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Never After Dark and Depraved
An American Werewolf In London
(Country: UK, US; Year: 1981; Director: John Landis; Writer: John Landis; Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye, Joe Belcher, David Schofield, Brian Glover, Rik Mayall, Sean Baker, Paddy Ryan, Anne-Marie Davies, Frank Oz, Don McKillop, Paul Kember)
Fully restored version of the werewolf classic.
Blackout
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Larry Fessenden; Writer: Larry Fessenden; Stars: Addison Timlin, Kevin Corrigan, James Le Gros, Barbara Crampton, Marshall Bell, Joe Swanberg, Ella Rae Peck)
A fine arts painter becomes convinced that he is a werewolf, wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.
Boorman And The Devil
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: David Kittredge; Writer: David Kittredge; Stars: John Boorman, Louise Fletcher, Karyn Kusama, Mike Flanagan, Joe Dante, Linda Blair, Simon Abrams)
After directing Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was offered to direct The Exorcist II. The film became a massive failure, nearly ending his career. Years later, cast and filmmakers discuss its ambition and artistic value.
Chili Finger
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Edd Benda, Stephen Helstad; Writer: Stephen Helstad; Stars: Judy Greer, Sean Astin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Madeline Wise, Paul Stanko, Sarah Herrman, Sara Sevigny, Dann Florek, Shaya Harris)
When a woman discovers a severed human finger in her bowl of chili, she recognises an opportunity to seize control of her stagnating life. She blackmails the regionally-beloved fast-food chain for $100,000 in return for her silence.
Depraved
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Larry Fessenden; Writer: Larry Fessenden; Stars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ans Kayne)
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
The Holy Boy and Blackout
Drag
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Raviv Ullman, Greg Yagolnitzer; Writer: Greg Yagolnitzer, Raviv Ullman; Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, John Stamos, Christine Ko)
Two sisters with a contentious relationship decide to rob a rural home in upstate New York. The simple robbery turns into a nightmare when one of them throws out her back and becomes immobilised on the second floor. The night spirals out of control as they embark on a painful journey to make it out before the homeowner returns.
Exit 8
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Genki Kawamura; Writer: Kotake Create, Genki Kawamura, Hirase Kentaro; Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Nana Komatsu)
A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don't, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
Faces Of Death
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Daniel Goldhaber; Stars: Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, Charli XCX)
A moderator at a social media platform gets thrown face-first into a macabre mystery when she uncovers a series of visceral snuff videos bearing resemblance to a mythical 1978 cult film.
Goody Goody
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Raymond Creamer; Stars: Colleen Foy, Samantha Robinson, Zoe Renee)
Lulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents and their midwife begin to realise that something may be horribly wrong. As labor complications ensue, a blizzard rages outside trapping the family in their home.
Habit
(Country: US; Year: 1995; Director: Larry Fessenden; Stars: Larry Fessenden, Meredith Snaider)
An alcoholic New Yorker falls for a mysterious woman with vampiric qualities.
An American Werewolf In London and Leviticus
The Holy Boy
(La Valle Dei Sorrisi)
(Country: Italy, Slovenia; Year: 2025; Director: Paolo Strippoli; Writer: Jacopo Del Giudice, Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone; Stars: Michele Riondino, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Giulio Feltri, Roberto Citran, Paolo Pierobon)
In Italy's happiest town, a haunted teacher discovers dark secret behind weekly gatherings where locals seek healing from a teenage boy's embrace. His quest to save the youth reveals the sinister nature of a community hiding behind joy.
Leviticus
(Country: Australia, US; Year: 2026; Director: Adrian Chiarella; Writer: Adrian Chiarella; Stars: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie, Davida McKenzie)
Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Never After Dark
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Dave Boyle; Writer: Dave Boyle; Stars: Moeka Hoshi, Kento Kaku, Kurumi Inagaki, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzo Masana, Tae Kimura)
A wandering medium, Airi spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy her experience - but the biggest danger she faces comes from the living.
New Group
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Yûta Shimotsu; Writer: Yûta Shimotsu; Stars: Anna Yamada)
A high school student sees her world collapse when a strange cult-like mentality gradually turns people around her into mindless followers who can transform simple gymnastics routines into a nightmarish dance of death.
A Page Of Madness
(Kurutta Ichipêji)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1926; Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa; Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Minoru Inuzuka; Stars: Masao Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa, Ayako Iijima)
A man works as an orderly at the asylum where his wife has been imprisoned after attempting to drown herself along with their daughter. When said daughter wants to marry, he tries to hide her mother's illness.
Parasomnia
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: James Ross; Stars: Jasmine Matthews, RJ Brown, Sally Stewart, Stephen Barrington)
After her friend is the latest to go missing in a series of strange events, a young woman comes to suspect that the demonic figure lurking in her night terrors may have found its way into the real world.
Saccharine
(Country: Australia, Finland, US; Year: 2026; Director: Natalie Erika James; Writer: Natalie Erika James; Stars: Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden, Joseph Baldwin, Anna Adams, Annie Shapero, Emily Milledge, Daniela Rene Fink, Andre Ong Carlesso, Conny Fong)
Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
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.
Ugly Cry
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Emily Robinson; Writer: Emily Robinson; Stars: Emily Robinson, Ryan Simpkins, Aaron Dominguez, Robin Tunney)
An actor becomes obsessed with her character after learning that producers think she has an ugly cry.
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