Based On Myths Legends Or Folklore Movies

The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine. ...

A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in his task. The film tells its fictional story in documentary style, featuring...

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.

In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of Prince Vladimir, the girl is kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Chernomor and...

A celebration of the culture of the Pomors who live around the White Sea.

On a college trip to remote Northern forests, one of the students - Marina - encounters a burial site of an ancient witch, and is possessed by the...

Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who...

Nebojsa was the nickname given to a young man who was not afraid of anything. One day he heard that a cursed princess lived in a castle. Whoever...

A barrel organ grinder meets the devil on a mysterious moonlit night in this haunted-house fable, which showcases Trnka’s atmospheric use of...

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for...

In a forgotten community, an artisan girl puts an old K'iche' invocation to the test and summons a curious spirit into our world.

Two reality TV stars are experts at survival, but when they decide to embark upon the legendary home of the Jersey Devil can they survive? Reality TV...

This lively piece uses the traditional Belarusian vycinanka (papercut) style to illustrate eight well-known proverbs through humorous visual...

A murderous Bigfoot attacks campers and hunters without warning, leaving a small, snowy county stained with blood. The local sheriff, Mac Asheton,...

The movie is based on the legend of King Sinhabahu, the son of a lion and a royal princess Suppa Devi.

Emily Wolf is the host of a travel show documenting supposed haunted locations around the country. The destination of her next episode happens to be...