Haunting imagery, such as skulls being walked over, a mother admiring her bandaged face in the blowing wind, and wallpaper adorned with insects give it an otherworldly feel, as its surreal and twisted fairytale-like ambience swells to an almost overwhelmingly powerful degree.
An idyllic summer at a lakeside house turns nasty horror for two brothers in this gruesome debut from Austrian film-maker Veronika Franz.
It is intriguing, unsettling and extremely nasty with moments that are not for the faint-hearted.
A visceral, artful horror about childbirth and trauma released in the UK just in time for Mother’s Day.
Builds and builds and builds in its intensity.
An effective horror story about a woman transformed in more ways than one after she undergoes facial surgery.
Goodnight Mommy: after It Follows and The Babadook, the screams keep coming
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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