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Point Break and Dead Lover
Dangerous Animals (Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Sean Byrne; Writer: Nick Lepard; Stars: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Rob Carlton, Ella Newton, James Munn, Jon Quested, Michael Goldman, Liam Greinke, Ryland Pearson-McManus, Teah Fraser, Sean Richard, Jess Tredinnick)
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape.
Full Review See: Interview with Sean Byrne about Dangerous Animals
Dead Lover (Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Grace Glowicki; Writer: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie; Stars: Grace Glowicki, Leah Doz, Ben Petrie, Lowen Morrow)
A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.
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Fucktoys (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Annapurna Sriram; Writer: Annapurna Sriram; Stars: Annapurna Sriram, Sadie Scott, Francois Arnaud, Damian Young, Big Freedia, Brandon Flynn, Lorrie Odom, Jowin Batoon, Tamika Lawrence, Arianna Ortiz)
A bubblegum grindhouse adventure through sunny and romantic Trashtown, USA.
Full Review See: Interview with Annapurna Sriram about Fucktoys
Hellraiser (Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: Clive Barker; Writer: Clive Barker; Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman)
An unfaithful wife faces demonic horrors after her dead lover escapes from Hell.
Full Review See: Interview with Stuart Conran about Hellraiser
Mr. Vampire (Geung See Sin Sang, Pan Vampýr) (Country: Hong Kong; Year: 1985; Director: Ricky Lau; Writer: Barry Wong, Szeto Cheuk-hon; Stars: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Moon Lee, Billy Lau, Siu-Fung Wong)
The planned reburial of a town elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, targeting everyone responsible for digging the grave. A Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
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Hellraiser and Straight Outta Space
Point Break (Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: Kathryn Bigelow; Writer: Rick King, W Peter Iliff; Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C McGinley, James LeGros, John Philbin, Bojesse Christopher, Julian Reyes, Daniel Beer)
FBI agent goes undercover in a surfer community to try to unmask a group of bank robbers.
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Straight Outta Space (Straatcoaches Vs Aliens) (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2025; Director: Michael Middelkoop; Writer: Michael Middelkoop, Daan Bakker, Nico van den Brink; Stars: Oscar Aerts, Rayan Belrhazi Alaoui, Seylan Avci, Evgenia Brendes, Jim Deddes, André Dongelmans, Dien Ben El Hossaien)
Two street coaches in a bustling neighborhood face an unexpected crisis when locals transform into bizarre, slimy beings.
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