playing hide-and-(go-)seek alone. While broadcasting live on AfreecaTV, BJ Yagwang goes to the abandoned building where the female school student went missing.

Zombi Child

2019

French

5.9

♡ 13

85%

Bertrand Bonello Director

Mathilde Riu as Adèle

Louise Labeque as Fanny

Sayyid El Alami as Pablo

Judith Lou Lévy as Soigneuse de la classe

Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.

After Death

1989

Italian

4.3

♡ 9

13%

Claudio Fragasso Director

Massimo Vanni as David

Claudio Fragasso as Narrator

Nick Nicholson as Rod

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson as Tommy

A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a group of mercenaries and they meet up with some other researchers. They raise the dead again and all hell breaks loose

Venom

2005

English

4.7

♡ 9

13%

Jim Gillespie Director

Meagan Good as Cece

Jonathan Jackson as Eric

Rick Cramer as Ray Sawyer

D.J. Cotrona as Sean

A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.

The Rum Diary

2011

English

6.1

♡ 70

52%

36%

Action

alcohol

based on novel or book

Bruce Robinson Director

Amber Heard as Chenault

Marshall Bell as Donovan

Johnny Depp as Kemp

Andy Umberger as Mr. Green

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

1993

English

6.6

♡ 2

Maya Deren Director

John Genke as Narrator

Joan Pape as Narrator

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the footage, so this “finished” version was made by Teiji Ito and Cherel Ito after Deren’s death.

Zombie Nightmare

1987

English

2.7

♡ 7

15%

John Fasano Director

Tia Carrere as Amy

Adam West as Capt. Tom Churchman

Shawn Levy as Jim Batten

Hamish McEwan as Peter

Tony Washington is killed in a hit-and-run after saving the local bodega clerk from robbers. Molly Mokembe is a Haitian voodou practitioner who brings him back as a zombi from a debt owed by Tony's late dad in an act of sacrifice that saved her. Jimbo, the kid that iced Tony, is embracing some new sadistic feelings. What follows is a revenge that can only be sated once all of those who were with Jimbo that night have had their due.

From a Whisper to a Scream

1987

English

5.7

♡ 12

34%

Jeff Burr Director

Vincent Price as Julian White

Martine Beswick as Katherine White

Cameron Mitchell as Sgt. Gallen

Clu Gulager as Stanley Burnside

The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.

Voodoo Heartbeat

1973

English

4.1

♡ 2

Action

bloody violence

full frontal female nudity

full frontal male nudity

Charles Nizet Director

Mary Martinez as

Lalo Rivers as

Ross Thompson as

Philip Ahn as Mao Tse Tung

Previously lost exploitation film about a youth serum and the crooks who try to steal it.

The Dead One

1961

English

3.4

♡ 3

Horror

jazz

new orleans, louisiana

voodoo

zombie

Barry Mahon Director

Jean Wade as

Herman Alfonso as

Joe Jones' Orchestra as Dixieland Band

The Joe Burton Trio as Night Club Band

A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.

Seed of Chucky

2004

English

4.9

♡ 50

36%

Don Mancini Director

Brad Dourif as Chucky

John Waters as Pete Peters

Jason Flemyng as Santa

Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany / Jennifer Tilly

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

Black Moon

1934

English

5.9

♡ 6

30%

Roy William Neill Director

Fay Wray as Gail Hamilton

Ernestine Wade as Island Woman

Cora Sue Collins as Nancy Lane

Theresa Harris as Sacrificed Girl

A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.

Scooby-Doo

2002

English

5.4

♡ 68

32%

Raja Gosnell Director

Frank Welker as Creatures

Isla Fisher as Mary Jane

Linda Cardellini as Velma

Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Voodoo Maestro

When the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren't the only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and it's up to Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma to uncover the truth behind the mysterious happenings.

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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Summer of Fear

Macumba Sexual

Shadow of the Hawk

Call Me Miss Cleo

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

Those Who Call

Hide and Never Seek

Zombi Child

After Death

Venom

The Rum Diary

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Zombie Nightmare

From a Whisper to a Scream

Voodoo Heartbeat

The Dead One

Seed of Chucky

Black Moon

Scooby-Doo