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1980s B-movies are back in fashion, with Evil Thread delivering a hilarious take on a possessed jumper hellbent on unravelling humanity

Straight from Dead Northern's 2026 festival line-up is 'The First Day', a hauntingly terrifying zombie feature displaying the first 24 hours of a vicious outbreak

From the console to the big screen, Dead Northern presents the top ten horror video game adaptations

Jane Schoenbrun is back with a bang, following her hauntingly beautiful I Saw the TV Glow (2024), a divisive yet poignant film that explored repressed gender euphoria and self-acceptance, showing the loneliness and isolation someone suffers from such a complex struggle.

Eli Roth is back, and better than ever with his ambitious and boundary breaking Ice Cream Man. A cautionary tale that is so technically brilliant, and well written you almost forget its not real life. Watch out Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) August’s crown has already been taken…

Obsession exploded on to cinema screens and absolutely crushed it at the box office, and for good reason. Obsession is horrifying, intense and honestly a breath of fresh air. It is absolutely evident that this was a labour of love from the jump, presented in a 1.5:1 aspect ratio and stunning visuals throughout, Director Curry Barker and his team delivered a masterpiece.

The beloved Evil Dead franchise returns with Evil Dead Burn, a brutal, gory, no-holds-barred horror film that is taking cinemas by storm.

‘Free Buffet’ is an integrally brutal feature that sees the seedy facets of culture and treacherous humanity seep into a whirlwind story of flesh, blood and bone.

From the minds behind indie horror treasures, including the award-winning ‘Book of Monsters’ (2018), and ‘How to Kill Monsters’ (2023), Stewart Sparke and Paul Butler deliver the exceedingly intricate and wickedly gruesome ‘Dead Reset’

Just as the title would suggest, ‘Friday the 69th’ is nothing less than pure tongue in cheek, crude and irreverent, all encased in bloodied heaps of gory and gross violence.

Aspiring vlogger, Angus, travels to a remote woodland cabin in hopes of escaping the modern world; however, a nightmarish horror is soon unleashed when he receives a knock on the door late one night.

A24's latest horror, Undertone, sees the horror of sound come to life throughout this intense journey of internal struggles and personal guilt.