The Quiet Earth

Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) awakes in a motel room with a stinking headache. When he goes outside there's nobody around.

This continues to be the case for some time.

CW: full frontal nudity

Black Phone 2

Years after the events of the first movie Finn (Mason Thames) still receives calls from the unquiet dead, which he rejects, and is developing real teenage angst.

Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) is less affected but suddenly receives a dream where she speaks to their mother in the past while she was at Camp Alpine Lake, a Christian youth resort in the mountains.

Convinced there are souls trapped there in some way related to The Grabber (Ethan Hawke), perhaps some earlier victims she resolves to sign up as a trainee youth leader there. Reluctantly Finn tags along.

No good will come of this.

CW: violence, suicide, lots of woo

Shelby Oaks

A group of paranormal investigators, niche famous in the early days of YouTube, go missing while investigating the abandoned town of Shelby Oaks.

Some while later, three of them are found dead and mutilated in a remote house along with some inconclusive but sinister footage. Main host Riley Brennan (Sarah Durn) and their second camera is never found.

Now twelve years later, Riley's older sister Mia (Camille Sullivan) who has never got over this, is working with a new team of true crime videographers making a documentary in the hope it will keep the search alive.

No good will come of this.

CW: implied sexual assault, suicide and a little violence

Cleaner

Joey (Daisy Ridley) works as a window cleaner at a skyscraper. She's having a bad day: her autistic brother Michael (Matthew Tuck) got ejected from the sheltered accommodation he lives in, she's late for work and her asshole boss is threatening to fire her if she doesn't make up the hours she's missed tonight.

Things are about to get worse: radical environmentalist Marcus Blake (Clive Owen) has made plans to gatecrash the company's glitzy gala this evening.

No good will come of this.

The Rip

In the aftermath of the shooting of a well liked Police Captain, the unit she headed is being investigated as there's a whiff of corrupt officers from the team being involved.

Second in command Dane (Matt Damon) pushes to act on a tip for a stash house at the end of the day and assembles the reluctant team.

When they get there it's a _huge_ stash, over 20m, and seemingly unguarded.

No good will come of this.

CW: more of the big swears than usual for a Netflix original

Sinners

1930s, twin brothers Smoke & Stack (Michael B Jordan) return home early one morning to Mississippi after years in Chicago with a big bag of money and truck full of booze. Set on establishing a juke joint they buy an old sawmill and start flashing the cash to recruit people for their big opening night.

First on the agenda their cousin Sammie (Miles Caton) followed by local blues legend Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo).

They're in a hurry and want to open that same night.

The previous night something else came to town that also loves music. No good will come of this.

CW: lots of violence and era appropriate racial slurs

Anniversary

Ellen (Diane Lane) and Paul (Kyle Chandler) Taylor are hosting a large party for their 25th anniversary.

All their children are there: Environmental Lawyer Cynthia (Zoey Deutch), successful alternative comedian Ellen (Madeline Brewer), early career author Josh (Dylan O'Brien) and budding scientist 'Birdie' (Mckenna Grace).

They're a wealthy comfortable family with a beautiful lakeside home and the scene is set for a beautiful party.

Josh has brought his new girlfriend Liz (Phoebe Dynevor) along and Ellen swears she recognises her from somewhere.

Liz is pleasant and respectful but suddenly Ellen realises where she knows her from.

No good will come of this.

CW: a grim watch in the current US political climate

The Invitation

Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) is an aspiring ceramics artist but works as a waitress doing silver service work to get by. Sometimes she manages to swipe one of the goodie bags of whatever function she's working as they tend to have alcohol or small gifts in.

This time it's a launch for DNA genealogy startup and the bag contains one of their testing kits. On a whim she submits it and hears back in a few days she's related to a wealthy English family. She meets up with the foppish Oliver (Hugh Skinner) who's been put in touch with her and he invites her to a big family wedding. With nothing much else going on in her life she accepts.

No good will come of this.

CW: mild jump scares and some bloodletting