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An American Backyard (L'Orto Americano) (Country: Italy, US; Year: 2025; Director: Pupi Avati; Writer: Pupi Avati, Tommaso Avati; Stars: Luca Bagnoli, Massimo Bonetti, Claudio Botosso, Tony Campanozzi, Chiara Caselli)
A troubled young man falls for an American military auxiliary after a single glance. A year later, he moves to the American Midwest to write his novel, next to the auxiliary's elderly mother's house, separated by a grim garden.
By The Throat (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: David Luke Rees; Writer: Madelaine Isaac, David Luke Rees; Stars: Jeany Spark, Rupert Young, Patricia Allison, Matthew Cottle, Janet Kumah, Hannah Paker)
A sinister UK-set horror film (it says here).
The Doom Busters (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jack McHenry; Writer: Jack McHenry; Stars: Margaret Clunie, Philip Whitchurch, Jessica Webber, Maureen Bennett, Paul Cooper, Timothy Renouf, Tom Bailey)
During the Second World War, a band of misfits must come together to save the galaxy.
Hearts Of Darkness: The Making Of The Final Friday (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Michael Felsher; Writer: Adam Marcus; Stars: Steven Williams, Julie Michaels, Michael B Silver, Rusty Schwimmer, Kane Hodder, Richard Gant, Jonathan Penner)
In 1993, Jason Voorhees went to hell in what is one of the most polarising instalments in the franchise. This is the story of writer/director Adam Marcus.
House Of Ashes (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Izzy Lee; Writer: Steve Johanson, Izzy Lee; Stars: Fayna Sanchez, Vincent Stalba, Mason Conrad, Lee Boxleitner, Laura Dromerick, Steve Johanson, Michael J. Epstein, Mick Garris, Jeff Jocoy, Izzy Lee, Joe Lynch)
Socio-political feminist thriller documenting the home-arrest of a grieving widow, which pits reality against the supernatural and perceptions of insanity.
In Our Blood (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Pedro Kos; Writer: Steven Klein, Aaron Kogan, Clay Tweel; Stars: EJ Bonilla, Alanna Ubach, Brittany O'Grady, Bianca Comparato, Krisha Fairchild, Oscar Avilo)
A filmmaker teams up with a cinematographer to shoot an intimate documentary about reuniting with her mother after a decade apart. When her mother suddenly goes missing, they must piece together increasingly disturbing clues, hoping to find her before it’s too late.
The Last Sacrifice (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Rupert Russell; Stars: Ronald Hutton, Geraldine Beskin, Leila Latif, Gavin Bone, Janet Farrar, Jonathan Rigby, Tim Stanley, Diane Rodgers)
A documentary about the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton - the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre.
A Mother's Embrace (Country: Brazil; Year: 2024; Director: Cristian Ponce; Writer: Gabriela Capello, André Pereira, Cristian Ponce; Stars: Marjorie Estiano, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Javier Drolas, Chandelly Braz, Rafael Canedo)
During massive 1996 Rio storm, firefighter Ana and her firefighter team must evacuate a collapsing nursing home, but the mysterious residents have other sinister plans.
Psyche (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Stephon Stewart; Writer: Gibran Lozano, Stephon Stewart; Stars: Sarah Ritter, Eva Ariel Binder, Rodrigo Varandas, Danielle Cichon)
Adrift in limbo, a young woman and computer embark on a quest to uncover the meaning of life.
Rumplestiltskin (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Andy Edwards; Stars: Hannah Baxter-Eve, Joss Carter)
A dark interpretation of the classic folk tale.
Scared To Death (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Paul Boyd; Writer: Paul Boyd; Stars: Lin Shaye, Bill Moseley, Olivier Paris, Victoria Konefal, Jade Chynoweth)
A group of filmmakers attend a séance at an abandoned orphanage in order to do research for a movie. That's their first mistake.
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