Apocalypse Z:The Beginning of the End

Manel (Francisco Ortiz) has become something of a recluse since the death of his wife and lives alone with his cat Lúculo.

As a vicious infection that makes people rabid (think 28 Days Later) spreads worldwide Manel waits at home to see what happens until it is too late and just misses the last flights off the mainland to Gran Canaria, which remains safe.

Not trusting the quarantine camps, on the advice of his sister whose husband is at the military base on Gran Canaria, he defies the evacuation order and stays home.

No good will come of this

CW: usual bloody zombie stuff

Alice, Darling

Alice (Anna Kendrick) finds herself drifting away from her friends Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) and Sophie (Wunmi Mosaku) as she tries to please her demanding boyfriend Simon (Charlie Carrick).

When Sophie plans a girls' trip away for Tess' birthday Alice decides to pretend it's a work trip to avoid conflict.

CW: abusive relationship, implied rape

Old

Guy (Gael García Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps) travel to an upmarket beach resort with their kids, surprised at what a deal this trip was.

The pair may be about to divorce and Prisca has had a health scare, things are uncertain and they want the kids to "make some memories".

Once they are settled in, the hotel manager offers them a trip to a private beach.

No good will come of this.

CW: body horror

Azrael

After The Rapture some of the Left Behind live in a state of religious ecstasy/piety in a ramshackle camp in the forest. They have mutilated themselves, removing their vocal cords so they cannot speak lest they utter sin. Outside, the forest is haunted by burned things that might once have been human and now thirst for blood and flesh.

A young woman (Samara Weaving) and her lover (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) attempt to flee the community.

No good will come of this.

CW: bloody violence, bloody weird

Boy Kills World

Boy (Bill Skarsgård) has been trained from childhood by The Shaman (Yayan Ruhian) to kill Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen) head of the oligarch family that rules the totalitarian tropical city state that the pair live on the fringes of with an iron fist.

Every year is "The Culling" where enemies of the Van Der Koy family are rounded up and killed. It was this that left Boy an orphan. He has vivid memories of his sister Mina (Quinn Copeland) who he interacts with like an "invisible friend".

Boy is deaf-mute and we hear his inner monologue and conversation with Mina in the 'awesome' voice (H. Jon Benjamin) he remembers from the video game "Super Dragon Punch Force 3".

One day while selling their produce in the city he witnesses the beginning of another culling cycle.

No good will come of this.

CW: ultraviolence, body parts everwhere and all the big swears

Emilia Pérez

Mexico City: Lawyer Rita Mora Castro (Zoe Saldaña) is part of the team that wins a high profile but morally questionable case. Feeling underappreciated and trapped she agrees to meet with a mysterious caller. She should have listened to her misgivings: she is kidnapped and spirited away.

Eventually finding herself sat opposite Juan "Manitas" Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón) the kingpin of a drug cartel, the "bastard above all bastards" he offers her a job. Manitas wishes to disappear and be completely reinvented. It's left unsaid what will happen if she says no. On the bright side the work will make her very rich.

Rita works diligently at this and is rewarded handsomely for it, but then years later the pair cross paths again.

No good will come of this.

Ravenous

Mid 19th Century: Capt. Boyd (Guy Pearce) is sent to Fort Spencer in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It's winter with little of the Westward expansion happening that justifies its existence. Rostered by a crew of misfits Boyd is instructed to settle in for a comfy, if boring season.

Out of the night comes F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle), a Scottish immigrant with a dread tale of cannibalism amongst travellers lost in the mountains not that far away.

The Fort's First Nation scout warns of The Wendigo: what a man who has eaten human flesh becomes but nonetheless an expedition to the caves is organised.

No good will come of this.

CW: cannibalism

Trap

Embarrassing dad Cooper (Josh Hartnett) has secured excellent tickets for his daughter Riley's (Ariel Donoghue) idol Lady Raven (Saleka Night Shyamalan) in concert. For the teenager this is an earthshattering event: think Taylor Swift comes to town.

Noticing absurd levels of security, he gets chatting to one of the merch vendors who confides in him that the FBI have somehow deduced that the bloody serial killer "The Butcher" will be at the concert. The FBI will be questioning every male who matches the description as they leave. Not as ridiculous a task as it sounds when almost the entire audience is teenage girls.

No good will come of this: Cooper is "The Butcher"

Subservience

When Maggie (Madeline Zima) becomes gravely ill and is hospitalised her husband Nick (Michele Morrone) struggles to look after their two kids and hold down his job. Humanoid assistance robots are increasingly widespread and when he visits the showroom, daughter Isla (Matilda Firth) picks out Alice (Megan Fox).

No good will come of this.

CW: Objectification of women

Collateral

LA night shift taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) picks up Vincent (Tom Cruise) who says he's in town meeting with people to conduct some business and offers a reasonable bonus if Max will just drive him from place to place for the night. Reluctantly Max agrees.

No good will come of this.

The Substance

Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is movie star famed for her beauty but now working TV doing aerobic workout & motivational slots on breakfast TV. On her 50th birthday she finds out that her show is to be cancelled and in somewhat of a daze gets into a serious car accident on the way home.

Unexpectedly she comes out of it completely physically unscathed but after she breaks down on the examination table one of the doctors secretly slips her promotional material for The Substance which promises to make a better, younger, version of yourself.

In a tailspin, Elisabeth succumbs to temptation, orders and administers The Substance and gives rise, messily on the bathroom floor, to Sue (Margaret Qualley). The Substance did not overpromise and underdeliver: Sue is perfect. Now the two must 'timeshare' life seven days as one, seven days as the other. There are strict procedures to follow.

No good will come of this.

CW: full frontal nudity, body horror ago-go-go, mutation, objectification of women (but subverting that's the whole point)