The annual Los Angeles celebration of horror, science fiction and fantasy cinema is back with another mixture of festival favourites, brand new titles and genre classics.

The festival runs from 25 September to 9 October.

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The Girl With The Needle
The Girl With The Needle
In Copenhagen in the aftermath of World War one, a young woman in desperate circumstances takes on a job which will lead her to still greater depths of despair.
Nightbitch
Nightbitch
A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mother, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.
Anora
Anora
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch.
Terrifier 3
Terrifier 3
Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
The Apprentice
The Apprentice
A dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
A Mother's Embrace
A Mother's Embrace
During massive 1996 Rio storm, firefighter Ana and her firefighter team must evacuate a collapsing nursing home, but the mysterious residents have other sinister plans.
Baal
Baal
A young woman reluctantly returns to her crumbling hometown, only to discover her brother has mysteriously gone missing. Consumed by guilt, she embarks on a harrowing journey to find him, which leads her deep into the dark wilderness surrounding the town.
Zero
Zero
Two Americans find themselves in Dakar, Senegal with bombs strapped to their chests and ten hours to find out why.
Shadowland
Shadowland
A study of an esoteric community hidden within the French Pyrenees, supposedly the home of the Holy Grail.
V/H/S/Beyond
V/H/S/Beyond
Six bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a science-fiction inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense.
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'It is impossible to escape memory'
Director Fabrice du Welz on the lingering trauma of the real case behind Maldoror and the questions he hopes to provoke
See what's underneath
Jennifer Kent on creating a legend in The Babadook
An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
An island in the darkness
Moin Hussain on creating the world of Sky Peals
At last Maddin makes mischief in Cannes
G7 satire star power for Rumours filmmaker
Watching the detectives
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