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The Innocents The Innocents
The Innocents and Barbarians
Amulet (Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Romola Garai; Writer: Romola Garai; Stars: Alec Secareanu, Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton, Paul O'Kelly, Tom Bennett, Louis Jay Jordan, Perry Jaques, Yonah Odoom, Anah Ruddin, Amanda Quach, Anah Ruddin, William E Lester)
A homeless ex-soldier gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to help a young woman and her dying mother.
Barbarians (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Charles Dorfman; Writer: Charles Dorfman; Stars: Tom Cullen, Iwan Rheon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Will Kemp, Steve Saunders)
A dinner party in a country house sees four friends come together for a birthday celebration, but as the night progresses secrets emerge and unsettling events begin to unfold around them.
The Innocents (Country: US, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland; Year: 2021; Director: Eskil Vogt; Writer: Eskil Vogt; Stars: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Morten Svartveit)
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking.
Last Survivors (SHTF) (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Drew Mylrea; Writer: Josh Janowicz; Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Moyer, Drew Van Acker, Mark Famiglietti)
A father and son, who have been living off grid for 20 years, encounter an outsider who threatens to destroy the utopia they've built.
Miracle Valley (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Greg Sestero; Writer: Greg Sestero; Stars: Greg Sestero, Angela Mariano, Rick Edwards, Louisa Torres, RJ Canto)
An obsessive photographer and his girlfriend are invited to a desert getaway in search of an ultra-rare bird.
The Seed The Seed
The Seed and Amulet
Pennywise: The Story Of It (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: John Campopiano, Chris Griffiths; Writer: John Campopiano, Gary Smart; Stars: Tim Curry, Seth Green, Richard Thomas, Emily Perkins, Dennis Christopher, Tim Reid)
A documentary about the 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's book.
The Possessed (Country: Australia; Year: 2021; Director: Chris Sun; Writer: Kirsty Dallas, Mark Gardener, John Kendrick; Stars: John Jarratt, Lincoln Lewis, Angie Kent, Lauren Grimson)
Two exorcists faced with an alarming rise in cases meet a young woman who has not training but shares their ability to see the damned.
The Seed (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Sam Walker; Writer: Sam Walker; Stars: Lucy Martin, Sophie Vavasseur, Chelsea Edge, Anthony Edridge)
What starts out as girls weekend away in the Mojave desert becomes a tale of horror, death and alien invasion.
Veneciafrenia (Country: Spain; Year: 2021; Director: Álex de la Iglesia; Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Álex de la Iglesia; Stars: Caterina Murino, Cosimo Fusco, Silvia Alonso, Ingrid Garcia Jonsson)
A group of Spanish tourists in Venecia find themselves fighting for their lives against locals that are not too keen on foreigners.
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