FrightFest 2007
Shrooms Shrooms
Shrooms and 1408
1408 (Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Mikael Håfström; Writer: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, based on a short story by Stephen King.; Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub, Alexandra Silber, Noah Lee Margetts, Emily Harvey), Official Site
A writer of guides to haunted houses finds himself out of his depth in a creepy hotel.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jonathan Levine; Writer: Jacob Forman; Stars: Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Whitney Able, Michael Welch, Edwin Hodge, Aaron Himelstein, Luke Grimes, Melissa Price), Official Site, Trailer
Mandy Lane is the object of everyone's desires at a party in a remote cabin, but is there someone out there who wants her too much?
Black Water (Country: Australia; Year: 2007; Director: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki; Writer: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki; Stars: Andy Rodoreda, Maeve Dermody, Diana Glen, Ben Oxenbould, Fiona Press), Official Site
Three young adventurers find themselves stranded in a mangrove swamp with a killer crocodile waiting in the water.
Black Sheep (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2006; Director: Jonathan King; Writer: Jonathan King; Stars: Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney, Tammy Davis, Glenis Levestam, Tandi Wright, Matthew Chamberlain), Official Site, Trailer
Genetic experiments aimed at producing the perfect sheep go horribly wrong...
Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor, Daywatch) (Country: Russia; Year: 2006; Director: Timur Bekmambetov; Writer: Timur Bekmambetov, based on the novel by Sergei Lukyanenko.; Stars: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Zhanna Friske, Dmitry Martynov), Trailer
The forces of good and evil battle over a device with the power to save or destroy Moscow.
Skinwalkers Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers and Mr Brooks
Disturbia (Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: D J Caruso; Writer: Christopher B Landon, Carl Ellsworth; Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Matt Craven, Viola Davis, Brandon Caruso, Luciano Rauso, Daniel Caruso)
A teenager becomes convinced his neighbour is a serial killer.
Joshua (Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: George Ratliff; Writer: David Gilbert, George Ratliffe; Stars: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, Jacob Kogan)
Jealous of his baby sister and ignored by his parents, a nine-year-old boy plans a terrible revenge.
KM 31 (Kilómetro 31, Kilometre 31, KM31) (Country: Mexico, Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Rigoberto Castañeda; Writer: Rigoberto Castañeda; Stars: Iliana Fox, Adrià Collado, Raúl Méndez, Julián Álvarez, Carlos Aragon, Everardo Arzate, Giselle Audirac, Fernando Becerril, Mónica Bejarano, Izmir Gallardo, Cheli Godínez)
An accident blackspot holds a supernatural secret.
Mr Brooks (Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Bruce A Evans; Writer: Bruce A Evans, Raynold Gideon; Stars: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt, Dane Cook, Danielle Panabaker, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Aisha Hinds, Lindsay Crouse), Official Site, Trailer
A glimpse into the life of a serial killer who must struggle against his alter ego as he attempts to quit.
The Orphanage (El Orfanato) (Country: Mexico, Spain; Year: 2007; Director: Juan Antonio Bayona; Writer: Sergio G Sánchez; Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Montserrat Carulla, Mabel Rivera, Andrés Gertrúdix, Roger Príncep, Carla Gordillo Alicia, Georgina Avellaneda, Alejandro Campos, Oscar Guillermo Garretón), Official Site
Ghost story about a family who live in an orphanage.
Black Sheep Black Sheep
Black Sheep and The Zombie Diaries
Postal (Country: US, Canada, Germany; Year: 2007; Director: Uwe Boll; Writer: Uwe Boll; Stars: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Michael Benyear, Jackie Tohn, Erick Avari, Ralf Moeller, Chris Spencer, Seymour Cassel, Verne Toyer, Vince Desiderio, Larry Thomas, Michaella Mann), Official Site
An adaptation of the computer game about a state employee who snaps and goes on a killing spree.
Shrooms (Country: Ireland; Year: 2006; Director: Paddy Breathnach; Writer: Pearse Elliott; Stars: Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Maya Hazen, Alice Greczyn, Don Wycherley, Sean McGinley, Robert Hoffman), Official Site
A trip too far...
Skinwalkers (Skin Walkers) (Country: US, Germany; Year: 2006; Director: James Isaac; Writer: James DeMonaco, Todd Harthan; Stars: Jason Behr, Matthew Knight, Rhona Mitra, Elias Koteas, Shawn Roberts)
A creepy tale of werewolves living among us.
WAZ (Country: UK, US; Year: 2007; Director: Tom Shankland; Writer: Clive Bradley; Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Selma Blair, Ashley Walters, John Sharian), Official Site
A detective caught in a battle of wits with a killer is forced to pay for his past failings.
The Zombie Diaries (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates; Writer: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates; Stars: Russell Jones, Craig Stovin, Jonnie Hurn, James Fisher, Anna Blades, Imogen Church, Kyle Sparks, Alison Mollon, Victoria Nalder, Jonathan Ball, Sophia Ellis, Will Tosh, Hiram Bleetman, Ralph Mondi, Leonard Fenton), Official Site
Three pieces of 'found' documentary footage detail a zombie outbreak in Britain.
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