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Colony and Trauma Or, Monsters All
After School
(Straf)
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2025; Director: Merijn Scholte Albers, Tobias Smeets; Writer: Caspar Smeets, Tobias Smeets, Merijn Scholte Albers; Stars: Rutger de Bekker, Ruben van der Meer, Sezgin Güleç, Kylian de Pagter-Colin, Raymonde de Kuyper)
A meek teacher faces rejection from family and colleagues. After his boss denies him a promotion due to his weak personality, he seeks help from a crude gym teacher whose advice leads to chaos.
Attack On Paradise
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Bob Colaers; Stars: Saïd Boumazoughe, Achmed Akkabi)
Newly released after seven years in prison, Suleyman only wishes to return to Antwerp’s Paradise apartment complex and spend time with his ailing mother, but to protect her, he's going to need to fight cops and criminals alike.
Big Break
(Year: 2026; Director: Ian Faria)
Years after Simple Town split up, three comics reunite with their successful ex-collaborator, leading to a fight for their lives (and careers) as it is revealed that one of them has become a serial killer.
Blades Of The Guardians
(Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Yuen Wo-Ping; Writer: Tai-Lee , ChanChao-Bin Su, Larry Yang; Stars: Jing Wu, Nicholas Tse, Yosh Yu, Chen Lijun, Sun Yi-zou, CiSha)
A bounty hunter takes a job to protect a man on the long road to the city of Chang'an. However, he discovers the person he is protecting is the empire's most wanted bounty. Now, every greedy faction is after them.
Bowels Of Hell
(Privadas De Suas Vidas)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Gurcius Gewdner, Gustavo Vinagre; Stars: Antonia Baudouin, Gurcius Gewdner, Gustavo Vinagre, Chandelly Braz, Benjamín Damini, Maria Gladys, Caetano Gotardo, Bruce LaBruce)
A mother battling trauma faces a surreal nightmare when toilets mysteriously transform into killer beings, forcing her to confront both her personal demons and these bizarre supernatural threats.
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma and Bowels Of Hell
Break Free
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Yu Nakamoto; Writer: Yu Nakamoto; Stars: Akito Fujii)
With new restrictive laws and increasingly aggressive rivals, the Mikami yakuza clan is on the brink of collapse. While searching for new sources of income with his colleagues, the tough but tenderhearted Kunio is filmed during an altercation with an arrogant passer-by, but the ban on attacking civilians forces him to intimidate the man with a surreal dance that goes viral on TikTok.
Buddy
(Country: US, Israel, Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Casper Kelly; Writer: Casper Kelly, Jamie King; Stars: Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Delaney Quinn, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, Patton Oswalt, Seamus Flynn, Madison Polan, Bryson JonSteele, Bennie Taylor, Mark Aaron Buerkle)
A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.
Cape Fear
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Morten Tyldum; Stars: Amy Adams, Javier Bardem, Patrick Wilson, Lily Collias)
A happily married couple face a growing threat when a notorious killer from their past, Max Cady, is released from prison and seeks revenge.
Captured!
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Koichi; Writer: Koichi; Stars: Runa Nakashima, Maikichi, Megumi Okina)
A middle school student who fears she’ll have to drop out of school and enter the workforce early to help her single mother make ends meet decides to start a vlog with the help of her best friend. In an effort to boost her popularity, they go to an abandoned building and film some fake scary footage, but end up actually haunted by an evil specter and a benevolent deity.
Colony
(Gun-Che)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho, Choi Gyu-seok; Stars: Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-bin, Kim Shin-rock, Go Soo, Kim Hyeong-mook)
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.
Never After Dark and Levitating
Drag
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Raviv Ullman, Greg Yagolnitzer; Writer: Greg Yagolnitzer, Raviv Ullman; Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, John Stamos, Christine Ko)
Two sisters with a contentious relationship decide to rob a rural home in upstate New York. The simple robbery turns into a nightmare when one of them throws out her back and becomes immobilised on the second floor. The night spirals out of control as they embark on a painful journey to make it out before the homeowner returns.
The Glorious Dead
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: John Adams, Toby Poser; Writer: John Adams, Toby Poser; Stars: John Adams, Lulu Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Judith Roberts)
A small-town sheriff and her deputy awaken to a changed world where blood drips from taps, people vanish, creatures roam the woods, and the dead rise as the town descends into chaos.
Godhead
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Mark H Rapaport; Writer: Mark H Rapaport; Stars: Luke Speakman, Al Warren, Kimball Farley, Sarah Coffey, Sidney Baxley, Mila Middleswarth)
Eccentric twins proclaim themselves prophets to a priest, blurring reality and delusion as they involve him in their supposed divine mission.
God Skin
(Country: Thailand; Year: 2026; Director: Paween Purijitpanya; Stars: Sutthirak Subvijitra)
Desperate for money, Bangkok delivery boy Marwin discovers a clandestine arena where the wealthy wager on martial arts matches with a high-tech twist.
The Journey To Gyeong-ju
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Kim Mi-Jo; Writer: Kim Mi-Jo; Stars: Lee Jeong-eun, Kong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon, Kim Young Sung, Kim Se A)
When the man responsible for their youngest daughter's death is suddenly released from prison, a grieving mother, Ok Sil, and her three daughters embark on a revenge-fueled road trip to Gyeongju.
Kokurojo: The Samurai And The Prisoner
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, Tasuku Emoto, Joe Odagiri, Yusuke Santamaria, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Ryota Bando, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoshimasa Kondo, Toshihiro Yashiba)
A Japanese provincial lord finds himself making an ally of one of his prisoners when his castle comes under siege.
Kung Fu
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2026; Director: Giddens Ko; Stars: Kai Ko, Berant Zhu, Gingle Wang)
An invincible, aging martial arts master transforms two young losers into powerful disciples who uphold justice. However, unfinished business from a previous life 500 years prior may soon shatter their bond and unleash new havoc.
The Last Footage
(Country: Myanmar; Year: 2026; Director: Arkar Soe Oo; Writer: Arkar Soe Oo)
Events unfold in almost-realtime, as the sun sets on the haunted Wingabar Forest and eerie howls pierce its night.
The Last Temptation Of Becky
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Jenn Wexler; Writer: Jenn Wexler, Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote; Stars: Lulu Wilson, Neil Patrick Harris, Kate Siegel, James Urbaniak, Brandon Flynn)
Now a CIA field agent, Becky goes undercover in Poland to infiltrate a family running an inn at The Wolf's Lair, one of Hitler's WWII bunkers. When she learns the father, Wilhelm Reuss, plans to spark the Fourth Reich, Becky must stop him.
Levitating
(Country: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, France; Year: 2026; Director: Wregas Bhanuteja; Writer: Wregas Bhanuteja, Alicia Angelina, Defi Mahendra; Stars: Angga Yunanda, Maudy Ayunda, Anggun, Chicco Kurniawan, Bryan Domani, Indra Birowo, Ganindra Bimo, Ivonne Dahler, Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari, Buyung Ispramadi)
In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.
Los Vampires
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Craig Mitchell; Writer: Craig Mitchell; Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Daniela Couso, Thomas Kretschmann, Jorge Diaz, Oscar Nuñez, Carol Abney)
In 1930 Hollywood, a Spanish actor is cast in the night shoot of a soon-to-be-legendary vampire film, forced to imitate the English-speaking star who performs the same role by day. The two actors regularly meet at the transitory hours of their shoots, and a rivalry stirs between them. All the while, a string of murders are occurring on and around the soundstage.
Motherwitch
(Country: Cyprus, North Macedonia, US; Year: 2026; Director: Minos Papas; Writer: Evripidis Dikaios, Nikolas Kouroumtzis, Minos Papas; Stars: Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Yerolemou, Danae Katsameni, Dimitri Andreas, Athos Antoniou, Marina Makris)
Eleni, a painter in Cyprus in 1882, reaches into the shadows to resurrect her lost children, but instead summons the ancient Kalikantzari of Cypriot lore. She must now confront the storm of her grief and anger, and lift the curse.
The Mouths
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Takashi Shimizu)
A rumor circulates about a cursed tree standing in the center of a supposedly haunted cemetery and a group of university students decides to tempt fate by visiting this legendary spot in the dead of night.
Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant
(Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2026; Director: Sean Wallace, Jordan Mark Windsor; Writer: Jordan Mark Windsor; Stars: Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, Ariadne Baltazar)
When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant she must overcome sceptical doctors, a useless baby-daddy, and her oversharing mum in order to survive and reclaim her life.
Mutation
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Shin Su-won; Writer: Shin Su-won; Stars: Han Hyun-min, Lee Joo-young)
A Korean man tired of explaining his mixed heritage offers a mysterious suitcase to anyone who'll travel with him. A woman searching for her missing partner accepts, leading them both on a journey of self-discovery and friendship.
Nameless
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Hideo Jōjō; Stars: Katsushi Kubo, Ryûhei Maruyama, Megumi, Ayumu Mochizuki, Kuranosuke Sasaki)
Security-camera footage has captured evidence of a vicious murder at a café, but the police are baffled that the suspect can slash people to death without even holding a weapon. Who is this man? How is he able to kill without a blade or a gun? Why is he shrouded in mystery?
Never After Dark
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Dave Boyle; Writer: Dave Boyle; Stars: Moeka Hoshi, Kento Kaku, Kurumi Inagaki, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzo Masana, Tae Kimura)
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.
Nightborn
(Yön Lapsi)
(Country: Finland, France, UK, Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Hanna Bergholm; Writer: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi; Stars: Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko SaiSio, Rebecca Lacey, John Thomson)
In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.
Niko
(Year: 2026; Director: Julien Birban Levy; Writer: Julien Birban Levy; Stars: Tiffany Young, Sandor Funtek)
In dystopian Seoul, with curfew and lockdown in effect, broke screenwriter Niko suddenly disappears. As her boyfriend Jeremy and new bestie Ji-eun try to locate her, they become unexpectedly intertwined in a love triangle.
The Origin Of Ultraman
(Country: Japan; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hideo Kojima, Nicolas Winding Refn, Guillermo Del Toro)
A celebration of the superhero from Nebula M78 and his appearances in films, on television, and in wider Japanese culture.
Penny Lane Is Dead
(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Mia Kate Russell; Writer: Mia Kate Russell; Stars: Ben O'Toole, Steve Le Marquand, Alexandra Jensen, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Fletcher Humphrys)
Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.
Recluse
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Henry Chaisson; Writer: Henry Chaisson; Stars: Sasha Frolova, Kimball Farley, Toby Poser, Mia Vallet, Xander Berkeley, Thomas Cancellara, Gillian Cooper, Christine Nyland)
Follows Joan, an audio engineer who lives a solitary life, struggling to determine whether the horrors she encounters are real and caused by past actions of her father, or if they are manifestations of her own troubled mind.
Sicko
(Country: Kazakhstan; Year: 2026; Director: Aitore Zholdaskali; Stars: Ayan Utepbergen, Dilnaz Kurmangali, Azat Zhumadil, and Aida Kurmangaliyeva)
Happily married couple Azamat and Tancho live a carefree life until Azamat is forced to face his mounting debts. In desperation, they come up with a scheme to fake Stage 4 cancer for Tancho and raise money through crowdfunding - but success leads to temptation.
The Specials
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Eiji Uchida; Stars: Shô Aoyagi, Yuzuki Hirakawa, Renji Ishibashi, Yoshihisa Ishida, Aki Maeda)
A legendary former assassin who now lives a quiet life, working at a children's home, unexpectedly acquires an opportunity to eliminate the eccentric boss of the powerful Honjo-kai at a dance competition he attends.
Suzuki=Bakudan
(Country: Japan; Director: Akira Nagai; Stars: Jiro Sato, Yuki Yamada)
While being interrogated at a police station, a mysterious drunk man claims that he has psychic powers by predicting bombs that will soon explode, one being activated every hour.
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Jane Schoenbrun; Writer: Jane Schoenbrun; Stars: Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin McDonald, Quintessa Swindell, Jack Haven, Jess McLeod, Louise Weard)
When the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed to a new director, she visits the original movie's star only to fall into a blood-soaked world of desire and delirium.
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Eiji Uchida; Stars: Park Ji-hwan, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Jung Yunho)
A rookie detective from Tokyo’s red-light district must team up with a counterpart from Seoul with equally questionable practices, to track down a dangerous criminal spreading terror across Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.
Trauma Or, Monsters All
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Larry Fessenden; Writer: Larry Fessenden; Stars: Laëtitia Hollard, Aitana Doyle, Addison Timlin, Alex Hurt, Alex Breaux, Larry Fessenden, John Speredakos, Cody Kostro, Marc Senter, Rigo Garay, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard)
An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within.
Tristes Tropiques
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Park Hoon-jung; Stars: Park Hae-soo, Lee Sin-young, Kim Myung-min, Lin Po-hung, Chen Yiwen)
Young assassins are trained in the rainforest and seek bloody revenge, distrusting each other.
Tunnels: Sun In The Dark
(Dia Dao: Mat Troi Trong Bong Toi)
(Country: Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Bùi Thac Chuyên; Writer: Bùi Thac Chuyên; Stars: Thai Hoa, Quang Tuan, Thu Anh Ho, Diem Hang Lamoon)
In 1967, as the Vietnam War raged, a Vietnamese revolutionary guerrilla team became the US military's top target - charged with safeguarding a secret group of intelligence agents at all costs.
We're Nothing At All
(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2026; Director: Herman Yau; Writer: Herman Yau; Stars: Patrick Tam, Anson Kong, Ansonbean, Chu Pak-him, Thor Lok, Kearen Pang)
Inspired by the 1998 Wuhan Bus Blast in China, this film follows three men from different backgrounds whose lives connect after a Valentines’ Day bomb attack.
Wind Breaker
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Kentaro Hagiwara; Stars: Koshi Mizukami)
A new arrival in the small town of Makochi, Sakura is determined to take control of Furin High School – known for its formidable fighters – by knocking its leader out with a few well-aimed punches to the face. Instead, he discovers a tight-knit group of young people working to protect their community from the Shishitoren gang, which aims to sow chaos in order to gain more power.
You Are The Film
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Makoto Ueda; Writer: Makoto Ueda; Stars: Riko Fujitani, Takafumi Imai, Kai Inowaki, Gôta Ishida)
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