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Beast Of War (Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Kiah Roache-Turner; Writer: Kiah Roache-Turner; Stars: Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximilian Johnson)
A group of young soldiers, fresh out of boot camp, find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean after their ship is sunk by the enemy, and must battle for their lives against a giant hungry great white shark.
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Dead By Dawn (Country: Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Dawid Torrone; Writer: Dawid Torrone; Stars: Sylwia Boron, Monika Frajczyk, Adam Machalica, Piotr Nerlewsky, Lukasz Szeczepanowski)
Actors rehearsing at the mysterious Heissenhoff theatre face a deadly threat when a masked killer appears. The theatre, play, and murders are revealed to be part of an occult ritual.
Deviant (Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Daniel M Caneiro; Writer: Daniel M Caneiro; Stars: Urko Olazabal, Alain Hernández, Noelia Domínguez, Fernando Albizu, Gaston Haag)
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Don't Leave The Kids Alone (No Dejes A Los Niños Solos) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Emilio Portes; Writer: Alan Maldonado, Emilio Portes; Stars: Ana Serradilla, Jesús Zavala, José Sefami, Paloma Woolrich, Juan Pablo Velasco)
A claustrophobic and psychological horror film about two competitive siblings alone in their new house.
The Driftless (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Tim Connery)
A horror anthology set among the landscapes and mythologies of the US MidWest.
Forgive Us All (Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2025; Director: Jordana Stott; Writer: Jordana Stott, Lance Giles, Alex Makauskas; Stars: Lily Sullivan, Callan Mulvey, Richard Roxburgh, Lance Giles, Bree Peters, Lawrence Makoare)
After helping a stranger on the run from a totalitarian regime, a woman is forced to flee her mountain home through a cannibal-infested forest.
Frankie Maniac Woman (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Pierre Tsigaridis; Stars: Dina Silva)
Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez finally snaps, with bloody results
Itch! (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bari Kang; Writer: Bari Kang; Stars: Tim Andrews, Darrell Bowman, Gabriel Carter, Monica De Oliveira, Carl J Grasso, Phil Harris)
Amid a mysterious deadly outbreak called the Itch. A widower and his estranged young daughter take sanctuary in a department store, only to realise the real terror is inside with them.
I See The Demon (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jacob Lees Johnson; Writer: Martha Duzett, Jacob Lees Johnson, Davey Morrison; Stars: Alexis Zollicoffer, Noah Kershisnik, Mallory Everton, Jon Heder, Archelaus Crisanto, Dave Martinez)
At her surprise birthday party, an emotionally vulnerable woman experiences unexplainable phenomena that threaten to turn the best night of her life into a never-ending nightmare.
Kombucha (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jake Myers; Stars: Terrance Carey, Claire McFadden, Paige Bourne, Charin Alvarez)
A musician trapped in an office job tries the free kombucha, helping his co-workers hit their quotas with a smile. Unfortunately for him, the disgusting mucus drink has nasty side effects that give new meaning to being consumed by your work.
LandLord (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Remington Smith; Writer: Remington Smith; Stars: Adama Abramson, Cohen Cooper, William McKinney, Lance Gerard, J Barrett Cooper)
A Black bounty hunter moves into a rundown apartment complex, but finds herself forced to protect an orphaned boy from the white vampire landlord.
Lily's Ritual (El Ritual De Lily) (Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Manu Herrera; Writer: Javier Fernández Moratalla, Manu Herrera; Stars: Eve Ryan, Elena Gallardo, Maggie García, Patricia Peñalver)
A young woman seeks revenge through witchcraft.
The Other (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Paul Etheredge; Writer: Paul Etheredge; Stars: Olivia Macklin, Dylan McTee, Avangeline Friedlander, Lily D Moore, Shawnee Smith, Morgana Shaw, Denise Lee)
Wanting to build a family, a childless couple fosters a young orphan, survivor of a tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they find themselves besieged by a malevolent entity intent on destroying the new family.
Past Life (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Simeon Halligan; Writer: Ray Bogdanovich, Dean Lines; Stars: Jeremy Piven, Tim McInnerny, Nicholas Farrell, Aneurin Barnard, Pixie Lott, Emma Lau)
When an unemployed reporter is hypnotised as part of a past life regression event, he wakes not with memories of life as royalty or some other glamorous person, but instead finds himself haunted by the memories of a serial killer.
Rabbit Trap (Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Bryn Chainey; Writer: Bryn Chainey; Stars: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot)
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
Squealers (Gibier) (Year: 2025; Director: Abel Ferry; Writer: Guillaume Chevalier, Abel Ferry; Stars: Mouloud Ayad, Olivier Gourmet, Kim Higelin)
Animal rights activists break into a slaughterhouse, unaware of the deadly game its owner has planned for them.
Syphon (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Tom Botchii; Writer: Tom Botchii; Stars: Matt Stuertz, Jackie Kelly, Jeffrey Decker, Jennifer Cozza James, Shuhei Kinoshita, Molly Maloney)
An unhoused man targets a rich man in a violent rampage.
Tribe (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Dan Asma; Writer: Dan Asma; Stars: Ray Buffer, Justina Biosah, Nicole Jones, Tyona Bowman, Keaton Asma)
A desperate man lost in the west coast mountains has to reconstruct his past in order to step back from the edge of insanity
Weekend At The End Of The World (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Gille Klabin; Writer: Clay Elliott, Gille Klabin, Spencer McCurnin; Stars: Thomas Lennon, Troian Bellisario, Adam Ray, Tiffany Smith, Sujata Day)
Best friends Karl and Miles have an opportunity to strike it rich, the only thing that stands in their way is the end of the world.
Wormtown (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Sergio Pinheiro; Writer: Andrew James Myers; Stars: Caitlin McWethy, Rachel Ryu, Emily Soppe, Maggie Lou Rader, Madison Murrah, Jordan Mullins)
When a cult that worships mind-altering parasites takes over a small town, a trio of women in lockdown are dragged into a fight for survival and revenge.
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