Muse (2017)
May 18, 2018Man Haunted by Supernatural Muses
Jaume Balaguero has become one of the top Spanish genre directors. However, this supernatural mystery that resembles one of Dario Argento's Three Mothers films fails to quite come together
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Jun 15, 2019Delusionary Modern-Day Quest
This has been called the unluckiest film ever made - there is even an entire documentary devoted to the collapse of a prior version. Here Terry Gilliam's film about people on delusional quests finally emerges with the glory he always intended it to be
Sea Fever (2019)
May 16, 2020Sea Monster/Parasitic Infection
The title suggests more a sea adventure but this is a surprisingly good monster movie about the crew of a fishing vessel attacked by a sea creature and infected by parasites.
The Hole in the Ground (2019)
May 2, 2021Child Turns Evil
An Irish film that creates quite a reasonable degree of atmosphere in its story of a mother who believes her son has been replaced by something else
Dreamland (2019)
Aug 8, 2021Crime Thriller with a Vampire
Bruce McDonald, who directed the standout Pontypool, makes a crime film where Stephen McHattie plays both a hitman and a heroin-addicted trumpet player. For head-scratching reasons, the film also includes a vampire
Kandisha (2020)
Feb 27, 2022Mythical Boogeywoman
Directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury made the brutally extreme Inside. Here they return with what feels like an unofficial copy of Candyman about a vengeful boogeywoman
Hunted (2020)
Sep 6, 2022Woman Hunted Through the Woods
Solidly effective Belgian film about a woman fleeing through the woods from a killer who wants to make snuff movies. One of several films about people hunted in the woods to come out around the same time
The Deep House (2021)
May 13, 2022Haunted House Underwater
From Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, an incredibly spooky film, almost all of which is shot underwater, about two divers discovering a haunted house at the bottom of a lake
Vesper (2022)
Jun 3, 2023Environmentally Devastated Future
Visually extraordinary film set in an environmentally devastated future, this place enormous creativity into depicting a strange, very alien world
The Cellar (2022)
Sep 11, 2023Mysterious House
An Irish horror film that generates undeniably mysterious atmosphere after a family move into a new house and the teenage daughter disappears after going down into the cellar
The Pod Generation (2023)
Dec 15, 2025Future Where Babies Can Be Born Externally
SF film that feels like it should be an episode of Black Mirror. Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor are a couple who sign up for a process where a baby can be gestated externally inside an egg
Survive (2024)
Nov 30, 2025Catastrophic Reversal of the Earth’s Poles
A French catastrophe film where the Earth’s poles abruptly reverse, transforming what was ocean into a desert. A survival film that is based on a premise that is fundamentally scientifically absurd
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
Apr 11, 2026Homage to the 1960s Spy Movie
An extraordinarily stylised homage to the 1960s spy movie, which strips everything down to a series of provocative, stylised high-end fashion poses. The visuals in the film are quite extraordinary