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The Smother
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Jack tries to outrace a mysterious supernatural entity known as The Smother, but unexpectedly runs into an old friend.
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Darkroom
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In his home darkroom, a crime scene photographer develops pictures of a gruesome murder. He discovers a disturbing blur on the images, distorting the victim's face. Each new print he makes comes out more unsettling than the last. Bizarre events start happening around his house, frightening his young daughter, and leaving him to wonder if something supernatural was captured on his film.
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This Is Book Club
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When lonely, socially anxious Jane joins a book club to make friends, she discovers that middle-aged women in sweater sets can be savage.
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Infestation
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Jason, a man burdened with the care of his abusive, dementia ridden mother, takes a job as an exterminator. He steals something from his client, who turns out to be a witch, and suffers the consequences.
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The Double
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On New Year’s Eve, 1986 Oleg Proshkin, a low-level Soviet investigator, gets called out to a disturbance — in his own apartment building.
Something’s off the moment he steps into the courtyard, and when he unlocks his door, he finds strangers inside. They’ve made themselves at home. Waiting for him: a Santa Claus he’s never seen before — and a disturbingly intelligent dog named Shapka. Santa says he’s been looking for Proshkin for years. When Proshkin was a boy, he mailed a postcard asking to be sent into space — the same space where, according to his mother, his father flew and never came back. Proshkin tries to fight. Tries to shout. It doesn’t matter. Santa drops the jolly act. He overpowers him, yanks a gift sack over his head, and hauls him off — past the rooflines, out into the black.
A surreal ride into the unstable architecture of human memory, and the hairline crack between reality and madness we all balance on — right up until it gives way.
Something’s off the moment he steps into the courtyard, and when he unlocks his door, he finds strangers inside. They’ve made themselves at home. Waiting for him: a Santa Claus he’s never seen before — and a disturbingly intelligent dog named Shapka. Santa says he’s been looking for Proshkin for years. When Proshkin was a boy, he mailed a postcard asking to be sent into space — the same space where, according to his mother, his father flew and never came back. Proshkin tries to fight. Tries to shout. It doesn’t matter. Santa drops the jolly act. He overpowers him, yanks a gift sack over his head, and hauls him off — past the rooflines, out into the black.
A surreal ride into the unstable architecture of human memory, and the hairline crack between reality and madness we all balance on — right up until it gives way.
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Animalia
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Animalia is a fable about the relationship between humans and animals. Set in a future where nature has reclaimed the world, cities are overgrown, and humans have turned into animals – except for a few, sealed inside an airtight city. When Alm is sent to rescue newborns from the animal-like humans, she discovers the humanity in animals – and the animal within herself.
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No Free Brains
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Looking to replace his chewed up brain with a shiny new one, Lamb Chop ventures to the Brain Store where he tries on a series of 10 peculiar brains. Each one distorts his perception of the world in a uniquely twisted way. After it becomes clear that Lamb Chop is very picky, the store clerk pulls out a trick that only special customers get to see.
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Compost
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Months after the disappearance of his father, Leonard, 11 years old, discovers a living entity in the compost at the back of the garden. He secretly forms a bond with this thing, which is soon discovered by his little sister. Both start to believe it’s their father. When their mother protests against this idea, Léonard begins to have doubts about her.