Folklore Movies

While filming a documentary series about Appalachian folklore and mythology, a crew of amateur filmmakers uncover the legend of a mysterious box...

A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.

Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

Doina, a shepherd’s wife in ancient Romania, turns her daily routine into ritual. When nature foretells his death, her journey through grief...

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic...

Tâm is a young delivery worker whose heart condition from birth leads him into a strange folk ritual called 'lying in a coffin' – a...

A woman on the fence about having kids is hunted in her home by a demonic horse-man from Filipino folklore.

A filmmaker investigates the legend of the Black Shuck, a ghost dog terrorizing the Suffolk area.

A young man calls his friend, goes to war, returns wounded and reunites with his friend.

The visual style of the film is inspired by ancient tribal symbols, which constantly morph into each other. They represent life in a womb-like frame.

A small independent film crew participating in a 44-Hour Film competition at a state park mysteriously begins to disappear one by one.

As so often, also here it's rather about allusion than description. This also applies to the persons represented. Flat silhouettes of people. Their...

This is footage recorded in 2005 and released years later. It concerns a low-budget paranormal show that was investigating the possible existence of...

Martirio, the mourner, falls in love with Sagrario, the bullfighter, when she sees her fighting the only bull of their little town. In order to get...

It is based on Perumthachan of the Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, a legend in the Kerala folklore. The problems caused by the generation gap are...

Seven years prior to the breach of the mystical Saranjana portal, a remote stilt village built upon the treacherous swamps of interior Kalimantan...

When a single mother begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen...

A documentary film crew investigate a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they dwelve deeper into the story, they stumble...