History Main / FolkHorror

* ''Literature/HarvestHome''

* ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''
** ''Film/TheWickerMan2006''
* ''Film/TheWildHunt''

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!!Folk horror films:

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Compare with WitchWorks, which has a lot of overlap, and HillbillyHorrors, which have a similar rural horror feel.

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* ''Film/{Midsommar}''

* ''Film/Midsommar''

While the genre was most common Britain in TheSixties and TheSeventies, folk horror can be from any region or any time. In the 2010's people are talking about the "''Folk Horror Revival''" to describe more recent films that clearly follows the tradition of the earlier wave of films.

* ''Film/TheDark''

* ''Film/TheDark2005''

* ''Film/TheDark''

* ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn''

This subtrope of ReligiousHorror is less concerned with organized faiths and divine beings as much as it's concerned with the old folkloric rituals. Thus, while it can still focus on a modern religion, it is more likely to focus on the pagan faiths of yore. Demons, cults and goblins haunt the woods while regular people try to survive. Organized religion is most likely corrupt and/or useless, though [[SinisterMinister sadistic clergymen]] can be the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters true danger]]. If you're lucky, you'll have one heroic BadassPreacher among the whole lot, but it might not do any good against beings much older than any god we know.

While the genre was most common Britain in TheSixties and TheSeventies, folk horror can be from any region or any time.