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A group of carnival performers are kidnapped and forced to fight for their lives in a deadly maze.
Abattoir
After the death of her sister and nephew, real-estate investigative reporter Julia uncovers the sinister truth behind a series of gruesome murders where the entire killing rooms have been dismantled and pulled from their foundations.
Blood Feast
A museum security guard and restaurateur prepares a cannibal feast in honour of the goddess Ishtar.
Benavidez's Case
Frustrated art teacher Benavidez is sick of living in the shadow of his formidable artist father and seeks refuge at his psychiatrist’s house where equally tormented creative spirits live in the basement in return for producing artworks sold at elite auction.
Beyond The Gates
Two brothers get into trouble playing the old VCR board game that led to their father's disappearance.
The Chamber
A submarine endeavours to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea off the dangerous shores of the Korean Peninusla. When an explosion causes it to overturn and take on water, the four-man crew enter a pressure cooker situation.
The Creature Below
During a traumatic accident on a deep-sea dive, Olive, a gifted, young marine biologist discovers an unearthly creature and smuggles it home so she can study it. Then the nightmars begin.

D

Dawn Of The Deaf
When a sonic pulse turns the hearing population into zombies, what effect will it have on the lives of the deaf people who survive?
Downhill
A biking ace and his girlfriend are targeted by killers.
The Evil In Us
Six friends fall foul of a drug-borne virus which turns users into vicious, unreasoning cannibals.
Francesca
Is a series of grisly murders connected to the death of a young girl 15 years ago?
From A House On Willow Street
Kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy diamond distributor but they realise too late that she’s been possessed by a demon.
Hostage To The Devil
A documentary about Irish priest Father Malachi Martin and his crusade battling the devil from the release of The Exorcist movie through to his suspicious death in 1999.
House Of Salem
Kidnappers become a child's unlikely protectors after finding out that they have been unwittingly set up to take part in a deadly game of human sacrifice.

I

The Killing Of America
A documentary tracing murderous violence in America through the Sixties and Seventies.
Let's Be Evil
Three people are recruited to act as supervisors in an institute for gifted children, but things don't go as they expected.
Lost Solace
Spence Cutler is a vicious psychopath who stalks his victims relentlessly without emotion, empathy or guilt. But one fateful encounter in a nightclub with a new designer drug is about to give him a dose of way too much reality.
The Love Witch
Sixties-style film sees a witch use spells to win the hearts of men.

M

Monolith
A woman driving a high-tech car through the desert stops and gets out after she hits a deer, only for her toddler son to accidentally lock her out and himself in.
My Father Die
A young man is out for revenge.
The Neighbour
What is the guy next door doing in his basement?
Population Zero
In April 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer - he found them, and confessed to the crime. Despite this, he was allowed to go free because of a loophole in the American Constitution.

R

Realive
70 years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Marc becomes the first resuscitated cryogenic body. But readjusting to life as a human lab rat proves difficult.
Red Christmas
A mysterious stranger with extreme religious views turns a seasonal family gathering upside down.
Road Games
Two strangers travelling together in rural France find themselves in a dangerous situation after agreeing to stay in an older couple's mansion.
The Similars
There are strange goings-on in an isolated bus station.
Through The Shadow
A young governess becomes convinced that the children in her charge face a supernatural threat.
Train To Busan
A train journey is complicated by the presence of the living dead.

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We Are The Flesh
Wandering through a ruined city, a young brother and sister discover a building inhabited by a mysterious hermit who offers them sanctuary.
The Windmill Massacre
When their bus breaks down, tourists are forced to seek shelter in a disused barn beside a sinister windmill where, legend has it, a Devil-worshipping miller once ground the bones of locals instead of grain.
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