Sci-Fi & Horror
Few genres stretch like science fiction, a marketplace for idle prediction, utopia, apocalypse and wonder. Meanwhile, tales of terror have been embraced by cinema since its birth.
From chilling gothic horror to strange dystopian worlds this collection showcases genre defining examples of sci-fi and horror from throughout film history. Discover films unafraid to explore themes of genetic engineering, inter dimensions and the occult.
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The Appointment
Unable to attend his daughter’s violin recital, suburban father Ian (Edward Woodward, The Wicker Man) is haunted by a series of prophetic nightmares that seem to foresee a looming tragedy. Are dark forces gathering to be unleashed upon him?
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Rose Red
Simon Pummell's (Bodysong) visually ravishing sci-fi thriller exploring the future of virtual reality and the desire to transcend human limits. The theft of an experimental drug to suppress the immune system reveals a case of virtual reality addiction and forces a detective to confront his night...
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The Cicerones
English tourist John Trant (Mark Gatiss) visits an East European cathedral in search of an obscure religious painting. There he encounters enigmatic guides, who lead him deep into the strange church, where horror awaits... With the unnerving black humour you'd expect from League of Gentlemen pedi...
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The Lake
A chilling short ghost story in which a young couple go for a picnic beside a lake in the grounds of an empty house. Three years before, the owner had murdered all his family, killed his animals and disappeared. Director Lindsey C. Vickers independently funded the short as a showreel to garner in...
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Beware My Brethren (aka The Fiend)
Kenny (Tony Beckley) has been raised within the The Brethren, an Evangelical sect who preach purity, morality, and unwavering allegiance to the word of God. A security officer by day, he spends his nights stalking and strangling 'immoral' women thus, he believes, cleansing them of their ungodly t...
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Sky Peals
Moin Hussain's highly anticipated feature debut blends realist drama with a playful suggestion of otherworldly science-fiction. Adam works nightshifts at a motorway service station and lives a life of isolation feeling he doesn't belong. Upon hearing that his estranged father, Hassan, has died, h...