Modern artist Dan and his family come to their new weekend cabin for a relaxing few days away, but soon discover something else is in the house with them. As the paranormal encounters increase Dan decides to bring in a casual spiritualist to determine what’s going on.
(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Carson D Mell; Stars: Steve Zissis, Jennifer Irwin, Dax Flame, Dan Bakkedah, Mark Proksch)
Working with a tightly restricted budget, Casabé has created a film that looks magnificent.
Frustrated art teacher Benavidez is sick of living in the shadow of his formidable artist father and seeks refuge at his psychiatrist’s house where equally tormented creative spirits live in the basement in return for producing artworks sold at elite auction.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Laura Casabe; Writer: Laura Casabe; Stars: Norma Aleandro, Paula Brasca, Jorge Marrale, Guillermo Pfening, Valentín Javier Diment)
Delivers the goods with conviction and not a hint of apology.
During a traumatic accident on a deep-sea dive, Olive, a gifted, young marine biologist discovers an unearthly creature and smuggles it home so she can study it. Then the nightmars begin.
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Stewart Sparke; Writer: Paul Butler, Stewart Sparke; Stars: Anna Dawson, Michaela Longden, Daniel S. Thrace, Johnny Vivash, Zach Lee, David Shackleton, Libby Wattis)
Danny, a teenager with autism, escapes the inner city for the beautiful countryside as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. Little does he know that bitter Nicholas is hunting him.
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Phillip Escott, Craig Newman; Stars: Danny Miller, Reece Douglas, Richard Pawulski, Natalie Martins, Grace Dixon)
One might fairly say that The Evil In Us is cobbled together from scraps of other films, but it's nicely shot and edited and looks, overall, much better than one would expect with that in mind.
Six friends fall foul of a drug-borne virus which turns users into vicious, unreasoning cannibals.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Jason William Lee; Writer: Jason William Lee; Stars: Debs Howard, Ian Collins, Behtash Fazlali, Trish Walker, Gary Starkell, John Gillich, David Aboussafy)
The stunning visuals - beautifully shot in a whirl of rich colours and edited together with feverish energy - easily overwhelm the plot, as does the pounding, vibrant score.
Is a series of grisly murders connected to the death of a young girl 15 years ago?
The Hallows Estate is on alert as strange graffiti tags with messages declaring the streets will be taken over on Halloween begin to appear on walls. One of the gangs responsible for the serious anti-social behaviour that gives the estate a bad name decides to take these threats head on and ignore the curfew on Halloween night.
It's the introspective nature of the drama that makes the film genuinely sinister, and its silences are as effective as its frantic action scenes.
Kidnappers become a child's unlikely protectors after finding out that they have been unwittingly set up to take part in a deadly game of human sacrifice.
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: James Crow; Writer: James Crow; Stars: Jessica Arterton, Jack Brett Anderson, Liam Kelly, Robert Lowe, Les Mills)
Along the way, narratives blur and questions arise about just whose story this is.
In April 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer - he found them, and confessed to the crime. Despite this, he was allowed to go free because of a loophole in the American Constitution.
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2016; Director: Julian T Pinder, Adam Levins; Writer: Jeff Staranchuk; Stars: Julian T Pinder)
Director Isaac Ezban brings a very distinctive look to the film, in more ways than one.
There are strange goings-on in an isolated bus station.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: Isaac Ezban; Writer: Isaac Ezban; Stars: Luis Alberti, Carmen Beato, Fernando Becerril, Humberto Busto, Cassandra Ciangherotti)
Andrew Alburn, a homeless veteran suffering from PTSD, is plagued by flashbacks of a traumatic event he witnessed while serving in the armed forces. He retreats to the remote Scottish Highlands hoping to overcome his fear of Ravens, the dark creatures that populate his visions, but, in this bleak wilderness, his nightmares manifest into an enemy more powerful than he could ever have imagined.
