🏚️ Puritan Horror

The terrors lurking within Puritan communities—where rigid piety, superstition, and the wilderness conspire to produce a uniquely American strain of dread.

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

4.20

112k+

🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage

Slewfoot 91%

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage

Young Goodman Brown

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1835

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

3.64

17k+

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

Young Goodman Brown 91%

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835

3.64

17k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

18k+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic

The Possession of Alba Díaz 90%

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

by Isabel Cañas 2025

3.86

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic

Killing the Witches

by Bill O'Reilly • 2023

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

3.62

17k+

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria

Killing the Witches 90%

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

by Bill O'Reilly 2023

3.62

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Thinner 89%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist

Dark Sisters

by Kristi DeMeester • 2025

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

3.81

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse

Dark Sisters 89%

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

by Kristi DeMeester 2025

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse

The Body

by Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.87

2k+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Body 89%

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

by Bethany C. Morrow 2026

2.87

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

Resurrection

by Nick Roberts • 2025

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

4.38

2k+

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child

Resurrection 89%

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

by Nick Roberts 2025

4.38

2k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child

The Hounding

by Xenobe Purvis • 2025

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

3.64

24k+

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings

The Hounding 89%

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

by Xenobe Purvis 2025

3.64

24k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

Floating Dragon 88%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror

The Case Against Satan

by Ray Russell • 1962

A young priest's doubt meets a girl who shuns the church and a father who whispers possession.

3.68

3k+

👹 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Gothic Horror 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

The Case Against Satan 88%

A young priest's doubt meets a girl who shuns the church and a father who whispers possession.

by Ray Russell 1962

3.68

3k+ ratings

👹 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Gothic Horror 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

A Path Begins

by J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic

A Path Begins 88%

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

by J.A. White 2014

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic

The Rotting Room

by Viggy Parr Hampton • 2025

A young nun at a remote abbey discovers the Sisters sell the dead as bottled grace.

3.39

1k+

🛐 Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession ⛪ Corrupt Clergy

The Rotting Room 88%

A young nun at a remote abbey discovers the Sisters sell the dead as bottled grace.

by Viggy Parr Hampton 2025

3.39

1k+ ratings

🛐 Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession ⛪ Corrupt Clergy

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine

The Last Witch 88%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1958

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

4.03

161k+

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 88%

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1958

4.03

161k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

Ghost Story 88%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Lapvona 88%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong

Boy in the Box 88%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong

House of Splinters

by Laura Purcell • 2025

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

4.08

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child

House of Splinters 88%

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

by Laura Purcell 2025

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

23k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror

The Starving Saints 88%

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead Summary

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead 88%

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.30

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

3.45

43k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

The House of the Seven Gables 88%

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851

3.45

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

Conjure Wife

by Fritz Leiber • 1943

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

3.79

3k+

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult

Conjure Wife 88%

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

by Fritz Leiber 1943

3.79

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult

Desperation

by Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

154k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil

Desperation 88%

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

by Stephen King 1996

3.86

154k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil

Last Days

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2012

A filmmaker documents a dead cult and discovers its horrors are real, ancient, and hunting him.

3.71

16k+

📹 Documentary Horror 💀 Doomsday Cult 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Last Days 88%

A filmmaker documents a dead cult and discovers its horrors are real, ancient, and hunting him.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2012

3.71

16k+ ratings

📹 Documentary Horror 💀 Doomsday Cult 🌌 Cosmic Horror

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.56

209

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 88%

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.56

209 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

The Oath

by Frank E. Peretti • 1995

After his brother dies, a biologist enters a mining town where a predator feeds on guilt.

4.07

30k+

⛪ Christian Allegory 👁️ Spiritual Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Oath 88%

After his brother dies, a biologist enters a mining town where a predator feeds on guilt.

by Frank E. Peretti 1995

4.07

30k+ ratings

⛪ Christian Allegory 👁️ Spiritual Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip

The Lighthouse Witches 88%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object

The Amulet 88%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object

The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

3.86

35k+

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

The Monk 88%

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796

3.86

35k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation

The Devil Rides Out 88%

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

24k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril

Kill Creek 88%

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017

3.75

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril

The Ghosts Of Sleath

by James Herbert • 1994

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

3.89

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse

The Ghosts Of Sleath 88%

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

by James Herbert 1994

3.89

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood

All Hallows 88%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood

The Hunger

by Alma Katsu • 2018

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

3.59

36k+

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse

The Hunger 88%

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

by Alma Katsu 2018

3.59

36k+ ratings

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2020

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

3.66

449k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine

Mexican Gothic 88%

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020

3.66

449k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine

Imaginary Friend

by Stephen Chbosky • 2019

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

3.55

62k+

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond

Imaginary Friend 88%

Lost in the woods six days, a boy returns with a voice only he can hear.

by Stephen Chbosky 2019

3.55

62k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Horror 💕 Mother-Son Bond

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror

Experimental Film 88%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror

Turn Off the Light

by Jacquie Walters • 2026

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

3.88

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror

Turn Off the Light 88%

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

by Jacquie Walters 2026

3.88

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror

On the Bitter Horizon

by Abe Moss • 2022

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

4.57

345

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family

On the Bitter Horizon 88%

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.57

345 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family

The Exorcist

by William Peter Blatty • 1971

An innocent girl rots from the inside. Her mother calls a priest. The demon knows him.

4.21

274k+

😈 Demonic Possession ✝️ Religious Horror ⛪ Exorcism

The Exorcist 88%

An innocent girl rots from the inside. Her mother calls a priest. The demon knows him.

by William Peter Blatty 1971

4.21

274k+ ratings

😈 Demonic Possession ✝️ Religious Horror ⛪ Exorcism

The Reaping

by Bernard Taylor • 1980

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

3.57

915

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult

The Reaping 88%

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

by Bernard Taylor 1980

3.57

915 ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult

The House of Last Resort

by Christopher Golden • 2024

A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.

3.16

7k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse

The House of Last Resort 88%

A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.

by Christopher Golden 2024

3.16

7k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

The Heretic's Daughter 88%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused

The Sentinel

by Jeffrey Konvitz • 1974

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

3.83

8k+

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

The Sentinel 88%

A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.

by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974

3.83

8k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Horror 🏚️ Cursed Apartment 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman • 2012

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

4.21

65k+

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Between Two Fires 88%

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

by Christopher Buehlman 2012

4.21

65k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Bog Wife

by Kay Chronister • 2024

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

3.57

16k+

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror

The Bog Wife 88%

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

by Kay Chronister 2024

3.57

16k+ ratings

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror

The Exorcist's House

by Nick Roberts • 2022

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

3.99

23k+

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets

The Exorcist's House 88%

Under their new farmhouse, a sealed well holds something the previous owner died trying to contain.

by Nick Roberts 2022

3.99

23k+ ratings

🔥 Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse 🔒 Family Secrets

The Revelator

by Daryl Gregory • 2021

A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.

3.95

8k+

⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🩸 Family Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

The Revelator 88%

A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.

by Daryl Gregory 2021

3.95

8k+ ratings

⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🩸 Family Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

8k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials

The Wax Child 88%

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023

3.61

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials

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