The Night House (2020)
A widow struggles with grief as strange things happen in her lake house at night.
The Ritual (2017)
A group of ex-university friends take a hiking holiday in Nordic Noir country. Ooo er... (Swedish for "Cripes!")
The Signal (2007)
Three-part tale of horror sees a strange signal start to drive people crazy.
Southbound (2015)
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
V/H/S (2012)
A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
V/H/S/85 (2023)
An ominous mixtape blends never before seen snuff footage with nightmarish newscasts and disturbing home video to create a surreal, analogue mashup of the forgotten Eighties.
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