Sting

Snarky tween Charlotte (Alyla Browne) lives with her family in an old apartment building owned by her aunt. One day she finds an interesting looking spider which she takes home in a matchbox.

Christening it "Sting" she keeps it in a large jar and feeds it various bugs and is excited to see it growing quickly.

No good will come of this.

CW: not one for arachnophobes, some gooey violence and body horror

The Host

Years after an unethical scientist disposes of gallons of toxic chemicals down the drain a huge mutated monster emerges and attacks the people at a park by the Han river.

Lazy food stall operator Park Gang-Du's (Song Kang-ho) daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) is grabbed by the beast and dragged away. When she makes a desperate phone call suggesting she may still be alive the Korean authorities prove useless and the whole family resolve to try and find her, but first they must escape the quarantine they've been placed under.

Cocaine Bear

1985. When a plane carrying a smuggler's shipment of cocaine is forced to ditch over the Georgia mountains the cargo is distributed widely over the area.

No good will come of this

CW: gore splatterfest

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.

Antlers

Teacher Julia (Keri Russell) is concerned for the welfare of one of her students Lucas (Jeremy T Thomas) who is painfully thin and showing textbook signs of abuse. She tries to get her brother Paul, the local sheriff (Jesse Plemons) to intervene but the family are known local drug cookers who've been in trouble endlessly and he's frustratingly defeatist, writing them off as a lost cause.

Frustrated, Julia starts to investigate by herself. No good will come of this.

CW: themes of child abuse

After Midnight

Hank (Jeremy Gardner) is in a nosedive after his partner Abby (Brea Grant) walks out one day leaving him a vague note about needing to go away for a bit. His friends worry for him especially when he gets reclusive and threatening, telling them there's a monster stalking him at night.

Every night he barricades himself inside his remote home clutching a shotgun and waiting for it to come.

Crawl

Haley Keller (Kaya Scodalerio) travels to her father Dave's (Barry Pepper) house to check on him when he is incommunicado as a major hurricane is about to hit Florida.

As the hurricane rises it's not just the weather she has to contend with but Florida's other famous feature. 

Hungry alligators.

A Quiet Place

Society has been destroyed by the arrival of vicious predatory creatures that hunt by sound. The Abbot family have built themselves a rural haven where they live as quietly as possible and have many tricks and routines to keep themselves safe if threatened.

Now Evelyn (Emily Blunt) is pregnant and almost due so the family are preparing to bunker down in the basement for the birth. However a few misfortunes and a little teenage rebellion from daughter Regan (Millicent Simmons) mean they're about to have a bad night of it.

Love and Monsters

In a very tongue in cheek setup, humanity survives one potential extinction event only to end up hiding underground in bunkers from giant mutated insects, amphibians and so on. Separated from his high school girlfriend during the "monsterpocalypse" Joel makes contact with her years later over the radio the bunkers use to stay in touch.

Feeling lonely and slightly unappreciated he leaves the safety of the bunker and heads out on a perilous journey across the surface to reunite with her.

Kong: Skull Island

1970s. An expedition to the recently re-discovered Skull Island is planned by the US Govt. as rumour has it the place is home to monstrous primeval creatures.

They are heavily armed with the latest in weaponry and equipped for anything.

No good will come of this.