Local legend movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant local legend movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, psychological and bleak films and TV shows about / with local legend, supernatural, legend, folk horror, urban legend, survival, supernatural horror, danger, fear and wilderness plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as local legend: The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Hallow (2015), The Big Scare (1964), Moloch (2022), Ravenswood (2013), Dark Was the Night (2014), Letter from Death (2020), Butchers (2020), Jack Logan (2020), The Angela Chapters (2020).
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List of local legend movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Style:
suspense, scary, independent film, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, found footage, folk horror, urban legend, supernatural, fear, survival, lost in the woods, supernatural horror, panic, forest, wilderness ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
maryland, usa, north america
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, spooky, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woods, folk horror, supernatural, forest, family in danger, legend, monster, folklore, transformation, macabre, survival horror, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.
Style:
spoof, detective, parody
Plot:
local legend, gypsy camp, counterfeit money, brothel, butcher, mob violence, french police, drunk, gendarmerie, death penalty, murder confession, gendarme ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is ...
Style:
satanic, suspense, creepy, slasher, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
folk horror, human sacrifice, local legend, witch, outdoor sex, possession, occult, festival, monster, mother daughter relationship, intruder, supernatural ...
Time:
2020s, year 1991
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 2020, five members of the paranormal web series 'There's Something In The Shadows' went off into the wilds of Scotland to try and prove the existence of a paranormal portal. The group's cameras and footage were found months ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, creepy, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
found footage, filmmaker, fear, travel, survival, camping, ghost, lost, danger, jungle, panic, folk horror ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Ravenswood is a spin-off of Pretty Little Liars set in Ravenswood, a town near Rosewood. The town has been suffering from a curse for generations. Five strangers suddenly feel connected by this fatal curse and feel the need to dig in the town's ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, enigmatic, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, curse, teenage life, mysterious place, supernatural, small town, mysterious character, magic, hidden truth, danger, social relations, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, lovecraft, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
creature feature, small town sheriff, wendigo, creature, supernatural, horse ranch, woods, fear, urban legend, folklore, forest, paranormal activity ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Plot unknown.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, gothic, scary, dark ...
Plot:
urban legend, supernatural, ghost, panic, paranormal activity, ghost story, mysterious place, evil witch, profanity, unsolved mystery, witchcraft, magic ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A family of sadistic butchers lives deep inside the backcountry. From the dead of winter to the dog days of summer, anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.
Style:
slasher, scary, dark, psychological, brutal ...
Plot:
sadistic horror, butcher, serial killer, paranormal activity, sadist, redneck, sadistic killer, murder, brutality, sadistic cruelty, violence, sadism ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In 1920 the last of a band of traveling gypsies are killed to make way for the development of St. George Island. Now after 96 years, life is breathed back into an ancient terror. With only vengeance in mind, all trespassers on St. George Island are ...
Style:
tropical, psychotronic, suspense, scary, serious ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, criminal, undead, murder, property, legend, diary, sorcerer, witchcraft, teenager, journal ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
"The series of episodes, or "chapters, is meant to portray dramatized biographical vignettes of my friends whose experiences and recollections reflect the archetypal character of my movies, the "lost girl," Angela Aberdeen." ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, extreme horror, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
extreme, found footage, legend, survival, magic, urban legend, forest, trapped, unsolved mystery, profanity, camp, supernatural horror ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of privileged students spend a night patrolling the prestigious Dhoultham school. However, it soon turns into the worst night of their lives as they face off against burglars, supernatural spirits and a deeper, darker evil.
Style:
mystical, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
paranormal, school, supernatural, supernatural horror, filmmaker, survival, local legend, paranormal activity, magic, panic, witchcraft, camp ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A schizophrenic filmmaker, traumatized since childhood by the murder of his mother, writes and plots a retelling of his past staring a naive teenage girl and her friends while a creepy old man haunts them in the woods.
Style:
dark fairy tale, scary, mockumentary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
halloween, evil, woods, filmmaker, schizophrenic, travel, camp, friends, black magic, american horror, terror, ghost ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Four friends prank a Cabin in the Woods nightmare on their friend's honeymoon so well that it actually becomes The Cabin in the Woods horror in real life.
Style:
slasher, scary, dark, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, wedding, witch, profanity, murder, news report, practical joke, website, masked killer, haunting, unsolved mystery, danger ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A found footage horror film about a man and a woman camping in Wicklow, Ireland.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, folk horror, paranormal, darkness, travel, profanity, couples, woods, friends, forest, filmmaker, fear ...
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Sonnigsburg is a mystery; a town in the woods that hasn't been visited for seventy years. Or so the legend goes. Nearby is the town of Mount Sunshine - and it's there that our main character, Savannah, stops on her way to research ...
Style:
rough, bleak, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, home alone, male female relationship, friends, relationships, filmmaker, panic, supernatural, fear, wilderness, urban legend, paranormal activity ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of high-school kids set out to play a Halloween prank at an abandoned house, but once they enter they become victims of a demonic witch who has set her wrath upon them.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, disturbing, scary, dark ...
Plot:
abandoned house, fear, witch, halloween, haunted house, haunted, prank, occult, paranormal, survival, youth, danger ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Abby and Mike are on a long road trip to her sister's wedding when they stop to camp out for the night. Soon they're lost in the woods and at the mercy of nature--and something more sinister.
Style:
slasher, scary, dark, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
wedding, travel, night, woods, serial killer, occult, camp, supernatural horror, black magic, mysterious place, videotaping, urban legend ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
D. stalks Sandra but she doesn't know it. She does think that D. is a documentary filmmaker having her be in film about conquering fear. Little does she know that D. is not who he claims to be, and far worse.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, filmmaker, friends, survival, profanity, unsolved mystery, fear, witchcraft, haunting, folk horror, local legend, folklore ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman raised in the US returns to her birth country in Eastern Europe after a devastating tragedy. Questioning her sanity and her sexuality, she starts believing she possesses supernatural powers.
Style:
queer horror, scary, suspense, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
artist, mental health, spirituality, folk horror, lesbian, schizophrenia, witch, occult, magic, wilderness, haunting, forest ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Serena Brooks, an ambitious young actress, signs on as the star of a horror film with a crew of backwoods filmmakers that have worked together for years. When the cast starts disappearing, Serena has to become her character if she wants to survive.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mind game, videotaping, filmmaker, found footage, friends, wilderness, witchcraft, supernatural, mysterious disappearance, disappearance, pagan, occult ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
During their last weekend together, a group of friends staying at a reclusive mountain house have their fun suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door.
Style:
psychological, scary, suspense, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, clown, supernatural, masked villain, killing spree, woman in jeopardy, murder of a woman, brother, group of friends, torture, stalking, murder ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
American high school sweethearts, Wade and Lisa, travel to Australia to experience nature at its finest. As their relationship strains, they head inland to Uluru, navigating remote dirt roads with an unreliable GPS. Soon, they find themselves ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, splatter, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, australian outback, scorpion, survival, stranded, animal attack, vacation, paranormal activity, desert, dehydration, lost, delusion ...
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A hoax busting group goes on a team-building retreat to Whiskey Flats, OR and run into a trouble as they cross paths with an invasive drilling company that is warring with a very private family.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
travel, paranormal activity, summer, woods, friends, folk horror, fear, old woman, haunting, folklore, survival, camping ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Three social media influencers venture out into the woods to debunk a trending myth only to find themselves lost and delirious in an abnormal forest.
Style:
dark, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, lost in the woods, missing person, problem, friends, three friends, unsolved mystery, fear, scared, twists and turns, ghost story, spirit ...
Place:
vancouver
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Mongolia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Princess Khotulun is the daughter of Haidu Khan of the Ugudei dynasty. The film tells the story of Princess Khotulun, the son of Kublai Khan, known in Western and Eastern history as a wrestling princess, and her struggle to reclaim her Golden Sutra.
Style:
dramatic, period piece, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female warrior, mongol empire, royalty, princess, woman with a gun, legendary hero, female protagonist, legend, combat, local legend, warrior, woman ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
mongolia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ryoichi Yoshimori is a university student. His girlfriend, Kyoko Sawada is a few years older but the pair don’t care as they are deeply in love. After Ryoichi proposes to Kyoko, she suddenly disappears. Several days later, Kyoko re-emerges but ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, captivating, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot:
urban legend, memory loss, amnesia, guy, student, young man, young girl, local legend, young woman, university student, legend, loss ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A vehicle crash in the Pine Barrens leads to a missing teen which raises conspiracy theories about the infamous Jersey Devil legend. On the anniversary of the crash, Sarah Franklin, convinced her cousin Kelsey is alive, goes out to the crash site ...
Style:
bleak, dread, detective, serious, scary ...
Plot:
creature feature, investigation, creature, sister, legend, theory, local legend, forest, car rollover, death of sister, accident, guy ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spain, late 1980s. Newcomer Sara tries to fit in with the other teens in this tight-knit small town in the province of Tarragona. If only she were more like her extroverted best friend, Rebe. They go out one night at a nightclub, on the way home, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
ghost child, urban legend, ghost, house, teenage girl, fear, supernatural, supernatural power, club, teenager, supernatural horror, supernatural being ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A selfless doctor and a cocky treasure hunter must join forces to uncover the Mayan legend of the White Witch.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
treasure hunter, jungle, treasure hunt, doctor, cure, violence, chase, bandit, death threat, village, threat, remote village ...
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