Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 7 to 13 Jul 2024

12 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, crime, monster, grief, sci-fi, serial killer, western, and body horror

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The Blue Rose

Crime horror

“Something very weird is happening in Hollyweird…”

Two rookie detectives set out to solve a seemingly clear-cut homicide, only to find themselves in an alternate reality of their worst nightmares.

Released on VOD

Dead Whisper

Supernatural grief horror

Elliot Campbell, a Cape Cod lawyer and grieving father, boards a ferry on business and is redirected to a nightmarish island. A demonic entity offers him a reunion with his dead daughter, but at the peril of his soul.

Released on VOD

Deer Camp ’86

Monster comedy horror

“They should’ve stayed in Detroit … where it was safe!”

In the fall of 1986, six knuckleheads from Detroit travel north to partake in the annual tradition of deer hunting. But something horrific has been awakened and the hunters become the hunted.

Released on VOD

The Exorcism

Supernatural horror

“They were making a cursed movie. They were warned not to. They should have listened.”

A troubled actor begins to exhibit a disruptive behavior while shooting a horror film. His estranged daughter wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.

Released on VOD

The Inheritance

Supernatural horror

On the eve of his 75th birthday, billionaire Charles Abernathy invites his estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone or something is going to kill him. He puts each of their inheritances on the line, to ensure they’ll help keep him alive.

Released on VOD

Latency

Psychological horror

“Fear is reality”

When Hana, a professional gamer who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it

Released on VOD

Longlegs

Supernatural serial killer horror

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

Released in cinemas

Lumina

Sci-fi horror

“Embrace the darkness. Fear the light.”

Four friends desperately search for their abductee friend in a deep underground military base. What they find will change their lives forever.

Released in cinemas

Project Silence

South Korean monster horror

“Every survivor is a target”

Jung-won and his daughter are on their way to Incheon Airport when a thick fog causes a massive chain-reaction crash on the airport bridge. They get stuck in the chaos with a group of people including a brash-yet-harmless tow truck driver. Things take a turn for the worse when mutated military dogs are accidentally released from their transport vehicle and start preying upon humans, putting the group in a terrifying life-or-death situation.

Released in cinemas

Sleep

South Korean psychological horror

Hyeon-soo and Soo-jin are a newlywed couple. One night, Soo-jin discovers that her husband is sleepwalking, exhibiting strange behavior that is completely out of character for him. As night falls, she becomes increasingly restless, fearing that Hyeon-soo may pose a danger to their newborn baby.

Released in cinemas

Thine Ears Shall Bleed

Western horror

“Don’t believe everything you hear”

In the 1860’s American West, a minister and his family are traveling in a covered wagon when they hear a mysterious sound from the woods. Believing the sound to be God, they worship it, until they realize the sound is something much darker.

Released on VOD

Tiger Stripes

Malaysian body horror

The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.

Released on VOD

Published: 13 July 2024

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