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During the 2020 lockdown, it's not the pandemic that poses the greatest danger in the five bizarre stories that make up this edgy, humorous, and utterly bonkers Italian horror anthology, which gleefully includes serial killers, cannibal sex workers, and environmentalist witches.
On September 6th, 2003, four cousins - Rhea, Connor, Alan and Steve - head out on a road trip before Steve's posting to the Iraq War. While taking in the sights, filming, and squabbling along the way, they meet a mysterious hitchhiker who claims to have his own military past. The events following this ill-fated meeting were found on a damaged camera, depicting the brutal murder of the cousins at the hands of the hitcher.
A decomposing cleric showcases three short films of terror and mutilation. A man, woman, and her pregnant daughter are escaping a countryside teeming with zombies until their van breaks down and they must survive on foot in a visceral homage to golden age Italian zombie films; another man is sliced to death by a woman in a hotel room, and one year later, another man named Janus seeks a room at the same inn and suffers a night of torment, with only traces of a woman left at daybreak -- whom he then meets at a nearby cemetery. In the final tale, a series of texts interrupt a jogger, who finds a murdered woman -- after being questioned by the police, he returns home where bizarre events have already started to unfold.
When three girls head out for a relaxing weekend in the woods, their plans are ruined by a crazed killer set to pick them off. What their attacker doesn't know is that they've survived this kind of thing before... and this time they're ready for a fight, and blood is going to be spilled, because these girls are done with running from their demons!
On the quaint Prince Edward Island, Kevin and his wife are struggling to make ends meet. When a substantial fortune washes ashore, promising a change of luck, the couple's lives take an unexpected turn. However, the windfall attracts an ominous stranger, plunging the peaceful fishing village into criminal chaos. As Kevin grapples with moral dilemmas and choices that could define his family's future, his journey becomes a riveting exploration of morality and the unexpected consequences of fortune.
If you've ever wanted to kill someone talking or texting near you in a theatre, this is the film for you! Harris (James Henderson) and his mother (Diane Ayala Goldner) love the movies, but sometimes other audience members spoil things; when disruptive film-goers start dropping like flies, Harris finds himself confronting his past and questioning his sanity. This slasher-comedy with an '80s vibe is sheer "unapologetic homage" (fearforever.com) "full of laugh-out-loud dialogue and made with love." (letterboxd.com) -- So, sit back, relax, and for the love of God, turn off your cell phone!
Chief Inspector Jack Sullivan is in a losing battle with alcohol and his own inner demons after his wife goes missing when the case of a lifetime lands on his desk. Tracking down a vigilante serial killer stocking the northern English streets.
Before returning to university, Frankie wants one last night out in her coastal hometown. But it's not just friends, family and ex-boyfriends that don't want to see her leave... Local bogeyman Mr. Punch is stalking the town and knows just the way to do it. As the carnage escalates, Frankie and friends must fight to stay alive in this seaside-gothic, end-of-the-pier slasher, the first installment in what Edwards hopes will become the first UK horror franchise in the Jason/Michael/Freddie/Jigsaw tradition.
When hippie filmmaker Zee - living together with her Granny Sam - persuades her insolent producer Serge to try an obscure online game, a quest for survival is inadvertently triggered, and the room suddenly turns into a nightmare filled with violence and death!
"Philia" indicates an abnormal appetite and desire towards a person or thing Eleven internationally-acclaimed genre film directors explore how that abnormal love, pushing the limits of obsession and danger, can result in violent and unexpected endings in this new erotic horror anthology, featuring the creator of the UK's independent Trash Arts Films, Sam Mason Bell.
Alderney, 1964. Agnes works alone as a switchboard operator in the telephone exchange. When she receives a strange call from Shirley, suffering from dementia and unable to clearly articulate what is happening around her, there's a blood curdling scream down the line, and the call cuts. Worried, Agnes sets about gleaning information from other callers in an attempt to piece together what's happened. Things soon take a turn for the worse when she realises everything is not as it seems.
A teen out to prove herself to her dad stumbles into the world's most terrifying obstacle course.