Remember those terrifying cautionary tales that you were told as a kid? Well, the folk horror genre brings those hauntings to life in terrifying and horrific ways. Many of the best horror movies stem from folklore and mythology. The underrated 2017 film The Ritual, Ari Aster's Midsommar, and Robert Eggers' The Witch are all flawless horror movies, and some of the best in the folklore horror subgenre of recent years. It's a genre that has been around since the dawn of horror (as seen in the 1922 film Häxan), and one we have been so infatuated with ever since.
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