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The Exit State
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In a near-future America collapsing into authoritarian rule, a group of fugitives fleeing south toward the Mexican border takes shelter in what looks like a safe house — until a relentless government agent closes in and the fractures inside pull the walls down. A political horror-thriller reuniting stars of 2025's Weapons.
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Valley View Motel
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It’s 1977 in this neon-noir thriller, and after a diamond heist goes seriously awry with multiple slaughters, two small-time crooks attempt to flee the wrath of the hitman put on their tail. Seeking refuge at a motel in the remote foothills of Pennsylvania run by a very peculiar owner and his sister, they have no idea what even grimmer hot mess they have stumbled into and soon must figure out a way to survive the night.
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WOUNDS
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Caleb Castle (Jack Kilmer) is a horror-obsessed special effects makeup artist struggling to prove himself working at a once-promising indie horror studio now on the verge of collapse. With the studio facing closure -- Caleb gets his little break to work on a low budget vampire movie where he meets Ginny Brown (Paris Jackson), a talented fellow makeup artist and Todd Bracken (Lambert Houston), an arrogant, unsupportive rival . Insecure about his craft and desperate to prove himself, Caleb ultimately transforms when he witnesses a brutal murder which inspires him to use extreme, horrific measures to make his special effects look chillingly realistic. As he becomes more ambitious, the lines between reality and imagination blur, leading him to a series of heinous crimes.
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GROW
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Following the death of his parents, Hollis Reed falls for Locasta Larkin, a mesmerizing young musician who invites him to meet her family in rural Connecticut. By the time he arrives, Locasta is dead.
That night, she visits him in a fever dream unlike anything he’s ever experienced. When he wakes, something impossible is growing inside him.
Long awaiting this ancient miracle, Locasta’s family imprisons Hollis in their secluded farmhouse and prepares for the birth. As his body changes in ways he cannot comprehend, escape from the house and his fate becomes increasingly impossible.
Blending horror, dark comedy, and surrealism, GROW is a psychosexual nightmare about bodily autonomy and what to expect when he’s expecting.
That night, she visits him in a fever dream unlike anything he’s ever experienced. When he wakes, something impossible is growing inside him.
Long awaiting this ancient miracle, Locasta’s family imprisons Hollis in their secluded farmhouse and prepares for the birth. As his body changes in ways he cannot comprehend, escape from the house and his fate becomes increasingly impossible.
Blending horror, dark comedy, and surrealism, GROW is a psychosexual nightmare about bodily autonomy and what to expect when he’s expecting.
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ABANDONED
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Chasing a viral video to save their channel and friendship, two urban explorers break into a derelict facility scarred by sinister experiments. Trapped among its secrets, they enter a nightmare where history manifests as evil.
ABANDONED is a cinematic found-footage horror following two urban explorers dragged into a nightmare while filming in a derelict testing facility.
Jess and Adam run Beyond The Map, a failing "urbex" YouTube channel. After years of mounting debt, poor viewership and dead-end locations, their dedication has soured to desperation. Jess has even interviewed for a stable editing job, lacking the heart to tell Adam she’s had enough.
After a tip-off from a new subscriber, Adam convinces Jess to investigate a sprawling, abandoned facility set deep in the woods in Northern England. While Adam scouts the perimeter of the compound with his drone, an argument breaks out and Jess lets her plans slip. Distracted Adam crashes the drone on top of the building and, driven by the need to save their expensive uninsured equipment, Adam rushes inside to retrieve it. Jess has no choice but to follow.
They reconcile inside the crumbling walls of the building, falling back to the familiar rhythm of humour masking old frustrations. The location is everything they hoped for; but as its true nature seeps into the light, the atmosphere closes in. Corridors begin to stretch into unnatural darkness, and Jess’s instinct to leave becomes an obsession.
They discover the building was a Morbex Institute testing facility, the site of sinister human experimentation until a catastrophic failure in the 1970s. When Adam cuts his hand and a strange black liquid infects the wound, the situation spirals. Night falls in minutes, the building "awakens" and the exits vanish.
As Adam’s paranoia consumes him, Jess is driven underground, forced to choose beyond saving the friend she was ready to leave or surviving the night alone.
ABANDONED is a cinematic found-footage horror following two urban explorers dragged into a nightmare while filming in a derelict testing facility.
Jess and Adam run Beyond The Map, a failing "urbex" YouTube channel. After years of mounting debt, poor viewership and dead-end locations, their dedication has soured to desperation. Jess has even interviewed for a stable editing job, lacking the heart to tell Adam she’s had enough.
After a tip-off from a new subscriber, Adam convinces Jess to investigate a sprawling, abandoned facility set deep in the woods in Northern England. While Adam scouts the perimeter of the compound with his drone, an argument breaks out and Jess lets her plans slip. Distracted Adam crashes the drone on top of the building and, driven by the need to save their expensive uninsured equipment, Adam rushes inside to retrieve it. Jess has no choice but to follow.
They reconcile inside the crumbling walls of the building, falling back to the familiar rhythm of humour masking old frustrations. The location is everything they hoped for; but as its true nature seeps into the light, the atmosphere closes in. Corridors begin to stretch into unnatural darkness, and Jess’s instinct to leave becomes an obsession.
They discover the building was a Morbex Institute testing facility, the site of sinister human experimentation until a catastrophic failure in the 1970s. When Adam cuts his hand and a strange black liquid infects the wound, the situation spirals. Night falls in minutes, the building "awakens" and the exits vanish.
As Adam’s paranoia consumes him, Jess is driven underground, forced to choose beyond saving the friend she was ready to leave or surviving the night alone.
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The Caged
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Starring Tamzin Merchant and Ed Kingsley, The Caged (inspired by true events) follows a British family that moves into an old cottage in Essex, England in 1988 and is terrorized by a dark presence; after researching the history of their new home, they quickly learn why - the site was once referred to as THE CAGE, a medieval prison where many women were held as witches and put to death - including England's most notorious witch, Ursula Kemp, who was hanged for witchcraft in 1582.
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The Night Driver
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One night in the middle of the country, traveling salesman Hurdis Matheson drives down a dark stretch of highway when he accidently hits a longhaired stranger. The stranger survives, but is badly wounded. Hurdis agrees to drive him to the hospital. As they drive, he realizes something is wrong with his passenger. Before he knows it, The Stranger becomes violent and attacks him. A couple of days later in California, Hurdis’ wife Cheryl Jones begs for her old friend Detective Hank Granger to help find her husband. She hasn’t heard from him in two days, and suspects something happened to him. Granger agrees to help but becomes entangled in a bigger case with the FBI regarding Hurdis Jones. They suspect he is a serial killer on a rampage, leaving a trail of homicide scenes across the country. Meanwhile, Hurdis is running, driving and speeding to get home. But everywhere he turns, The Stranger stalks him. He can’t seem to lose him. What will happen next will lead to a climax that will leave audiences speechless. Reminiscent of films such as High Tension or The Sixth Sense, The Night Driver swerves with twists and turns that deliver shocking surprises that no one can anticipate.
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SERENA
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Starring Andi Matichak (Blumhouse's Halloween), Steven Strait (Amazon's The Expanse), and Ashleigh Murray (Hulu's The Other Black Girl), SERENA follows washed-up rock star Chris Sadowski as his life implodes in real time across his computer screen. With a baby on the way and eviction closing in, he signs on to beta-test an experimental AI assistant calling itself 'Serena'. What begins as a quick payday mutates into a psychological chokehold, as every window, alert, and keystroke pushes Chris toward the final question: is Serena saving him... or dismantling him piece by piece?
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Once Upon a Time in a Horror Movie
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Hoping for an unforgettable birthday, a group of friends sign up for an immersive horror-movie experience that promises to place them inside their own 1980s slasher film. But as the night unfolds, the lines between fiction and reality disappear, and what begins as a game of make-believe soon becomes a desperate fight for survival, where the only way to stay alive is to make it to the final reel.
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Processing Charlie
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An act of kindness quickly becomes a nightmarish fight for survival when a young man, dealing with his fractured marriage, takes in a needy, long-lost cousin. Part pervert, part psychopath, Cousin Cole’s dark secrets slowly bubble to the surface as Charlie realizes too late that no good deed goes unpunished.
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Insecta
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A famous horror novelist returns to an isolated farm to say goodbye to her dying father. There, she discovers that the enigmatic young woman taking care of him knows more than she lets on, the monstrous imaginary insect that tormented her in childhood may be more real than she ever thought.