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Azrael (Country: Estonia, US; Year: 2024; Director: EL Katz; Writer: Simon Barrett; Stars: Samara Weaving, Vic Carmen Sonne, Katariina Unt, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett)
Many years following the apocalypse, a devout cult of mute zealots hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment.
Family (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Benjamin Finkel; Writer: Benjamin Finkel; Stars: Ruth Wilson, Ben Chaplin, Lucinda Lee Dawson Gray, Allan Corduner)
Watching her sick father decline, 11-year-old Johanna makes a call for a good spirit to save him, but something else comes instead.
Hood Witch (Country: Iran, France; Year: 2023; Director: Saïd Belktibia; Writer: Saïd Belktibia, Louis Penicaut; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant, Jérémy Ferrari, Mathieu Espagnet)
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one of the user's consultations takes a tragic turn, preciptitaing a violent backlash.
Hunting Daze (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Annick Blanc; Writer: Annick Blanc; Stars: Nahéma Ricci, Bruno Marcil, Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi, Marc Beaupré, Alexandre Landry, Maxime Genois, Noubi Ndiaye)
A young, tempestuous woman, is taken in by a group of hunters in a remote cabin. In the midst of this tough, yet endearing, male microsociety, she feels like she finally belongs. A mysterious stranger’s arrival disrupts her newfound haven.
It's What's Inside (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Greg Jardin; Writer: Greg Jardin; Stars: Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Devon Terrell, Gavin Leatherwood, Reina Hardesty, Nina Bloomgarden, David Thompson)
A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase.
Kryptic (Country: Canada, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Kourtney Roy; Writer: Paul Bromley; Stars: Chloe Pirrie, Jeff Gladstone, Jason Deline, Ali Rusu-Tahir, Christina Meredith Lewall, Patti Allen, Pam Kearns, Jennifer Copping)
A psychothriller about a woman’s search for a missing monster hunter and her growing realisation that she is inescapably linked to the creature being pursued.
Oddity (Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Damian McCarthy; Writer: Damian McCarthy; Stars: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Steve Wall, Jonathan French, Joe Rooney)
A blind medium uncovers the truth behind her sister's death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin.
Things Will Be Different (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Felker; Writer: Michael Felker; Stars: Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen, Justin Benson, Sarah Bolger, Jori Lynn Felker)
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
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