Apostle

Early 1900s. When the Richardson family receive a ransom note for their daughter Jennifer they send the troubled son Thomas (Dan Stephens) to infiltrate the isolated religious community that has her captive.

Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen) has drawn people from all over and preaches equality and fairness in return for worship and sacrifice. The cult (for that is what it is) look superficially like some Christian Sect using similar words in their teaching but they worship something older but also more tangible.

CW: Violence, mutilation and bloody sacrifice.

The Wicker Man


Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) travels to the remote Hebridean island Summerisle following an anonymous report of a missing girl.

On arrival the locals claim never to have seen or heard of her. Howie is repelled by their bawdy songs and 'sinful' behaviour: he is a devout Christian.

Slowly the story changes as he investigates and Howie finds out the island has embraced an ancient pagan religion.

No good will come of this.

CW: Nudity, animal and human sacrifice, awful folk music

Glasshouse

In some vague future Mother, Bee, Evie, Gabe and Daisy live in a great glasshouse. They have sealed it up against the outside air as best they can and grow food.

Outside a great plague "The Shred" robs people of their memories and selves to greater or lesser degrees. Society is reduced to little pockets of memory and understanding. The family don respirator hoods and take turns at standing sentry with a rifle. Trespassing 'forgetters' become compost.

One day a stranger comes who has not forgotten.

Creep

Aaron (Patrick Brice) takes a job to shoot video for Josef (Mark Duplass). He's not quite sure what it entails but is in need of the money.

Josef explains it's a video diary for his unborn child: diagnosed with cancer he won't be around after they're born.

The day passes awkwardly. Josef is overly familiar and does some odd stuff but Aaron agrees to share a whisky with him before heading home.

No good will come of this.

Becky

Becky (Lulu Wilson) is dragged by her father (Joel McHale) to their lake retreat where they are met by his new girlfriend (Amanda Brugel) for a 'family weekend'.

She seethes with resentment that he might consider moving on after her mother, who died from cancer, and the stage is set for an epic weekend of sullen door slamming teenage rage.

When a group of violent escaped convicts led by the charismatic Dominick (Kevin James) turn up to retrieve something they stashed she has a new outlet for it.

CW: animal death, mutilation, enucleation, general extreme violence and gore

Tag

A group of childhood friends have been playing 'tag' every year in the month of May using a set of byzantine rules for 30 years but one of them, Jerry, has never been successfully tagged 'it'.

When the group realise Jerry is getting married at the end of May and has neglected to tell them they see it as an opportunity to descend upon their childhood hometown and finally get him.

CW: lots of off colour jokes/humour including stuff about miscarriage that I was astonished to hear

The Outwaters

Two brothers travel to the Californian desert to make a zero budget music video for one of their friends who is a singer songwriter. They recruit a fourth friend to do hair and makeup.

The trip isn't particularly well planned and they spend a chunk of time looking at scenery and larking about before getting on with the task at hand.

At night they can hear ominous booming that might be a thunderstorm and the local wildlife begins to act strangely.

No good will come of this.

CW: strobing lights, shaking camera with disorientating viewpoint, blood, gore, mutilation, psychedelic as fuck

Sweetheart

Following a presumed boat accident, Jenn (Kiersey Clemons) and Brad wash up on the beach of a tiny tropical island. Brad expires quickly from an injury and a distraught Jenn starts to try and go about the business of survival: something she's not well equipped or prepared for.

Just as she's beginning to find food and build shelter _something_ comes out of the sea for her.