The Babadook
A character in a pop up book haunts the nightscape of a six-year-old boy
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
On a working holiday in Miyazaki, the teenage killers find themselves up against a deadly freelancer.
Bookworm
11 year old Mildred's world is turned upside-down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
Chainsaws Were Singing
Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer in this absurdist musical.
Children Of The Wicker Man
A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
Cloud
An online scammer, reselling faulty products at preposterously high rates, is on the run after some of his customers decide to hit back.

D

Daddy's Head
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after the boy becomes convinced that his deceased father has returned for him.
A Different Man
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical trial to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
The Fall
Tarsem Singh's visually opulent fantasy epic borrowing the narrative device of The Princess Bride to widen and scorch the eyes.
Frankie Freako!
In an attempt to impress his wife and boss, a nerdy man is lured by a 1-900 TV ad to party with a strange little creature called Frankie Freako. All hell breaks loose when Frankie and his two friends wreak interdimensional havoc in his life.
The Guest
A man inveigles his way into a family home by saying he is a friend of a dead soldier.

I

The Life And Deaths Of Christopher Lee
Genre icon Christopher Lee is brought back to life in a documentary using fresh interviews, archive material and multiple forms of traditional and cutting-edge animation.

M

Maldoror
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.
Memoir Of A Snail
A woman recalls the series of unfortunate events that have made up her life so far.
Never Let Go
A family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.
Nine Queens
Two small-time con artists in Buenos Aires attempt a high level rare stamps fraud.
Parvulos
Three young brothers living in a cabin in the middle of the woods hide a dark, disturbing secret in their basement.
Plastic Guns
A case of mistaken identity fuels a twisted satire.

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Steppenwolf
Tamara searches for her missing son in a violent town. She hires a morally questionable ex-detective to find him. His methods are cruel but she is determined to find her son whatever the cost.
Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorised Southern California for almost two decades.

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V/H/S/Beyond
Six bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a science-fiction inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense.
Wake In Fright
A young teacher gets more than he bargained for in a violent outback town, in a film that reportedly even gives Nick Cave nightmares...
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