Horror Movies Based on Folklore
Enjoy Supernatural Terror? You’ll Love These 10 Horror Films Based on Folklore
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While it's up for debate if Pan's Labyrinth is an actual horror film, there's so much unsettling imagery and creatures from various folklore tales that it's hard not to include it on this list. The film is centreed on Ofelia, an 11-year-old girl who runs away from her sadistic stepfather after she meets a fairy that introduces her to a faun. The faun tells her that she is royalty and whisks her away to Pan's Labyrinth, a magical world full of mystical creatures and monsters. However, in order to prove her worth, she must undergo three terrifying tasks that put her face-to-face with some of the scariest creatures in cinema history.