The 20th version of the style pageant Implausible Fest is about to be held on the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas from September 18th-Twenty fifth (badges can be found now at FantasticFest.com), and this yr the pageant goes to characteristic 45 World Premieres, 15 Worldwide and North American Premieres, and 13 U.S. Premieres which can be “guaranteed to delight and surprise you.” Among the many movies within the lineup, which you’ll look over under, are Sisu 2, Black Telephone 2, The Strangers: Chapter 2, Shelby Oaks, V/H/S/HALLOWEEN, and far more!
Pageant Director Lisa Dreyer had this to say: “Fantastic Fest is turning 20, and we’re turning the fest into an 8 day celebration of cinematic excellence and excess. We’re bringing our audience an unprecedented number of world premieres this year, from highly anticipated titles to brand new discoveries, and supporting independent filmmakers even further with an exciting new pitch competition. The fest has grown immensely over the years, and we are proud to find new impactful ways to champion genre cinema and bring our audience the best of the best.” Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann added, “We’re excited to have a good time 20 years of Implausible Fest at Alamo Drafthouse. Implausible Fest was created by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to have a good time style and horror movies. We’re thrilled that these movies proceed to carry out effectively on the field workplace and are honored to be the launchpad for our studio companions and unbiased filmmakers.“
The world premiere of director Johannes Roberts’ Primate goals to open Implausible Fest 2025 in spectacular trend. Within the movie, a bunch of pals’ tropical trip turns right into a terrifying, primal story of horror and survival. That includes an unimaginable ensemble solid led by Johnny Sequoyah and Oscar-winning Troy Kotsur, PRIMATE is an unbelievably entertaining horror movie, stuffed with gory mayhem, in theaters January 9, 2026.
The closing night time movie would be the world premiere of Unbiased Movie Firm and Shudder’s horror movie Whistle, from director Corin Hardy and author Owen Edgerton. Starring Dafne Eager, the movie tells the next story: A bunch of high-school college students uncover an historic Aztec loss of life whistle that unleashes a lethal curse upon their city. As the kids are hunted down one after the other to satisfy their deaths in spectacularly grotesque methods, it’s a race towards time to find the right way to cease the demonic drive earlier than it’s too late.
This yr additionally sees the launch of Implausible Pitches, “a new initiative to support filmmakers by providing $100,000 in funding and a global distribution deal from new genre-label Chroma. Finalists will pitch their projects live at the fest, in front of a jury composed of notable industry professionals, including director Matt Johnson.” A jury of filmmakers, creatives and business insiders will bestow awards in 4 classes: Fundamental Competitors, Horror, Subsequent Wave, and Shorts. Jurors embrace actor Patton Oswalt, director and musician Fred Durst, writer Otessa Moshfegh, filmmakers Aaron Schimberg and Mercedes Bryce Morgan, producers Brandon Hill of Lionsgate, Lars Knudsen of Sq. Peg, Jose Cañas of Ghost Home Footage, and Shams Mohajerani of 75East, and pageant notables Lisa Ogdie of Sundance, Mònica Garcia Massagué of the Sitges Worldwide Implausible Movie Pageant, and Matt Pifko of Kanopy.
On the occasions aspect of issues, we have now Fortress Rat bringing their medieval heavy metallic antics for the opening night time celebration, a celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Masters Of Horror, that includes Mick Garris, Don Coscarelli, and Ernest Dickerson in dialog, a fundraiser for The Transgender Movie Heart, with unique merch from Tremendous Yaki, stay occasions all through the week together with a Ghoulish E-book Honest, a medieval drag present hosted by Louisianna Buy, Doug Benson’s Film Interruption, an unique assortment of video oddities from The Discovered Footage Pageant, and Implausible Fest classics just like the Implausible Feud, the Implausible Debates, and an epic Closing Night time Get together at a secret location.
Right here’s the Implausible Fest 2025 lineup:
13 DAYS TILL SUMMER
Poland, 2025
Worldwide Premiere, 80 min
Director – Bartosz M. Kowalski
Two siblings and their pals battle for survival when a masked killer breaks into their residence, intent on looking them down one after the other.
ANGEL’S EGG
Japan, 1985
US Premiere of 4K Restoration, 73 min
Director – Mamoru Oshii
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s masterpiece, ANGEL’S EGG, lands on our screens for its US premiere 4 a long time after its preliminary launch.
APPOFENIACS
USA, 2025
North American Premiere, 88 min
Director – Chris Marrs Piliero
The usage of AI expertise reaches its most violent and bloody conclusion after a collection of deepfake movies are unleashed into the world.
BAD HAIRCUT
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 110 min
Director – Kyle Misak
On what is going to grow to be the strangest night time of his life, Billy’s new haircut escalates right into a battle for survival because the eccentric conduct of his native barber, Mick, slowly offers technique to reveal a deeply troubled thoughts.
Australia, 2025
North American Premiere, 87 min
Director – Kiah Roache-Turner
Australia, WWII. After escaping their sinking ship, a bunch of Aussie troopers left adrift on a life raft discover themselves hunted by a relentless, lethal nice white shark.
BEFORE THE FALL
Spain, 2008
World Premiere of Chroma’s 4K Restoration, 93 min
Director – F. Javier Gutierrez
A 4K restoration of BEFORE THE FALL, the beforehand hard-to-find seminal work from Implausible Fest alumnus F. Javier Gutiérrez, is an apocalyptic sci-fi horror that may scare you for not less than tres días.
BLACK PHONE 2
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 114 min
Director – Scott Derrickson
4 years in the past, Finn killed his abductor and escaped, turning into the only real survivor of the Grabber. However true evil transcends loss of life…As Gwen begins to obtain calls in her desires from the black telephone and expertise disturbing visions, her willpower to resolve the thriller will lead her and Finn to a snowed-in winter camp and a shattering discovery in regards to the Grabber and their very own household’s historical past.
BODY BLOW
Australia, 2025
World Premiere, 99 min
Director – Dean Francis
An undercover cop finds his dedication to the drive examined when he falls for a younger twink deep in debt to a vicious drug lord on this kinky neon-noir.
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR
USA, 1990
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 96 min
Director – Brian Yuzna
Dr. Herbert West’s existential disaster… err… quest to create life continues on this cult traditional, lovingly restored in 4K, as he and fellow physician turned mad scientist Dan Cain try to create the right lady.
BULK
UK, 2025
North American Premiere, 92 min
Director – Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley is again with a really distinctive and genre-bending movie that may take you thru a kaleidoscopic lo-fi sci-fi fever dream.
CAMP
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 111 min
Director – Avalon Quick
Emily takes a job as a counselor at a summer time camp and finds a coven of witches prepared to indicate her a path to therapeutic.
CHOCOLATE (Introduced by AGFA)
Thailand, 2008
35mm Screening, 110 min
Director – Prachya Pinkaew
AGFA presents a 35mm screening of the twenty first century Thai martial arts traditional.
CINEMA RECOMPOSED – YEAR ONE: The Work of Max Fleischer
World Premiere Particular Occasion, 75 min
Composers – Alana Reale, Eloise NG, Fiona Gerhke, Iggy Rosado, Kevin Leysath II, Riya Kumar, & Somesh Yatham
Seven composers between the ages of 17 and 24 compose new scores for silent classics below the mentorship of a few of the business’s prime professionals.
COYOTES
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 91 min
Director – Colin Minihan
A kinetic thriller with enamel led by real-life companions Justin Lengthy and Kate Bosworth.
THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 89 min
Director – Brooke H. Cellars
A vibrant collision of horror, comedy, and aching private fact as seen via the eyes of a younger lady coping with the ache of her menstrual cramps.
CRAZY OLD LADY
Argentina, Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Martín Mauregui
A person is held captive by his ex-girlfriend’s senile mom, who errors him for her husband from the time of the Argentine dictatorship after forgetting to take her remedy.
THE CREEP TAPES Season 2 (Two Episodes)
USA, 2025
World Premiere
Director – Patrick Brice
Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, writers and govt producers of the fan favourite CREEP franchise, are again for an unique first take a look at two episodes from the collection’ extremely anticipated second season, which can proceed to unravel the thoughts of this secluded serial killer (Duplass) who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Sadly, because the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions floor along with his more and more odd conduct and the victims will be taught they might have made a lethal mistake.
CRUEL JAWS (Introduced by AGFA)
Italy, 1995
Texas Premiere of Restoration, 93 min
Director – Bruno Mattei
AGFA presents Severin Movie’s brand-new restoration of Bruno Mattei’s frenetic Italian ripoff of the unique sharktastic traditional.
CRUSHED
UK, 2025
North American Premiere, 101 min
Director – Simon Rumley
A household is out of the blue thrust into an unimaginable nightmare when their younger daughter is kidnapped. As they relentlessly seek for her, they uncover a darkish underbelly of society that may shake them to their core.
THE CURSE
Japan, Taiwan, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Kenichi Ugana
A Japanese woman, Riko, travels to Taiwan to trace down the motive behind a pal’s weird loss of life, which appears linked to unusual social media posts on this violent curse film.
DAWNING
Norway, 2025
World Premiere, 109 min
Director – Patrik Syversen
Norwegian director Patrik Syversen weaves an unsettling, genre-bending story of terror set deep within the remoted Nordic wilderness.
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
New Zealand, Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 102 min
Director – Jason Lei Howden
DEATHGASM is fucking again, child, and the one manner Brodie can win the Battle of the Bands is to carry his band again from the useless. This time the fiery furnaces of Devil’s anus have introduced forth nothing wanting a GOREMAGEDDON.
DEATHSTALKER
Canada, 2025
North American Premiere, 99 min
Director – Steven Kostanski
When a ruthless warrior named Deathstalker steals a mysterious amulet from a dying man, he’s unwillingly thrust right into a quest to cease the darkish sorcerer Necromemnon and save the world from destruction.
DECORADO
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 95 min
Director – Alberto Vázquez
The workforce behind UNICORN WARS returns with the feature-length adaptation of Alberto Vázquez’s DECORADO for a darkly comedian reflection on the artifices ruling our lives.
DILDO HEAVEN
USA, 2002
World Premiere of Restoration, 79 min
Director – Doris Wishman
Three younger roommates, Lisa, Beth, and Tess, share the identical purpose of hooking up with their respective male bosses on this unreleased—and newly preserved—closing movie from the legendary “Queen of Sexploitation,” Doris Wishman.
DINNER TO DIE FOR (Burnt Ends Choice)
South Africa, 2025
World Premiere, 75 min
Director – Diana Mills Smith
Diana Mills Smith goes off-menu for her first characteristic. An attractive culinary horror meets true crime fantasy role-play that may go away you licking your lips.
DISFORIA
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 82 min
Director – Christopher Cartagena
Dwell-streamed video games of torture on the darkish net collide with a determined mom’s battle for survival.
DOLLY
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 84 min
Director – Rod Blackhurst
A younger lady, Macy, fights for survival after being kidnapped by a deranged, monster-like determine who desires to boost Macy as their little one. A daring mix of New French Extremity and Nineteen Seventies American horror.
DON’T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE
Mèxico, 2025
US Premiere, 97 min
Director – Emilio Portes
Brothers Matías and Emiliano are left to their very own units of their new household residence—what begins off as an thrilling journey rapidly offers technique to the present fraternal rigidity and turns right into a nightmare on this chilling psychological horror.
DRACULA
Romania, 2025
North American Premiere, 170 min
Director – Radu Jude
Radu Jude, arguably Romania’s biggest residing filmmaker, sinks his enamel into redefining Dracula for a brand new era. In 14 chapters and over the course of three hours, Jude holds nothing again, particularly genitalia.
EMBALMER (Introduced by AGFA)
USA, 1996
World Premiere of Preservation, 83 min
Director – S. Torriano Berry
AGFA presents a brand new preservation of the important ’90s horror gem with director S. Torriano Berry in individual.
THE EVIL THAT BINDS US
Chile, Mexico, 2025
World Premiere, 97 min
Director – Nico Postiglione
In Nineteen Fifties rural Chile, 13-year-old Daniel is shipped to stay along with his German kinfolk whereas his father is away on enterprise—solely to conflict with their inflexible methods and uncover a darkish secret that ignites his fury.
FIND YOUR FRIENDS
USA, Italy, 2025
US Premiere, 93 min
Director – Izabel Pakzad
A ladies journey goes terribly mistaken on this thrilling first characteristic that’s half hangout movie, half revenge thriller.
FOLIES MEURTRIÈRES (Introduced by BLEEDING SKULL)
France, 1984
World Premiere, 49 min
Director – Antoine Pellissier
Bleeding Cranium presents a restoration of the dreamlike Eighties slasher from France.
THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Italy, 2025
US Premiere, 138 min
Director – Gabriele Mainetti
A martial artist, an Italian chef, a gangster, and a couple of hundred henchmen stroll right into a Chinese language restaurant. Combating ensues.
FREAKED
USA, 1994
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 80 min
Administrators – Tom Stern & Alex Winter
Present enterprise collides with carnival magic when a useless megastar, his pal, and a bleeding-heart environmentalist are remodeled into the newest points of interest at a mad scientist’s freak present in Alex Winter and Tom Stern’s Gen X surrealist comedian cavalcade.
FUCK MY SON!
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 96 min
Director – Todd Rohal
Irreverent doesn’t even start to explain this X-rated adaptation of Johnny Ryan’s eponymous graphic novel. Kidnapped by a deranged previous lady, a younger mom appears for the least disagreeable technique to save herself and her daughter.
HAUNTED HEIST
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 87 min
Director – Lil Rel Howery
4 dysfunctional ex-friends reunite at a shady Airbnb—solely to be taught considered one of them dragged the others there to assist steal a hidden vintage. Too dangerous the place is haunted by racist ghosts.
HER WILL BE DONE
France, Poland, 2025
North American Premiere, 99 min
Director – Julia Kowalski
Nawojka has a secret. Nicely, two, in the event you rely her complicated crush on the dangerous woman subsequent door, however largely it’s the inescapable, blood-craving curse she inherited from her mom.
HIDE AND GO SHRIEK
USA, 1988
World Premiere of 4K Restoration, 90 min
Director – Skip Schoolnik
A bunch of teenagers lock themselves inside a furnishings retailer to celebration after commencement, unaware {that a} killer is lurking among the many mannequins. Because the lights exit, the night time turns right into a lethal recreation of hide-and-seek as they battle to outlive.
THE HOLY BOY
Italy, Slovenia, 2025
Worldwide Premiere, 125 min
Director – Paolo Strippoli
After the lack of his son, Sergio accepts a instructing place in a quiet Italian city—the place he meets a boy with a mysterious means to ease his grief.
HONEY BUNCH
Canada, 2025
US Premiere, 113 min
Administrators – Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli
Is your love sturdy sufficient? The filmmaking duo behind VIOLATION returns with a gauzy, fragmented throwback to ‘70s psychodramas.
THE ICE TOWER
France, 2025
US Premiere, 118 min
Director – Lucile Hadžihalilović
A runaway orphan finds refuge inside a surreal movie set in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s haunting, dreamlike reimagining of The Snow Queen—a hypnotic story of identification, obsession, and cinematic enchantment.
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
USA, 2025
Texas Premiere, 113 min
Author-Director – Mary Bronstein
Forged – Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, with Christian Slater and A$AP Rocky
Together with her life crashing down round her, Linda (Rose Byrne) makes an attempt to navigate her little one’s mysterious sickness, her absent husband, a lacking individual, and an more and more hostile relationship together with her therapist.
LUGER
Spain, 2025
World Premiere, 95 min
Director – Bruno Martín
Two low-level fixers cope with an artwork collector, a grasping lawyer, a pack of Neo-Nazis, and a number of different shady characters after they find yourself in possession of a worthwhile German Luger on this bloody thriller.
LUNATIC: THE LUNA VACHON STORY
Canada, 2025
Worldwide Premiere, 105 min
Director – Kate Kroll
Chaos reigns on this documentary exploring the life, psychological well being, and profession of longtime fan-favorite wrestler Luna Vachon as she struggles to stability being a spouse, mom, and pioneer of professional ladies’s wrestling.
MĀRAMA
New Zealand, 2025
US Premiere, 89 min
Director – Taratoa Stappard
A Darkish Sky Movies & Watermelon Footage launch
Mary, a younger Māori lady, travels to Victorian England after receiving a letter promising details about her start mother and father. As she peels again the layers of colonial deceit, Mary is pushed to avenge her shattered ancestry.
MEAT KILLS
The Netherlands, 2025
World Premiere, 86 min
Director – Martijn Smits
The night time takes a darkish flip when a bunch of activists break right into a pig farm to free mistreated animals and discover themselves face-to-face with an especially indignant farmer.
MOTHER OF FLIES
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 93 min
Administrators – Toby Poser, John Adams, & Zelda Adams
A younger lady affected by a life-threatening sickness ventures deep into the woods to hunt the assistance of a mystical healer providing an unconventional remedy.
NESTING
Canada, Switzerland, 2025
Worldwide Premiere, 103 min
Director – Chloé CINQ-MARS
A brand new mom is stricken by visions as her life spirals uncontrolled.
NIGHT PATROL
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 104 min
Director – Ryan Prows
An LAPD officer assigned to his previous neighborhood is drawn again into gang life after his brother witnesses a brutal homicide linked to town’s notorious gang activity drive.
NIGHT STAGE
Brazil, 2025
Texas Premiere, 117 min
Administrators – Marcio Reolon & Filipe Matzembacher
A younger actor competes along with his roommate and fellow actor for a coveted function whereas placing up a charged relationship with a closeted politician with a fetish for intercourse in public locations.
OBSESSION
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 112 min
Director – Curry Barker
A determined want for love goes terribly mistaken on this horrific cautionary story from Director Curry Barker.
PENANCE (Burnt Ends Choice)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 117 min
Director – Nikolas Pelekai
A blood-soaked story of brotherhood and retribution. Assured to be essentially the most fists flying in 2025.
THE PIANO ACCIDENT
France, 2025
North American Premiere, 88 min
Director – Quentin Dupieux
A social media star hides out in a mountain chalet in search of respite when a name from a ruthless journalist drastically alters the course of her solitary getaway.
THE PLAGUE
Romania, USA, 2025
North American Premiere, 95 min
Director – Charlie Polinger
It’s survival of the fittest at a pre-teen summer time water polo camp, the place inflexible hierarchies and social alienation give technique to psychological torment in Charlie Polinger’s searing and masterful debut characteristic.
PRIMATE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 89 min
Director – Johannes Roberts
A bunch of pals’ tropical trip turns right into a terrifying, primal story of horror and survival.
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND
Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, France, 2025
Texas Premiere, 87 min
Administrators – Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
An getting old superspy with a fading reminiscence recounts his previous life on this trendy blast of Euro hyper-pulp from masters Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani.
THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR
Eire, 2025
World Premiere, 90 min
Director – Glenn McQuaid
After dropping each arms in an accident, Boyd Grayson turns into the prime candidate for an experimental alternative process on this queer, campy, erotic horror.
ROAD TO VENDETTA
Hong Kong, Japan, 2025
World Premiere, 108 min
Director – NJO Kui Ying
From the imply streets of Hong Kong to the nightclubs of Tokyo, a lone unnamed murderer tears a bloody swathe via Asia’s neon-drenched underworld on this eye-catching debut from a noteworthy new voice in style filmmaking.
SHELBY OAKS
USA, 2025
US Premiere, 91 min
Director – Chris Stuckmann
A lady’s obsessive seek for her lacking sister leads her right into a terrifying thriller by the hands of an unknown evil.
SHRINE OF ABOMINATIONS (Burnt Ends Choice)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 38 min
Administrators – Skinner & Ross Kennedy
A stop-motion cosmic horror from artists Skinner and Ross Kennedy.
SILENCIO
Spain, 2025
North American Premiere, 56 min
Director – Eduardo Casanova
Generations of vampires face persecution, meditate on the character of human illness, and fall in love on this trendy, century-spanning story of blood.
SILVER SCREAMERS
Canada, 2025
World Premiere, 94 min
Director – Sean Cisterna
When filmmaker Sean Cisterna discovers a subsidy to assist senior actions, he rallies a bunch of retirement residence residents to create a horror quick movie.
SIRÂT
France, Spain, 2025
US Premiere, 115 min
Director – Oliver Laxe
A father and his son journey to an unlawful rave celebration south of Morocco, looking for his lacking daughter. As they observe a bunch of ravers deeper into the desert, hassle begins to unfold.
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
Finland, USA, 2025
World Premiere, 88 min
Director – Jalmari Helander
A wall-to-wall cinematic motion occasion, a sequel to the unique sleeper hit SISU. Returning to the home the place his household was brutally murdered throughout the warfare, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, hundreds it on a truck, and is decided to rebuild it someplace protected of their honor. When the Purple Military commander who killed his household (Stephen Lang from DON’T BREATHE) comes again hellbent on ending the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues – a battle to the loss of life, stuffed with intelligent, unbelievable motion set items.
SKYLINE: WARPATH
UK, France, Indonesia, 2025
World Premiere, 96 min
Director – Liam O’Donnell
Iko Uwais leads a bunch of people in a battle towards an extraterrestrial menace within the newest installment within the SKYLINE franchise, bringing Scott Adkins alongside for the no-holds-barred, motion mega-brawl.
THE STRANGERS – CHAPTER 2
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 98 min
Director – Renny Harlin
The Strangers are again – extra brutal and relentless than ever. Once they be taught that considered one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), continues to be alive, they return to complete what they’ve began. With nowhere to run and nobody to belief, Maya should survive one other horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers – pushed by a mindless, unceasing function – pursue her, greater than keen to kill anybody who stands of their manner.
THEATER IS DEAD (Burnt Ends Choice)
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 88 min
Director – Katherine Dudas
When a younger would-be starlet lands the lead in a prestigious manufacturing, she rapidly finds the darkish aspect of the limelight. Who knew such a big intersection existed between theater children and horror freaks?
TIE MAN (Burnt Ends Choice)
Canada, 2024
Worldwide Premiere, 99 min
Director – Rémi Fréchette
The psychotronic vigilante revenge rollercoaster we have now all been ready to trip. If Frank Henenlotter and David Cronenberg remade ROBOCOP, they might solely be edging on TIE MAN.
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
Portugal, France, 2025
World Premiere, 100 min
Director – Eugène Inexperienced
Gaspard, a young person from the suburbs of Lisbon, falls into the arms of the Ogre, a person who has made a pact with the Satan.
A USEFUL GHOST
Thailand, 2025
US Premiere, 130 min
Director – Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
A luminous style hybrid that blends supernatural fantasy with darkish romantic comedy and heartfelt human drama.
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 115 min
Administrators – Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
A set of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a collection of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat right into a wrestle for survival.
VICIOUS
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 103 min
Director – Bryan Bertino
When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious Field from an surprising late-night customer, it comes with a easy instruction: place three issues inside: one thing you want, one thing you hate, and one thing you like. What begins as an odd ritual rapidly unravels right into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world the place actuality bends and reminiscence betrays, Polly should navigate a collection of unattainable selections. As time slips away, she’s compelled to confront the darkness not simply round her, however inside her—earlier than it consumes every little thing and everybody she’s ever identified.
THE VILE
UAE, USA, 2025
World Premiere, 97 min
Director – Majid Al Ansari
Amani, a loyal spouse and mom, finds her life slowly unraveling when her husband returns residence with a second spouse—bringing together with her an insidious darkness that begins to infiltrate each facet of Amani’s existence.
WHEN WE WERE LIVE
USA, 2025
World Premiere, 93 min
Director – John Spottswood Moore
Austin, Texas is residence to the oldest constantly working public entry TV station within the nation, and this documentary celebrates the unique creators who made the station such a vibrant, distinctive neighborhood.
WHISTLE
Canada, Eire, 2025
World Premiere, 85 min
Director – Corin Hardy
A misfit group of unwitting highschool college students encounter a cursed object, an historic Aztec Demise Whistle. They uncover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. Because the physique rely rises, the buddies examine the origins of the lethal artifact in a determined effort to cease the horrifying chain of occasions that they’ve set in movement.
A WOMAN CALLED MOTHER
Indonesia, 2025
World Premiere, 119 min
Director – Randolph Zaini
Vira and her household transfer to a brand new metropolis for a recent begin after a troublesome few years, however the demon following them will drive them to confront their most primal fears.
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