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Chillerama
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan; Writer: Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan; Stars: Richard Riehle, Adam Rifkin, Ray Wise, Joel David Moore, Eric Roberts, Kane Hodder, Kristina Klebe, Lin Shaye, Brent Corrigan, Anton Troy, Gabby West, Corey Jones, John F. McCormick, Ward Edmondson, Kaili Thorne)
Movie anthology set in a drive-in movie theatre.
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
(Country: US, Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Troy Nixey; Writer: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Nigel McKeand; Stars: Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison, Guy Pearce, Alan Dale, Julia Blake, Nicholas Bell, Jack Thompson, Dylan Young, Emelia Burns, Edwina Ritchard, Gabriela Iturrizaga, Lisa N Edwards, Garry McDonald, James Mackay, Ande Orbach), Official Site
A girl starts to hear voices in the hidden basement of a mansion her father is restoring.
Deadheads
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Brett Pierce, Drew T Pierce; Writer: Brett Pierce, Drew T Pierce; Stars: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder, Markus Taylor, Thomas Galasso, Natalie Victoria, Eden Malyn, Benjamin Webster, Greg Dow, Harry Burkey, Leonard Kelly-Young, Jamie Wheatley, Brian Matthew Richardson, Christina Rose, Alexander Borrello, Brock Tarzana), Official Site
A pair of slacker zombies go on a road trip to try to find one of their lost loves.
Detention
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Joseph Kahn; Writer: Joseph Kahn, Mark Palermo; Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Jan Anderson, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Jesse Heiman, Aaron Perilo, Richard Brake, Walter Perez, Brian Guest, Jessica Lee, Shanley Caswell, Danae McKillop, Kate Kelton, Erica Shaffer)
Teenagers face a serial killer in comedy slasher.
Final Destination 5
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Steven Quale; Writer: Eric Heisserer, Jeffrey Reddick; Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Tony Todd, Emma Bell, David Koechner, PJ Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Ellen Wroe, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Tanya Hubbard, Tim Fellingham, Andy Nez, Ian Thompson), Official Site
Death tries to correct the balance after a premonition saves a group of workers from a bridge collapse.
Fright Night
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2011; Director: Craig Gillespie; Writer: Marti Noxon, based on the story by Tom Holland; Stars: Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Anton Yelchin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette, Dave Franco, Grace Phipps, Reid Ewing, Emily Montague, Sandra Vergara, Chelsea Tavares, Will Denton, Tina Borek, Charlie B. Brown), Official Site
Is horror movie addict Charley Brewster’s suave new nextdoor neighbour Jerry Dandridge really an evil vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths?
The Glass Man
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Cristian Solimeno; Writer: Cristian Solimeno; Stars: Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell, Cristian Solimeno, Don Warrington, Lorraine Burroughs, Simon Sherlock, Brett Allen, Gary Grant, Amanda Ray-King, Lauren Cuthbertson, Luke Sullivan, Polly Furnival, Will Francis), Official Site
A debt collector offers a man down on his luck a solution he can't refuse.
The Holding
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Susan Jacobson; Writer: James Dormer; Stars: Kierston Wareing, Vincent Regan, Skye Lourie, Maisie Lloyd, David Bradley, Terry Stone, Jake Curran, Jarrod Cooke, Mark Cooper Harris), Official Site
An enigmatic stranger may not be as much of a godsend as he first appears to a lonely mum and her daughters.
The Innkeepers
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Ti West; Writer: Ti West; Stars: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle, Alison Bartlett, Lena Dunham, Jake Schlueter, John Speredakos)
An old inn is about to shut its doors for the final time and two of its employees get more than they bargain for when they go ghost hunting.
Inbred
(Country: Germany, UK; Year: 2011; Director: Alex Chandon; Writer: Alex Chandon, Paul Shrimpton; Stars: Jo Hartley, Seamus O'Neill, James Doherty, James Burrows, Neil Leiper, Chris Waller, Nadine Rose Mulkerrin, Terry Haywood, Damien Lloyd-Davies, Derek Melling, Mark Rathbone, Dominic Brunt, Mat Fraser, George Newton, Michael Sanderson), Official Site
A group of young offenders run into trouble in a remote Yorkshire village.
Kill List
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Ben Wheatley; Writer: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley; Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton, Robin Hill, Zoe Thomas, Gareth Tunley, Jamelle Ola, Mark Kempner, Damien Thomas), Official Site
A hitman's moral compass becomes badly skewed.
A Lonely Place To Die
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Julian Gilbey; Writer: Julian Gilbey, Will Gilbey; Stars: Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Eamonn Walker, Sean Harris, Alec Newman, Karel Roden, Kate Magowan, Garry Sweeney, Stephen McCole, Paul Anderson, Holly Boyd, Eric Barlow, Tania Chant, Gillian MacGregor, Douglas Russell), Official Site
Mountain climbers become caught up in a game of cat and mouse after discovering a kidnapped girl buried in the wilderness.
A Night In The Woods
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Richard Parry; Stars: Scoot McNairy, Anna Skellern, Andrew Hawley)
A hiking trip into the woods leads to terror for a trio of pals.
Panic Button
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Chris Crow; Writer: Chris Crow, Frazer Lee, John Shackleton, David Shillitoe; Stars: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys, Joshua Richards, Vern Raye, Kezia Burrows, Sarah Parks, Millie Midwinter-Lean, Paul Jibson, Sule Rimi), Official Site
Social networkers on the trip of a lifetime find themselves playing for their lives in a virtually reality game.
Rogue River
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Jourdan McClure; Writer: Ryan Finnerty, Kevin Haskin; Stars: Michelle Page, Art Alexakis, Chris Coy, Michael Cudlitz, Lucinda Jenney, Bill Moseley, Michael Rooker), Official Site, Trailer
A grieving woman accepts a lift from a man after her car is towed away... little anticipating what is waiting for her courtesy of he and his wife in their cabin in the woods.
Saint (Sint)
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2010; Director: Dick Maas; Writer: Dick Maas; Stars: Egbert Jan Weeber, Caro Lenssen, Huub Stapel, Cynthia Abma, Kees Boot, Madelief Blanken, Frederik Brom, Ben Ramakers, Joey van der Velden, Christopher Parren, Rob Andrist Plourde, Fred Goessens, Escha Tanihatu, Bert Luppes, Bob Schwarze), Official Site
After being murdered, bishop St Niklas seeks revenge every 32 years by giving the parents and children a Christmas they will never forget.
Sennentuntschi: Curse Of The Alps
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2010; Director: Michael Steiner; Writer: Stefanie Japp, Michael Sauter, Michael Steiner; Stars: Roxane Mesquida, Joel Basman, Rebecca Indermaur, Peter Jecklin, Ueli Jäggi, Thomas Landl, Carlos Leal, Hanspeter Müller, Florian Nussbaumer, Nicholas Ofczarek, Daniel Rohr, Anne-Marie Sievi, Andrea Zogg), Official Site
The hills are alive with the sound of screaming.
The Theatre Bizarre
(Country: US, France; Year: 2011; Director: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley; Writer: Scarlett Amaris, Douglas Buck, John Esposito, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Emiliano Ranzani, Richard Stanley; Stars: Tom Savini, Kaniehtiio Horn, Debbie Rochon, André Hennicke, Elissa Dowling, Suzan Anbeh, Catriona MacColl, Victoria Maurette, Erica Rhodes, James Gill, Virginia Newcomb, Lorry O'Toole, Jeff Dylan Graham, Lindsay Goranson, Lena Kleine)
A girl obsessed with an abandoned theatre is treated to six weird tales.
Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren, Trollhunter)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2010; Director: André Øvredal; Writer: André Øvredal; Stars: Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Johanna Mørck, Knut Nærum, Robert Stoltenberg, Glenn Erland Tosterud), Official Site
A group of student filmmakers get more than they bargained for when tangling with a man tasked with protecting Norway from giant trolls.
Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
(Country: Canada; Year: 2010; Director: Eli Craig; Writer: Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson; Stars: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss.)
A pair of hillbillies have a nasty run in with a group of college kids.
Urban Explorers (The Depraved)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2011; Director: Andy Fetscher; Writer: Martin Thau; Stars: Nathalie Kelley, Nick Eversman, Klaus Stiglmeier, Max Riemelt, Catherine de Léan, Brenda Koo, Adolfo Assor, Johannes Klaußer, Andreas Wilniewski, Kai Michael Walter)
A warren of tunnels beneath Berlin holds trouble for a group of thrill-seekers.
Vile
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Taylor Sheridan; Writer: Eric Jay Beck, Rob Kowsaluk; Stars: Eric Jay Beck, April Matson, Akeem Smith, Reg Cipes, Maya Hazen), Trailer
How far are people willing to go when instructed by authority?
The Wicker Tree
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Robin Hardy; Writer: Robin Hardy; Stars: Christopher Lee, Graham McTavish, Clive Russell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Henry Garrett, Ailidh Mackay, Keith Warwick, James Mapes, Jacqueline Leonard, Brittania Nicol, Prue Clarke, Callum Mitchell, Lesley Mackie, Iain Stuart Robertson, Terry Wale), Official Site
A Texas gospel singer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in a bizarre ceremony of pagan rites.
The Woman
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Lucky McKee; Writer: Lucky McKee, based on the book by Jack Ketchum; Stars: Angela Bettis, Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Marcia Bennett, Carlee Baker, Lauren Ashley Carter, Tommy Nelson, Frank Olsen, Zack Rand, Chris Krzykowski, Shana Barry), Official Site, Trailer
A successful country lawyer captures and attempts to 'civilise' a woman he finds in the woods.
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