Horror 2.0

One of the defining horror films of the decade. The film that revived Demi Moore's career, stunned Cannes and brought outrageous body horror and screams all the way to the Academy Awards. — Elisabeth Sparkle, a once-celebrated television personality whose career is rapidly fading, is fired from her long-running fitness show. Desperate to reclaim her youth, she turns to an illegal black-market substance that creates Sue - a younger, more beautiful version of herself. But there is one unbreakable rule: every seven days they must switch places, sharing a single consciousness within one symbiotic body. — Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling | Oscars | 2025 Nominated for Best Film | Oscars | 2025 Nominated for Best Director | Oscars | 2025 Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Demi Moore) | Oscars | 2025 Nominated for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2025 Best Screenplay | Cannes Film Festival | 2024 Best Performance by a Female Actor - Musical or Comedy (Demi Moore) | Golden Globes | 2025 People's Choice Award | Toronto International Film Festival | 2024

From Greek YouTube to the big screen, Unboxholics make their feature debut with an impressively crafted horror film that turns an isolated cabin into a place of mounting dread, keeping its greatest threat just beyond the edge of the frame. — Far from civilisation, deep within a frozen forest on a remote mountainside, a team of researchers is attacked by an unidentified figure. The sole survivor, a young biologist, finds refuge in the secluded cabin of a mysterious man. Together they embark on a revelatory journey into the darkest corners of the human psyche. But what truly lies at the heart of the forest?

For expertly crafted and executed jump scares, look no further than Irish director Damian McCarthy’s oeuvre. Shortly before gaining wider recognition with Hokum, McCarthy made this chilling blend of psychological suspense, family secrets and folk horror. — It’s nighttime. You’re alone. Someone knocks on the door and a frightening man begs you to come outside because, as he claims, he saw a stranger breaking into your house earlier and you are in mortal danger. What would you do? — Audience Award - Midnighters | SXSW Film Festival | 2024

Can you handle the most intense horror experience of recent years? Director Demián Rugna assaults us with images of unspeakable brutality, leaving his characters helpless in a world where Evil lurks. There is one scene you will never forget – you’ll know which one when it comes but by then it will already be too late. — Two brothers try to rid their community of a possessed man, only to unleash an ancient evil upon the area. The fight to save themselves and their loved ones has just begun.

In the spirit of A24’s horror films, the director of The Strangers delivers a pitch-black horror gem that captures his characters’ sense of despair and abandonment with such intensity that it will keep you up at night. — A man is slowly dying on a remote farm in rural America. His family gathers to mourn him, only to be plagued by horrific nightmares and soon realise that a dark force is hunting them. — Best Cinematography | Sitges - Catalonian Film Festival | 2020 Best Actress (Marin Ireland) | Sitges - Catalonian Film Festival | 2020

A throwback to the twist-laden thrillers of the 2000s, reimagined for the social media age. This deliciously unpredictable thriller became an unexpected hit with younger audiences through word of mouth - or rather, via the share button. — A young influencer plans a trip to Thailand with her boyfriend but ends up travelling alone. Meeting the more spontaneous CW offers a welcome escape, but her holiday soon takes a nightmarish turn.

Horror comes via Zoom. At the height of the pandemic, the classic survival thriller is reinvented as a brilliantly inventive desktop horror that breathes exhilarating new life into the genre. The second scariest film of all time, according to the annual Science of Scare study. — Six friends hire a medium to conduct a séance over Zoom during lockdown. But what begins as an evening of harmless curiosity quickly spirals out of control. When a malevolent spirit invades their homes, they realise they'll have to fight to survive until morning.

Kyle Edward Ball was making YouTube videos of children’s nightmares when a commenter described one: you’re small, it’s the middle of the night, your parents are gone and the doors have disappeared. Ball turned that dream into a lo-fi feature, and the low-budget result went viral. — One night in 1995, Kevin and his sister Kaylee wake up and come downstairs in their suburban home to find their father gone and the windows and front door missing from the walls. They put on cartoons and settle in front of the TV. Then something in the house starts talking to them.

One of the standout horror films of the decade, from YouTubers-turned-filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou, takes the idea of a viral internet trend and transforms it into a chilling tale of modern alienation. It doesn’t let you breathe for a single moment. — When a group of friends discovers how to summon spirits using a preserved hand, they quickly become addicted to the thrill,until one of them pushes things too far, unleashing terrifying supernatural forces.

Hugh Grant is wickedly entertaining in the role of a lifetime, leading one of the year's most unsettling thrillers - a devilishly clever chamber piece that finds unexpected connections between religion, Radiohead and Monopoly. — Two young Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton, spend their days knocking on doors to spread the Word. But when they arrive at the home of the seemingly charming and soft-spoken Mr. Reed, they discover they've knocked on the wrong door - and walked straight into the wolf's den. — Nomination for Best Actor (Hugh Grant) | BAFTA Awards | 2025 Nomination for Best Actor (Hugh Grant) | Golden Globes | 2025

Sex. Horror. And the profound, existential whirlpool of aging. Ti West threw everything into the blender in this delightful play with cinematic codes, bridging old-school thrillers with exploitation. With Mia Goth in a remarkable performance and Jenna Ortega before Wednesday. — In 1979, a group of young people decides to shoot an outdoor pornographic film in Texas. However, when the isolated elderly hosts discover their plans, the cast members end up fighting for their lives.

Do dogs have nightmares? Do they believe in ghosts? This year’s horror surprise delivers the answers, straight from man’s best friend’s point of view. A canine performance worthy of every Oscar. — Indy, a loyal dog, embarks on a new adventure with his human, leaving behind city life for an abandoned family house in the countryside. From the very beginning, two things are clear: Indy doesn’t trust the eerie old house, and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his best friend safe.

One of the most unsettling psychological thrillers of recent years, a descent into the subconscious, the shadowy underside of our obsession with true crime, and the most horrifying corners of the online abyss. — Kelly-Ann is a model obsessed with the case of a serial killer, as the line between reality and her macabre fantasies begins to dissolve. Drawn deeper into the darkest reaches of the dark web, she embarks on a dangerous quest to uncover the missing video of a young girl’s murder - one who bears an eerily disturbing resemblance to Kelly-Ann herself. — Official Selection | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2023

Celtic mythology collides with intergenerational trauma in a gripping Irish thriller where imagery, allegory, suspense, and performance intertwine in perfect harmony, and horror. From the director of the cult found-footage thriller "The Devil’s Doorway". — Shortly after the death of her estranged mother, Sue, a nursing student, is assigned to a remote Irish village to care for Peig, a reclusive elderly woman who lives in fear, haunted by her past in a Catholic asylum. The forest house hides many dark secrets, and Peig’s paranoia slowly begins to seep into Sue, whose own troubled, abusive past resurfaces with disturbing inevitability. — Best Original Music | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | 2024