An American family on holiday in Italy befriend a British family who later invite them to their farm in rural Devon. What should have been an idyllic weekend away turns into psychological torture as a series of micro-aggressions turn into a matter of life or death. The American Dalton family consisting of Ben (Scoot McNairy), … Continue reading Speak No Evil (2024)
Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) was once a shining light in the entertainment industry. An Oscar winning actress and fitness icon. But time is not kind to women in the spotlight and now at the age of fifty no one wants to hire her anymore. So when Elisabeth hears about “The Substance”, a black market drug … Continue reading The Substance
A twelve-year-old girl named Charlotte (Alyla Browne) discovers an incredibly talented spider and secretly keeps and feeds it. But when ‘Sting’ begins to grow to mammoth size and residents of Charlotte’s apartment block show up dead action needs to be taken. Sting is the sort of horror movie that should embrace its B-Movie schlocky credentials. … Continue reading Sting
1985, Hollywood. After escaping a massacre on a Texas farm in 1979, Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) is now a successful porn star and desperate to break into ‘real’ movies via the horror genre. On the verge of her big break in a horror sequel named “The Puritan II” she finds herself stalked by a serial … Continue reading Maxxxine
Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) is on a day trip to the theatre in New York City when the sky lights up with a flurry of meteorite like plumes bringing with them fearsome creatures with hyper sensitive hearing. As New York City must go quiet to survive, Sam makes a personal journey with another survivor she meets … Continue reading A Quiet Place: Day One
When a gold locket is removed from a makeshift grave the man buried underneath rises from the earth and sets out on a murderous rampage to get back what is his. In A Violent Nature is an experimental horror movie that plays out a familiar story. Here writer/director Chris Nash delivers a slasher movie from … Continue reading In A Violent Nature
Fledgling FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is asked to join a decades old serial killer case after an initial success that suggests a heightened sense of intuition in solving crime. Longlegs opens with a 1970’s set flashback filmed in a wonderful rounded square 4:3 aspect ratio that resembles old photographs from the time. We … Continue reading Longlegs
Iris Lark (Freya Allan) is down on her luck having just been evicted from her home and is preparing to crash at her best friend Katie’s (Ruby Barker) house. Then she gets the news that her estranged father Owen (Peter Mullan) whom she has not spoken to for years has died and that she stands … Continue reading Baghead
Cecilia (Sydney Sweeney) heads to Italy to join a convent that looks after sick nuns. But shortly after she becomes pregnant. An immaculate conception? Or is something more sinister at hand? Cecilia is a young woman who has had a near death experience and feels called to God. He saved her for a reason but … Continue reading Immaculate
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is an evolutionary biologist who is yet to publish and a family man who feels unimportant to his children. So when the general public start to see him in their dreams he feels seen and wonders if he can use the notoriety to finally publish the book he has dreamed of. … Continue reading Dream Scenario
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