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Hallow Road (Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Babak Anvari; Writer: William Gillies; Stars: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Paul Tylak, Megan McDonnell, Stephen Jones)
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
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The Home (Hemmet) (Country: Sweden, Iceland, Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Mattias Johansson Skoglund; Writer: Mattias Johansson Skoglund, Mats Strandberg; Stars: Gizem Erdogan, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Malin Levanon, Lottie Ejebrant, Lily Wahlsteen, Ayan Ahmed, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Caisa Ankarsparre, Emil Brulin, Janna Granström, Peter Jankert)
Many years after leaving, Joel returns home to move his mother Monika to a care facility for the elderly struggling with dementia. But as she starts to have terrifying visions, he begins to suspect something supernatural is at work.
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The Surrender (Country: Canada, US; Year: 2025; Director: Julia Max; Writer: Julia Max; Stars: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Chelsea Alden, Vaughn Armstrong, Riley Rose Critchlow)
When the family patriarch dies, a grieving mother and daughter risk their lives to perform a brutal resurrection ritual and bring him back from the dead.
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