FrightFest 2022

All the features showing in August, at the main event on the Frightfest calendar.

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Midnight Peepshow Midnight Peepshow
Midnight Peepshow and Hypochondriac
Barbarian (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Zach Cregger; Writer: Zach Cregger; Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Kurt Braunohler, Devina Vassileva)
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that her rental has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
Bitch Ass (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Bill Posley,; Writer: Bill Posley, Jonathan Colomb; Stars: Sheaun McKinney, Tunde Laleye, Me'Lisa Sellers, Teon Kelly, Tony Todd)
On a gang initiation night, a group of kids enter a house where a kid left for death after his own initiation, many years earlier, is waiting for them with his own set of deadly games to be played.
Bite (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: James Owen; Writer: Tom Critch, James Owen; Stars: Shian Denovan, Nansi Nsue, Annabelle Lanyon, Anthony Ilott)
A pair of thieves get more than they bargained for when they target Beryl, a seemingly innocent elderly widow.
The Breach (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Rodrigo Gudiño; Writer: Ian Weir, based on the book by Nick Cutter; Stars: Natalie Brown, Allan Hawco, Emily Alatalo, Eva Weiss, Wesley French)
John Hawkins, who is set to retire as police chief is tucked away in deep wood. Following the discovery of a gruesome body with uncanny injuries, he's pulled into an investigation to solve the horrifying mystery, which evades explanation.
Burial (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Ben Parker; Writer: Ben Parker; Stars: Tom Felton, Harriet Walter, Charlotte Vega, Barry Ward, Bill Miller, Dan Renton Skinner)
A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler's discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow.
The Breach The Breach
The Breach and Burial
Candy Land (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: John Swab; Writer: John Swab; Stars: Eden Brolin, William Baldwin, Owen Campbell, Olivia Luccardi, Brad Carter, Guinevere Turner)
A seemingly naïve and devout young woman finds her way in the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. 'lot lizards'.
Cerebrum (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Sébastien Blanc; Writer: Francesco Cinquemani, Loris Curci, Andy Edwards, Barry Keating, Mark Thompson-Ashworth; Stars: Tobi King Bakare, Ramona Von Pusch, Steve Oram, Davide Marangoni)
After waking up from a year-long coma, an insecure young man must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him.
Control (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: James Mark; Stars: Sara Mitch, George Tchortov, Evie Loiselle)
Locked in a mysterious room and commanded by an unknown voice, Eileen must complete several tasks in order to save her daughter’s life. As the tests and the stakes intensify to the point where succeeding seems well nigh impossible, Eileen is forced to discover she has some unexpected skills and kinetic powers.
The Creeping (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Jamie Hooper; Writer: Jamie Hooper, Helen Miles; Stars: Sophie Thompson, Leon Ancliffe, Taliyah Blair, Pauline Hooper, Phillipa Peak)
A concerned young woman moves home to look after her ailing grandmother and soon finds herself fighting a malevolent presence with a dark secret.
Croc! (Crocodile Vengeance) (Year: 2022; Director: Paul W Franklin; Writer: Paul W Franklin; Stars: Sian Altman, Mark Haldor, George Nettleton, Antonia Whillans, Chrissie Wunna, Stephen Staley)
Deep in the English countryside, Lisa and George prepare for their wedding at a Tudor mansion. But an angry crocodile lies in wait, determined to ruin their big day.
Dog Soldiers Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers and She Came From The Woods
Cult Of VHS (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Rob Preciado; Stars: Jordi Camacho, Benjamin Combes, Ricardo Farias, Michael Keene)
A feature length documentary featuring interviews with collectors, film directors and VHS enthusiasts as they take a trip down memory lane and take us through their first experiences with the medium and what it meant to them
Dark Glasses (Black Glasses, Occhiali Neri) (Country: Italy, France; Year: 2022; Director: Dario Argento; Writer: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini; Stars: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, Maria Rosaria Russo, Gennaro Iaccarino, Andrea Zhang)
A woman who has lost her sight in her car crash and is guided by a young Chinese orphan tries to escape the serial killer who is stalking the streets of Rome armed with deadly cello strings.
Daughter (Year: 2022; Director: Corey Deshon; Writer: Corey Deshon; Stars: Casper Van Dien, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngô, Ian Alexander)
A young woman is inducted into a bizarre family as its new surrogate daughter.
Deadstream (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter; Writer: Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter; Stars: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone)
A washed up internet personality tries to win back his followers by livestreaming himself spending one night alone in an abandoned haunted house.
Deep Fear (Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2022; Director: Grégory Beghin; Stars: Victor Meutelet, Sofia Lesaffre, Joseph Olivennes, Kassim Meesters)
Paris: The 1980s. Three students decide to celebrate their graduation with a visit to the local catacombs deep in the heart of the French capital. There they discover a bunker bearing the number 717. Little do they know about the legend attached to it.
They Wait In The Dark They Wait In The Dark
They Wait In The Dark and The Summoned
Dog Soldiers (Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Neil Marshall; Writer: Neil Marshall; Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Emma Cleasby, Darren Morfitt, Chris Robson, Leslie Simpson)
Soldiers on training exercise in Scotland meet hungry werewolves.
Do Not Disturb (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: John Ainslie; Stars: Kimberley Laferriere, Rogan Christopher, Janet Porter, Christian McKenna)
hloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. Amidst the flashy neon and sunny beaches, they decide a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. Unbeknownst to them, they've been given a rare and powerful strand of the drug that awakens a desire to eat human flesh.
Eating Miss Campbell (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Liam Regan; Writer: Liam Regan; Stars: Lyndsey Craine, Lala Barlow, Vito Trigo, James Hamer-Morton, Charlie Bond, Emily Haigh)
A vegan-goth high school student falls in love with her new English teacher and develops a problematic taste for human flesh.
Everybody Dies By The End (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ian Tripp, Ryan Schafer; Writer: Ian Tripp; Stars: Bill Oberst Jr, Vinny Curran, Ian Tripp, Caroline Amiguet)
A documentary crew follows cult classic horror director, Alfred Costella, as he makes his final film - an all practical masterpiece...with a dark twist.
Everyone Will Burn (Country: Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Daniel Hebrero; Stars: Macarena Gomez, Rodolfo Sancho, Sofia Garcia, Ruben Ochandiano)
In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.
The Leech The Leech
The Leech and Cerebrum
The Eyes Below (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Alexis Bruchon; Writer: Alexis Bruchon; Stars: Vinicius Coelho)
Eugene's home is quiet and peaceful as he goes to sleep, but when he feels something travelling up his body, he realises that it's not going to stay that way.
Fall (Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Scott Mann; Writer: Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann; Stars: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
Best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves at the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower - with no safe way down.
Family Dinner (Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Hengl; Writer: Peter Hengl; Stars: Pia Hierzegger, Michael Pink, Nina Katlein, Alexander Sladek)
Overweight and insecure, Simi spends Easter weekend with her famous nutritionist aunt. The hope is that it’ll help her get on a healthier track, but as the aunt’s family’s icy dynamics and an increasingly malevolent atmosphere leave Simi feeling uneasy, weight isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose.
Final Cut (Coupez!) (Year: 2022; Director: Michel Hazanavicius; Writer: Michel Hazanavicius; Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield, Matilda Lutz, Raphaël Quenard)
Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.
Follow Her (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sylvia Caminer; Writer: Dani Barker; Stars: Eliana Jones, Mark Moses, Luke Cook, Lorraine Farris, Bettina Bilger)
An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.
Eating Miss Campbell Eating Miss Campbell
Eating Miss Campbell and Sissy
The Ghosts Of Monday (Country: Cyprus; Year: 2022; Director: Francesco Cinquemani)
The host of a recently cancelled TV series is invited to Cyprus to make a pilot about the tragically famous Hotel Gula where more than a hundred people died in mysterious circumstances 25 years ago.
The Ghost Writer (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Paul Wilkins; Writer: Guy Fee, Paul Wilkins; Stars: Luke Mably, Andrea Deck, Brendan Patricks, Robert Portal, Matthew Jure, Emma James)
A struggling author decides to plagiarise his deceased father's undiscovered novel, unleashing the demons of his father's past, which he most overcome or face being haunted for the rest of his life.
The Group (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Will Higo; Stars: Evangelina Burton, Dylan Baldwin, Luke Dayhill, Jennifer Aries)
A stranger pulls a gun on the members of an addiction support group to force them into making confessions.
H4z4rd (Hazard) (Country: Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Jonas Govaerts; Writer: Trent Haaga; Stars: Tom Vermeir, Frank Lammers, Jennifer Heylen, Monic Hendrickx)
A man who who really loves his girlfriend, his daughter, and his car, accepts a driving job and gets into a race which will result in either losing his life, his family or his beloved car.
The Harbinger (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Andy Mitton; Writer: Andy Mitton; Stars: Raymond Anthony Thomas, Gabby Beans, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Emily Davis, Laura Heisler, Cody Braverman)
A woman leaves her family quarantine to help a friend who's suffering from terrible nightmares - but she learns too late that the bad dreams are contagious, along with the demon behind them.
Orchestrator Of Storms Orchestrator Of Storms
Orchestrator Of Storms and The Eyes Below
Holy Shit! (Ach Du Scheisse!) (Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Lukas Rinker; Writer: Lukas Rinker; Stars: Gedeon Burkhard, Friederike Kempter, Micaela Schäfer, Uke Bosse, Rodney Charles)
A man wakes up from a drunken stupor to find himself trapped in a portaloo, and realises that if he can't escape within an hour, it will explode.
Hounded (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Tommy Boulding; Writer: Ray Bogdanovich, Dean Lines; Stars: Samantha Bond, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, James Lance, Hannah Traylen, Nick Moran)
A stately home robbery takes an evil turn one night when a gang of young thieves are caught by the owners of the house and then hunted across the estate for the proprietor's entertainment.
Huesera (Huesera: The Bone Woman) (Country: Peru, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Michelle Garza Cervera; Writer: Michelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo; Stars: Alfonso Dosal, Samantha Castillo, Martha Claudia Moreno, Mayra Batalla, Sonia Couoh, Aida López, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Mercedes Hernández, Enoc Leaño, Anahí Allué, Natalia Solián, Gabriela Velarde)
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.
Hypochondriac (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Addison Heimann; Writer: Addison Heimann; Stars: Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima, Yumarie Morales, Marlene Forte, Chris Doubek, Paget Brewster, Adam Busch, Michael Cassidy, Peter Mensah, Debra Wilson)
When his bipolar mother walks back into his life, a young gay man is forced to contend with his family history of mental illness.
Incredible But True (Incroyable Mais Vrai) (Year: 2022; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier)
A mysterious tunnel in the cellar of a new home turns lives upside down.
Hounded Hounded
Hounded and Splinter
The Lair (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Neil Marshall; Writer: Neil Marshall; Stars: Jonathan Howard, Charlotte Kirk, Jamie Bamber, Tanji Kibong)
When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are awakened.
The Last Client (Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund; Stars: Signe Egholm Olsen, Anton Hjejle, Dan Zahle, Sara Fanta Traore)
After a psychologist is told by police a quote from her diary has been found at a murder scene, she realises too late that one of her clients is a serial killer.
The Leech (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Eric Pennycoff; Writer: Eric Pennycoff; Stars: Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper, Rigo Garay, Taylor Zaudtke)
A devout priest welcomes a struggling homeless couple into his house during the season of goodwill. But what begins as a simple act of kindness and Christmas charity quickly becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardised.
Living With Chucky (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Kyra Elise Gardner; Writer: Kyra Elise Gardner, Jason Strickland; Stars: Abigail Breslin, Brad Dourif, Lin Shaye, John Waters, Kyra Elise Gardner)
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the Chucky family.
LOLA (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Andrew Legge; Writer: Andrew Legge, Angeli Macfarlane; Stars: Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne, Hugh O'Conor, Ayvianna Snow, Aaron Monaghan, Shaun Boylan, Philip Condron)
Two sisters build a machine called LOLA which can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future, and realise it could help fight the Nazis.
The Once And Future Smash/End Zone 2 The Once And Future Smash/End Zone 2
The Once And Future Smash/End Zone 2 and Raven's Hollow
Mastemah (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Didier D Daarwin; Writer: Thierry Aflalou, Didier D Daarwin, Johanne Rigoulot; Stars: Camille Razat, Olivier Barthélémy, Tibo Vandenborre, Féodor Atkine, Anaël Snoek, Bruno Debrandt, Roberto Calvet)
A young psychiatrist starts analysing a dark and mysterious man, and then people around her start to die.
Mean Spirited (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Jeff Ryan; Writer: Joe Adams, Jeff Ryan; Stars: Michelle Veintimilla, Neville Archambault, Will Madden, Jeff Ryan, Charlie Pollock, Daniel Rashid)
After receiving an invitation to his estranged friend's mountain cottage, a wannabe vlogger aims to bury the hatchet with their now-celebrity friend who isn't quite himself anymore.
Midnight Peepshow (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Andy Edwards, Airell Anthony Hayles; Writer: Andy Edwards, Airell Anthony Hayles; Stars: Derek Nelson, Chiara D'Anna, Bethan Walker, Jamie Bacon, Richard Cotton, Dylan Baldwin, Mark Hampton, Ocean M Hsrris)
An anthology horror film set in a haunted peepshow booth.
New Religion (Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Keishi Kondo; Writer: Keishi Kondo; Stars: Daiki Nunami, Satoshi Oka, Saionji Ryuseigun, Kaho Seto)
Miyabi lost her only daughter in an accident. After her daughter's death, she got a divorce. She now works as a call girl and is living with her new boyfriend. One day, she meets a weird customer who asks her to let him take a picture of her spine.
Next Exit (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mali Elfman; Writer: Mali Elfman; Stars: Gavin Powers, Joe Powers, Katie Parker, Karen Gillan, Ty Molbak, Michael May, Rahul Kohli, Tessa Hersh, Jim Ortlieb, Angel Murphy, Eric Hoff, Nerea Duhart, Sally Levi, Drew Brandon Jones, Tongayi Chirisa)
In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers travel cross country together to end their lives, only to unexpectedly find what they’ve been missing along the way.
The Harbinger The Harbinger
The Harbinger and The Ones You Didn't Burn
Night Of The Bastard (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Eric Boccio; Stars: London May, Mya Hudson, Hannah Pierce, Henry Mortensen)
After an injured young woman takes refuge in his secluded home, a gruff recluse must fight off a bloodthirsty cult and an insatiable sorceress to save both of their lives. A battle to survive becomes a gripping race against the clock to escape a perverse ritual of blood and flesh.
Night Sky (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Jacob Gentry; Writer: AJ Bowen, Jacob Gentry; Stars: Brea Grant, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, Sandra Benton, Adam Voss)
A trek across the American southwest with a ne'er do well petty thief trying to escape his mysterious past, a celestial vagabond trying to rediscover hers, and the ruthless killer who is following them.
The Once And Future Smash/End Zone 2 (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J Epstein; Writer: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J Epstein, Brian W Smith; Stars: Mark Patton, Lloyd Kaufman, Laurene Landon)
A mockumentary about a fictional Seventies slasher film, accompanied by the fake film itself.
The Ones You Didn't Burn (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Elise Finnerty; Writer: Elise Finnerty; Stars: Elise Finnerty, Samuel Dunning, Estelle Girard Parks, Jenna Rose Sander)
Nathan and Mirra are in no way close siblings, but their father’s passing means they must return to their old family farm to sell off the land. There, Nathan starts having vivid nightmares of a woman rising from the sea, feeling the same dread his father felt before his death.
Orchestrator Of Storms (Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin) (Year: 2022; Director: Dima Ballin, Kat Ellinger; Stars: Jean Rollin)
A documentary portrait of filmmaker Jean Rollin.
Croc! Croc!
Croc! and LOLA
Piggy (Cerdita) (Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Carlota Pereda; Writer: Carlota Pereda; Stars: Pilar Castro, Claudia Salas, Camille Aguilar, Carmen Machi, Julián Valcárcel, Mabel del Pozo, Chema del Barco, Stéphanie Magnin Vella, Irene Ferreiro, Laura Galán, Fred Tatien, José Pastor, Richard Holmes, Fernando Delgado-Hierro, Amets Otxoa)
Sara deals with constant teasing from girls in her small town. But it comes to an end when a stranger kidnaps her tormentors. Sara knows more than she's saying and must decide between speaking up and saving the girls or saying nothing to protect the strange man who spared her.
Powertool Cheerleaders Vs The Boyband Of The Screeching Dead (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Pat Higgins; Writer: Pat Higgins; Stars: Charlie Bond, James Hamer-Morton, Justin Chinyere, Faith Elizabeth, Megan Rose Buxton)
When a cursed amulet turns their rival boy band act into a screeching gang of zombies, a group of cheerleaders must learn to use their wits, friendship and assorted power tools before a TV talent show takes a turn for the apocalyptic.
The Price We Pay (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ryûhei Kitamura; Writer: Christopher Jolley; Stars: Tyler Sanders, Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Vernon Wells, Erika Ervin)
After a pawn shop robbery goes awry, two criminals take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down, but find something much more menacing.
PussyCake (Country: Argentina; Year: 2021; Director: Pablo Parés; Stars: Macarena Suárez Dagliano, Aldana Ruberto, Anahí Politi, Florencia Moreno, Sofia Rossi)
An all-female rock band schedules a new gig. When they arrive at the place, the city looks like a desert. There are only horrors that appear to be from another dimension.
Raven's Hollow (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Christopher Hatton; Writer: Christopher Hatton, Chuck Reeves; Stars: Melanie Zanetti, William Moseley, Kate Dickie, David Hayman, Callum Woodhouse, Callum McGowan)
West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community.
Dark Glasses Dark Glasses
Dark Glasses and Deadstream
Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Aaron B Koontz, Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins; Writer: Aaron B Koontz, Cameron Burns, Alexandra Barreto; Stars: Jeremy King, Zoe Graham, Rich Sommer, Kelli Maroney, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Byron Brown)
When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley's funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.
She Came From The Woods (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Erik Bloomquist; Writer: Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist; Stars: Cara Buono, Clare Foley, Spencer List, William Sadler, Michael Park, Tyler Elliot Burke)
In 1987, a group of counsellors accidentally unleash a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
Sissy (Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes; Writer: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes; Stars: Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Emily De Margheriti, Daniel Monks, Yerin Ha, Lucy Barrett, Shaun Martindale, Amelia Lule, April Blasdall, Camille Cumpston)
Travelling to a remote location to celebrate the hen night of her childhood best friend, a woman re-encounters her childhood bully, who is once again determined to make her suffer.
Something In The Dirt (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead; Stars: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson)
When neighbours John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realise documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city, and each other.
Sorry About The Demon (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Emily Hagins; Stars: Jon Michael Simpson, Paige Evans, Jeff McQuitty, Sarah Cleveland)
After being dumped by his girlfriend Amy, broken hearted Will is offered a massive house at a very low rent. What’s the catch? The restless spirit haunting the place needs a human sacrifice and the prior owners must find one or else their young daughter is toast.
Torn Hearts Torn Hearts
Torn Hearts and Everyone Will Burn
Splinter (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tom Ryan; Stars: Jim Thalman, Kristin Muri, Quincy Saadeh, Tom Martin)
While renovating his childhood home, Scott gets a small splinter in his foot, triggering a chain of events and fever dreams, leading him to uncover dark secrets about his hometown, why he was abandoned by his parents, and the terrible legacy that is now his birthright.
Stalker (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Steve Johnson; Stars: Sophie Skelton, Stuart Brennan, Bret Hart)
A young actress finds herself trapped in a hotel lift at night with a crew member who is obsessed with her.
The Summoned (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mark Meir; Writer: Yuri Baranovsky; Stars: J Quinton Johnson, Emma Fitzpatrick, Angela Gulner, Salvador Chacon, Frederick Stuart, Mark Meir)
A young man visits a remote house with his girlfriend to receive creative therapy, but gets more than he bargained for.
Super Z (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Julien De Volte, Arnaud Tabarly; Stars: Julien Courbey, Johan Libereau, Fabien Ara, Marion Mezadorian)
An unknown corporation is turning humans into zombies. To their complete astonishment, their experiments give birth to zombies that can think, talk, reason and form a family unit. But the genetically modified five escape and are pursued by mercenaries as they struggle with new family dynamics, chaos and carnage.
Swallowed (Year: 2022; Director: Carter Smith; Stars: Jena Malone, Mark Patton)
A creepy-crawly-fable of survival and heartwarming friendship.
Who Invited Them Who Invited Them
Who Invited Them and Next Exit
Terrifier 2 (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Damien Leone; Writer: Damien Leone; Stars: Felissa Rose, Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Griffin Satopietro, Samantha Scaffidi)
After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
They Wait In The Dark (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Patrick Rea; Writer: Patrick Rea; Stars: Sarah McGuire, Laurie Catherine Winkel, Meagan Flynn, Patrick McGee)
Amy and her adopted son Adrian are on the run from her abusive ex-girlfriend, Judith, and take refuge in her family's abandoned farmhouse. Soon, a supernatural force from Amy's dark past rises up and begins haunting Adrian.
Tiny Cinema (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tyler Cornack; Stars: Austin Lewis, Shelby Dash, Tyler Cornack, Tyler Rice)
An anthology of six short films depicting ideas taken to extremes.
Torn Hearts (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Brea Grant; Writer: Rachel Koller Croft; Stars: Katey Sagal, Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, Joshua Leonard, Shiloh Fernandez)
The story of a country music duo who seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors which forces them to confront the limits they'd go to for their dreams.
Walking Against The Rain (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Scott Lyus; Writer: Scott Lyus; Stars: Sophia Eleni, Reece Douglas, James Swanton, Johnny Vivash)
Two strangers try to navigate across a barren landscape in a desperate attempt to find each other. With their only form of communication being two soon-to-die battery operated radio mics, and with something terrifying trying to track them down, they must learn to confront loss and rediscover a trust in humanity.
Final Cut Final Cut
Final Cut and Huesera
Who Invited Them (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Duncan Birmingham; Writer: Duncan Birmingham; Stars: Melissa Tang, Perry Mattfeld, Ryan Hansen, Timothy Granaderos)
Adam and Margo's housewarming party is a success. One couple, who claim to be wealthy neighbours, linger afterwards. As one nightcap leads to another, Adam and Margo suspect their new friends are duplicitous strangers.
Wolfkin (Country: Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Jacques Molitor; Stars: Louise Manteau, Victor Dieu, Marja-Leena Juncker, Jules Werner)
Single mother Elaine is raising her son, Martin, who starts showing strange and uncontrollable behaviour. When the boy aggressively bites one of his classmates, Elaine, desperate for answers, takes him to see his late father’s estranged family in their Luxembourg mansion estate. There she discovers what his birthmark really means.
Wolf Manor (Scream Of The Wolf) (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Dominic Brunt; Writer: Joel Ferrari, Pete Wild; Stars: James Fleet, John Henshaw, Nicky Evans, Jay Taylor, Sade Malone, Shaune Harrison)
Shooting a vampire movie in an old abandoned house should have worked like a dream. However, with the full moon, the nightmare begins. The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion's resident werewolf.
A Wounded Fawn (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Travis Stevens; Writer: Nathan Faudree, Travis Stevens; Stars: Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben, Malin Barr, Katie Kuang, Laksmi Priyah Hedemark, Tanya Everett, Marshall Taylor Thurman, Neal Mayer, Nikki James, Leandro Taub)
It’s the perfect plan: A serial killer brings an unsuspecting new victim on a weekend getaway to add another body to his ever-growing count. She’s buying into his faux charms, and he’s eagerly lusting for blood. What could possibly go wrong?
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