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Carnage For Christmas (Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Alice Maio Mackay; Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson; Stars: Chris Asimos, Dominique Booth, Betsey Brown, Lewi Dawson, Olivia Beeble)
When true-crime podcaster and sleuth Lola visits her hometown for the first time since running away and transitioning, the local urban legend, The Toymaker, is the least of her worries. But then the vengeful ghost of the historical murderer seemingly rises again.
Haze (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Matthew Fifer; Writer: Matthew Fifer; Stars: Cole Doman, Brian J Smith, David Pittu, Kirby Denny, Annie Golden)
A young man returns home after rehab and uncovers the secrets of his town's abandoned psychiatric centre.
The Judgment (Country: Egypt, Lebanon, US; Year: 2023; Director: Marwan Mokbel; Writer: Marwan Mokbel; Stars: Junes Zahdi, Freddy Shahin, Samara Nohra, Joseph Abboud, Layla Amari)
An Egyptian gay couple return from the US to Egypt for a family emergency. When they fall prey to witchcraft intended as punishment for their homosexual sins, one of them falls into religious terror and exposes his unhealed past.
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