I’m really excited to fill in a huge gap in my film experiences this year with folk horror!
I’m going to work on all the regular rules of HoopTober (watch 31 horror that follow the categories before the end of Oct 31, and review them all), plus the 3 bonus films, and all of them are movies I think belong to the folk horror cannon (don’t worry, I’ll explain in the reviews my justifications). I pulled so, so much from this list and found the primer link very helpful for a brief intro to the genre, so you might too. 

An eternal thanks to Cinemonster for creating this project that engrosses us every year & for shining a light on unique horror films. This is my fifth year! 

All right here we go: 
6 countries 
8 (2019)- SOUTH AFRICA 
November (2017) -ESTONIA
A Field in England (2013) -U.K.
The Last Wave (1977)- AUSTRALIA
The Beyond (1981)-ITALY
Horror Express (1972)- SPAIN
Curse of Big Foot (1978)- USA
House (1977)- JAPAN
The Wailing (2016)- SOUTH KOREA

8 decades
King Kong (1933)
Kwaidan (1964)
The Wicker Man (1973) ☑️
Pumpkinhead (1988) 
Cast A Deadly Spell (1991)
Hot Fuzz (2007) ☑️
Midsommar (2019) ☑️
The Hunt (2020) 

2 Folk Horror 
Society (1989) 
Gwen (2018) 

4 from 1981 
An American Werewolf in London 
The Howling 
The Beyond 
My Bloody Valentine

2 from the year you were born (1991) 
Cast a Deadly Spell
The People Under the Stairs

2 Haunted House 
House (1977) 
The Changeling (1980) 

1 Worst-rated Part 2 
Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)

1 Film Set in the Woods 
The Hunt (2020)

1 Kaiju or Kong film 
King Kong (1933) 

2 Hammer films 
The Woman in Black (2014) 
The Lodge (2019) 

3 Films with a director or lead of color (excl. Asian films)
Bad Hair (2020)
Spiral (2019) 
His House (2020)

3 Asian horror films 
The Wailing (2016)- SOUTH KOREA
Kwaidan (1964)-  JAPAN
House (1977)- JAPAN

1 Tobe Hooper (There must always be a Hooper!) 
Eggshells (1969)