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...

Jack's back after an unholy union of ‘friends' and rogues save him from Davey Jones' locker. In this final instalment the pirates must form an unlikely brotherhood to defend their carefree existence from the dastardly and ruthless British. Unfortunately for us this means a whole wad of Keira Knightley, she even gives a rousing speech to the rabble before battle, a delivery that brings to mind one of those handbag dogs being garrotted by its own collar. An enormous running time, a god awful score find out more...

Radha Mitchell's adopted somnambulist daughter's night-time wanderings leave her screaming about a place called 'Silent Hill'. Seeking to find the cause of these nightmares, Rose takes her daughter, Sharon, on a road trip to the isolated and abandoned township, which is still smouldering from the underground coal fires that wiped the community off the map 30 years previously. Pursued by her husband and an unfeasibly sexy, leather-clad police woman, Rose finds herself in an alternative world with find out more...

Heather Mason and her father have been evading the dark forces that years ago took her mother. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, plagued by nightmares and Christopher's disappearance, Heather discovers that her presumed identity is false, leading her to an alternate dimension existing in the strange town of Silent Hill, and a cult led by Claudia Wolf. A d find out more...

Rick O'Connell and family must once again save the planet from descending into supernatural darkness, but having finally whooped North Africa's ancient evils they now find themselves up against a resurrected Chinese Emperor and his anything but static terracotta army. There is a diminishing returns aspect to this, the third film in the Mummy franchise, but as bubblegum spectacular it still just about rustles up the goods. find out more...

In the year 2707; Earth's natural resources have been exhausted by mankind and war rages between the soldiers of four leading Corporations. But when a bombardment on enemy lines breaks an ancient seal, a long forgotten horror is unleashed: Necromutants, an army of the ‘not quite dead', who sweep all before them. Only a monk and a rag tag group of fighters stand in the way of the terror and what chance do they… hang on, why am I troubling you with plot outline, this is a slash and slash again act find out more...

When three children, with their recently divorced mum, move to a country mansion young Jared pretty soon discovers a book, Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You, which he starts to read. Unfortunately the book is a key target for an evil ogre, Mulgarath, who, although he knows no way through a protective magic circle, lays seige to the house with his army of goblins and gubbins. So it's up to the family (well, in truth mum's not much help) to fight the demons and save thei find out more...

In the dungeons of the castle of the evil Queen-sorceress Bavmorda, a child is born who, according to an ancient prophecy, will put an end to her reign. A midwife saves the child from the wicked Queen's wrath but is forced to throw her cradle in a river. The river brings the child near a village of Nelwyns, a race of friendly munchkins, and little Willow, an apprentice magician, finds and adopts the baby princess. He meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman but a rather hopeless human being, and tog find out more...