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Home Bodies (Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Casey Walker; Writer: Adrian Murray, Marcus Sullivan; Stars: Ess Hödlmoser, Ian Ho, Emma Ho)
Two children, raised in total isolation by an automated house, begin to confront the mysteries of their existence after an enigmatic stranger arrives from outside.
Our Effed Up World (Country: Australia; Year: 2026; Director: Alice Maio Mackay; Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson; Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Jordan Dulieu, Brandon Flynn, Tim Franklin, Chris Gun, Scott Major, Jess McLeod, Karis Oka)
Sheri thought her biggest problem in life was dealing with the recent loss of her beloved grandma. But when a mysterious entity crash lands in the woods, only she and her group of friends are what stands in the way of an insatiable, intergalactic hunger.
The Peril At Pincer Point (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine; Writer: Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine; Stars: Jack Redmayne, Alyth Ross, Os Leanse, Mike Mackenzie, Dashiell Upton, Jason Hogan, Mat Wright, Noah Stratton-Twine, Isobel Laidler, Oliver Woolf)
A lazy sound designer is sent to the remote island where a film was shot to capture a sound powerful enough to elevate its finale. Once there, eerie local fables surface: for years, ambitious and headstrong youth have lost their souls to a ghostly sea captain for his spectral crew.
Trauma Or, Monsters All (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Larry Fessenden; Writer: Larry Fessenden; Stars: Laëtitia Hollard, Aitana Doyle, Addison Timlin, Alex Hurt, Alex Breaux, Larry Fessenden, John Speredakos, Cody Kostro, Marc Senter, Rigo Garay, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard)
An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within.
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Welcome To G-Town (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ben McQuaid, Nathan McQuaid)
Shape-shifting aliens land in Glasgow.
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