Angel's Egg
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Blade II
Wesley Snipes returns as the half human, half vampire destroyer of evil.
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Bulk
Sci-fi nightmare fusing head scrambling multiverse and a conspiracy of global proportions that might mean the end of the world as we know it.
Cannibal Holocaust
A rescue team recovers found footage shot by a documentary team that set out to investigate lost cannibal tribes.
Crimson Gold
Anatomy of a murder, Iranian style.
Crimson Peak
Gothic romance in which a young American woman becomes ensnared by the machinations of a pair of British siblings.

D

Deathstalker
When a ruthless warrior named Deathstalker steals a mysterious amulet from a dying man, he’s unwillingly thrust into a quest to stop the dark sorcerer Necromemnon and save the world from destruction.
The Devil's Backbone
Ghosts haunt an isolated orphanage during the last year of the Spanish Civil War.
Dracula
Gonzo exploration of the Vlad the Impaler mythos.
Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Classic black comedy about frantic politicians trying to avert a nuclear war.
Every Heavy Thing
An unassuming office worker at an online periodical becomes entangled in a conspiracy after witnessing a murder.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
After a failed escape a female convict is thrown into solitary, only for her ex to take out a hit on her.
Good Boy
Indy is a good boy; a faithful dog, he is always by his human Todd’s side. When Todd seeks quiet in an empty family home in the countryside, Indy finds there is a strange, malevolent presence lurking in the shadows — an evil that only he can sense.
Hellboy
A comic book hero with alien ancestry battles an undead Rasputin for the soul of man.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy confronts an Elven prince determined to raise an ancient army and destroy the world of men; and has domestic troubles to deal with at the same time.
Hellcat
A woman wakes in the back of a moving camper trailer with a badly infected wound. A voice from the truck towing it tells her they must reach a doctor within the hour or she'll suffer a horrific fate.
A Hidden Life
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
Hold The Fort
After moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA and an onslaught of monsters from hell.

I

The Ice Tower
Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart ... The 1970s. Jeanne, a young runaway, falls under the spell of Cristina, the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film which is being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
It Was Just an Accident
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
I Live Here Now
A woman finds herself trapped in a remote hotel where the violent echoes of her past come alive, blurring the lines between her darkest nightmares and the waking world.

M

Manhunter
A scarred FBI agent tracks a serial killer.
Mimic
Scientists step in to track a monster - with a good line in camouflage - that is picking off kids for lunch.
Nightmare Alley
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who may be even more dangerous than he is.
Pan's Labyrinth
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a lonely girl encounters a mysterious faun.
Queens Of The Dead
On what should be a fun night at a Brooklyn warehouse party, an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies forces a ragtag group of drag queens, partygoers and party-throwers to band together and somehow survive the night.

R

The Ring
Remake of Japanese horror film of a killer video tape and a demonic ghost child.
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
The Shape Of Water
A woman who works in a secret government lab discovers a classified experiment.
The Secret Agent
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realises that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
The Serpent's Skin
A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.
Shelby Oaks
A woman's desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realising that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.
Sirât
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Sisu: Road To Revenge
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless cross-country chase ensues
Stand By Me
Four young friends journey into the woods to investigate a death.

V

V/H/S/Halloween
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
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