Projects in genres: Horror

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Five young people wake up dead. Washed up by the tide they scramble to an abandoned beach house, soon realising that the perpetual night and blasts of pain suggest this is some version of hell. Between in-fighting and attacks by a demonic shadow creature, they recall the collapse of the nightclub that brought them here - and begin seeing hope of a second chance in the cabin's two mysterious paintings...

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In 2016 a fearful world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. A young researcher in psychical events, together with his girlfriend, travel to the legendary wilds of Dartmoor, England, to investigate a rambling, centuries old building - here they find themselves drawn into a murder mystery from the past, a mortal confrontation with pure evil, and a fight for their very survival.

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A married couple along with their new born baby visit the English countryside in an attempt to repair their fractured marriage. They become stranded when their car breaks down and are forced to spend the night at a remote bed and breakfast known as Eden Lodge.
At first the place looks and feels like paradise, but their peaceful weekend quickly turns to terror when they realize that the people they meet are being killed one by one.

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Neil Clarke, a schoolteacher, suddenly discovers he has magical powers. In fact, with the wave of his hand, he can make absolutely anything happen. From wiping out a particularly disruptive class (and then bringing them back to life), to turning his best mate into the kind of man women would not only die for, but would worship to the ends of the earth and back. The only snag is getting the words right and, of course, knowing what he really wants.

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Bricks is a short film about the clash between a city broker (Blake Ritson) and the tough builder (Jason Flemyng) he hires to renovate his wine cellar.

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In this delightfully demented homage to the golden days of horror movies, Supervillain (a perfect Terence Harvey) leads us on a thrilling guided tour of the ways of evil.

Dare you find out what sort of villain you would be?

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A film about a time-travelling, brutalist architecture, utopian desire, digital decay, and the demolition of John Madin’s Birmingham Central Library. Michael Lightborne’s experimental film uses abstraction, digital processing, and a throbbing synth soundtrack to uncover the ecstatic life of a doomed building.

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In the dead of night a security guard offers to help a distressed and fleeing girl. Hesitant at first, and despite her lack of English she, accepts his help. Is he the good samaritan he appears to be? And is
the girl what she appears to be?

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James Quinn is dead, killed by young Tomas Gant. He isn't the first to fall to The Fire – a bitter blood feud. Now, Mara Quinn must accept her son’s killer into her house, where he must help her and her young son Bau survive the winter.

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Following a man, Slater as he pursues Nadia, the woman he loves through a series of parallel lives. An obsessive love story stripped down and re-arranged into the looping logic of a nightmare.
The organisation BRAND NEW-U identifies networks of Identicals and helps their clients make a life upgrade: leaving behind all their problems and relocating to a brand new life. But errors can occur and a brand new life can cost more than expected.

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To the outside world looking in, Jack’s not well. Brooding, disheveled, troubled, he’s been in and out of secure units all of his young life, had every drug they can think of, every treatment they can throw at him but nothing seems to work. Not because he doesn’t want it to, there’s nothing he’d like more than to live a normal life and be left alone. But as far as Jack is concerned there’s nothing wrong with him, it’s them - the dead - they’re the ones who won’t leave him alone.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Grizzled cop Frank Grieves, struggles to keep his family together against a futuristic backdrop where recreational drugs are legal. When he delves too deeply into a case involving an unidentified corpse, he finds himself stifled by powerful government organisations. Soon caught up in a dangerous conspiracy Grieves finds that drug legalisation comes at a deadly price.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere