Stylish chiller thriller with Denzel Washington as homicide detective John Hobbes, who gets the heebie-jeebies at a spate of murders bearing all the trademarks of serial killer Edgar Reese - because Hobbes himself watched Reese put to death in the gas chamber. Forced to confront facts which go against everything the hardened cop knows to be true, Hobbes finds himself on the trail of an unseen entity which can take over anyone it fancies. Darkly X-Files-ish.

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How to describe 'Inland Empire' to the uninitiated? I think the answer is if you're new to David Lynch films don't start with this one, if you like his stuff you'll love it. Nikki, a leading Hollywood film actress, but living an empty life, starts work on a film that is a remake of an old Polish film that was never completed due to too many on set deaths. People, especially Nikki, get whisked from place to place and time to time in a series of nightmarish non-sequiturs, but at least you know whe find out more...

A Ju-On is an evil spirit that occupies a place and brings disaster to all who enter and to those they come in contact with. Sequentially told through the eyes of several overlapping characters with the essential connection of a haunted house, and with a bit of jumping around timewise, this is a genuinely creepy and scary movie. Don't watch it alone, there might be 'something' in the room!! find out more...

A beautiful elaboration of a Senegalese folk tale; Kirikou summons himself from his mother's womb, only 10 cms tall, but walking, talking, questioning and quickly setting out on a quest to defeat the wicked sorceress who has cursed his people. Kirikou is a beautifully rendered tale with African art as its benchmark and using a flat two-dimensional look. A delight for the children and one that us older, saggier ones can enjoy as well. find out more...

Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973 – a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets, flares, silly haircuts, glam rock and very hard coppers. In his altered state of reality Sam must prove himself to his 'new boss', the hot-headed DCI Gene Hunt, all the while unsure whether he is awake or dreaming. In Episode 1 he hunts a serial killer and in Episode 2 he attempts to find out more...

A mixed bag of mercenaries, hired by a mysterious businessman, arrive at and occupy a labyrinthine ex-WW2 bunker in an unnamed East European country. Once inside this distinctly claustrophobic subterranean outpost they discover a catatonic survivor and the remains of old Nazi science experiments, but they have woken a ghostly army of dedicated SS soldiers whose sole purpose is to retake the mini-fortress and, using extreme violence, take the mercenaries out. find out more...

Guillermo Del Toro's blockbusting tale of a young girl struggling to make sense of the violent world around her was a big 2006 arthouse hit. Continuing his exploration of the impact of the Spanish Civil War on his generation (it was also the backdrop for his excellent ghost story, The Devil's Backbone) Del Toro's fantasy mixes strong horror with fairytale-style aesthetics to great effect, making Ofelia's escape into an imaginary realm a poignant response to the cruel realities of her existence. find out more...

A young girl draws a picture of a house, which she then visits in her dreams. In it there is a trapped boy, whom she tries to help, but her dreams start coming too close to her home life and her infantile drawings turn into horrific nightmarish landscapes. A tense intelligent psychological drama, perhaps about primal fears of adulthood? find out more...

A young married couple with sleep issues set up a camera to record the sounds and sights around them while they sleep. 'Paranormal Activity' was the 'Blair Witch Project' of 2009, a slow burning budget 'video-cam' horror that turned into a huge commercial success, and that's because it's very very scary. So snuggle up to your other half, lock the doors and windows and don't expect shuteye later. find out more...

Strange things are afoot at the Morningside mortuary…… the undertaker has superhuman strength and fingers that have a life of their own, flying silver balls make mince-meat out of trespassers and demonic, hooded dwarves run amok. It is up to 13-year-old Mike Pearson and his buddies to battle these evil forces and save the whole town from a fate worse than death. This little nugget of cult movie history has an innocent yet very twisted charm. Angus Scrimm's turn as The Tall Man has deservedly mad find out more...