28 August 2026

Boorman And The Devil
After directing Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was offered to direct The Exorcist II. The film became a massive failure, nearly ending his career. Years later, cast and filmmakers discuss its ambition and artistic value.
Colony
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.

25 September 2026

The Incomer
On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an awkward official, arrives to relocate them.
Never After Dark
A wandering medium, Airi spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy her experience - but the biggest danger she faces comes from the living.
Victorian Psycho
Trouble brews at a gothic manor after they hire a governess.

29 September 2026

Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon
Brodie resurrects his bandmates to win the battle-of-the-bands and reacquire his girlfriend. His uncontrollable undead bandmate raises an army of costumed corpses. Brodie must stop the zombie horde before it ruins his musical dreams and love life.

30 October 2026

Gentle Monster
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.

04 December 2026

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

30 April 2027

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