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

The Long Walk

In an alternative United States of some indeterminate past, poverty is rife in the wake of a war and one route out is to enter the annual Long Walk lottery.

Fifty young men must walk without a break until only one is left standing, who wins a huge cash prize and their 'one wish'. Fail to keep up the pace or break one of the many rules and you get your "ticket" from the barrel of a gun.

Ray (Cooper Hoffman), Pete (David Jonsson), Art (Tut Nyuot) and Hank (Ben Wang) become fast friends at the start of the gruelling ordeal calling themselves "The Musketeers".

No good will come of this.

CW: 80s style homophobic and misogynistic language, bloody executions that the camera lingers on

Red Sonja (2025)

In her childhood, Sonja (Matilda Lutz) is orphaned, separated from her tribe and grows up to become a guardian of the ancient Hyrkanian forest. She travels its vastness with just her horse for company, looking for any remnants of the tribe with no success.

Having conquered all the other lands, Emperor Dragan's (Robert Sheehan) minions turn to the forest to fell the trees for lumber to build the Empire's growing cities. They are also there to look for Hyrkania's ancient secrets, which the Emperor jealously covets.

Sonja attempts to fight them but is overpowered and sent to fight in the great gladiatorial arena in the capital.

No good will come of this.

CW: bloody violence but it's very comic book

Companion

Josh (Jack Quaid) and Iris (Sophie Thatcher) are off to a weekend with his friends in a grand house in the country. Iris is apprehensive: she doesn't feel she fits in with his rich friends and worries she'll say or do the wrong thing.

There's a reason for this: Iris is a companion sexbot and everybody knows it. Soon Iris will too.

No good will come of this.

CW: all the expected stuff about non consensual slave like robot companions but not as bad as it usually is

Thief

Frank (James Caan) is a successful jewel thief working independently and building up resources. He's a man in a hurry: prison robbed him of over a decade of his life. He has a plan to get himself back on track to the life he always wanted but he's going to have to strongarm other people to get it.

When things with a fence go bad after his latest job it brings him into contact with the Chicago Mob and after a tense confrontation they offer him work.

Having always worked for himself he's reluctant but they dangle such a big job he thinks this could be his ticket out of the game and accepts.

No good will come of this.

CW: all manner of slurs, child trafficking

28 Years Later

Spike (Alfie Williams) lives on a defended island settlement just off the coast of England with his father Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and mother Isla (Jodie Comer), who is mostly bedridden and suffers from delusions.

The causeway offers the islanders protection from the Infected who have roamed the mainland the 28 years since the release of the rage virus and they live a tough if relatively safe pastoral life. European navies maintain strict quarantine: nobody is coming to help them so they must make do with what they have.

The island is small though and regular trips are made to the mainland for firewood and other supplies. Now Jamie has decided it's time for Spike's first trip down the causeway and his first kill.

No good will come of this.

CW: bloody violence

Good Boy

Indy (Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever) is taken to his owner Todd's (Shane Jensen) grandfather's remote house after Todd becomes seriously ill and moves out of the city.

Immediately Indy knows something is wrong: the house is haunted by a dark entity that Indy can see but Todd can't.

CW: jump scares