Chilean Horror WHAT THE TIDE DRAGGED IN - Poster and Stills released

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares (Invoking Yell) got in touch to tell us about his new film Lo Que Trajo La Marea (WHAT THE TIDE DRAGGED IN), a retro-styled psychological mumblecore horror film (78 min), shot in Chile with English subtitles.

WHAT THE TIDE DRAGGED IN In is an intimate coastal horror centered on grief, sisterhood, and the unsettling pull of the sea.

The film recently premiered at Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Florida, and is currently heading to the European Film Market,

Checkout the poster and stills from the film below...

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

Nerve-Jangling British Chiller JITTERS – On UK Digital, March

Get ready to confront your deepest fears, face every phobia you’ve experienced and every nightmare you’ve ever had, as JITTERS takes control and invites you to play his truly twisted game, in a brand-new horror thriller that gets its premiere this March from Miracle Media.

From Aptitude, the film is written by George Willcox with Marc Zammit (Witch) as director and producer, James Fuller and Richard Oakes co-produce with lead actor Fabrizio Santino (Captain America: The First Avenger, Hollyoaks), who plays the world-weary Detective Collymore.  Anto Sharp (Witch) plays Detective Harding, Daniel Jordan (Palindrome) stars as Jitters and are joined by Boo Miller (Bridgerton, The Stand-Up Sketch Show), Jess Impiazzi (Keep Calm & Carry On, Celebrity Big Brother), Lauren Budd (Cinderella’s Curse), Richard Wisker (Flatmates, The Dumping Ground) Ritchi Edwards (Witch, Werwulf) and Chloe Hews (Jinx).

Long in the game Detective Collymore (Santino) thought he’d seen it all, a single father who is haunted by his own failings, he puts his all into his work. But when he’s called in to investigate what appears to be a routine case: the sudden, unexplained death of a young woman, that’s been officially ruled as “natural causes”, the detective soon finds himself faced with his strangest, most complicated case yet and is pulled deep into something truly sinister.

The complex investigation takes him not only to the dark recesses of the internet, but to the depths of his inner soul, with all clues leading to a darkly disturbing video game… JITTERS – an under the radar simulation, that’s being whispered about online. But this is anything but child’s play, as the sadistic challenge weaponises the one thing no one can truly escape: their deepest fears.

As Collymore is drawn deeper into the depths of an unknown online world, he soon learns that JITTERS isn’t just depraved, it’s deadly... The only way he can survive and save his family, is to not only face the horrors coded into the system, but the darkness within himself.

Quit clowning around and get ready to face a killer mind game – like a never-ending bad trip that is guaranteed to make it game over for all players – in this pulse-pounding new British chiller thriller that will give you the JITTERS. 

JITTERS arrives on UK Digital 16 March 2026 from Miracle Media

Brutal and Unnerving Slasher DOLLY - Coming to UK Cinemas, March

Vertigo Releasing, in association with IFC and Shudder are thrilled to the confirm that the brutal and visceral horror, DOLLY, will be coming to UK Cinemas from 6th March. 

DOLLY stars Fabianne Therese (John Dies At The End), Russ Tiller (Blood For Dust), Eve Blackhurst, Michalina Scorzelli, Kate Cobb (Okie) with Ethan Suplee (My Name Is Earl) and Seann William Scott (American Pie) and introducing Max The Impaler as the physically imposing eponymous antagonist.

The film's first incarnation was the short film, Babygirl, and now the feature length DOLLY is the hulking and brooding realised vision of Rod Blackhurst, serving as a tribute to the classic 70s slashers, whilst adding its own spin on the genre.

Macy, a young woman is abducted by a monstrous figure intent on raising her as their own child.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

DOLLY will be in UK Cinemas from 6th March

 

CARRY THE DARKNESS - International Premiere at Romford Horror Festival

Independent supernatural thriller feature CARRY THE DARKNESS will make its international premiere at the Romford Horror Festival on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM at the Lumiere Cinema.

Written & Directed by Douglas Forrester and starring Joel Meyers (Albus Potter in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2022-2024), the film is inspired by the true-crime tragedy of the West Memphis Three. 

When misunderstood metalhead Travis Baldwin is blamed for a string of gruesome atrocities, paranoia spreads in his small town as a malevolent entity emerges. Blending the surreal unease of Twin Peaks with the investigative dread of The X-Files, the film explores the devastating cost of moral panic—and the monsters it creates.

The film also features an original score by Travis Bacon.

The film’s U.S. festival run included appearances at Nevermore Film Festival, Panic Fest, Maryland Film Festival, and Popcorn Frights Film Festival.

Tickets and additional information are available via the official Romford Horror Festival website at https://www.romfordhorrorfestival.com/.

More info can be found via carrythedarkness.com 

 

 

 

Lo-Fi Fantasy Adventure OBEX - Coming to Digital, March

Lightbulb Film Distribution are pleased to announce that OBEX will be released in the UK & Ireland from 9th March. The film will have its UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival on 2nd March.

Set in 1987 and shot in monochrome, OBEX is a surreal lo-fi fantasy adventure with a cautionary tale about living life through a screen. The world premiere took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where IndieWire called it “Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda.”

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy disappears, the line between reality and gaming blurs, and Conor must enter the world of OBEX to save her.

OBEX is a fantasy-adventure feature from the creative-mind of Albert Birney; writer and director of Strawberry Mansion (2021). Co-written by Pete Ohs (Erupcja), it stars Birney alongside Callie Hernandez (Jethica) and Frank Mosley (Rent Free).

The score was recorded by Josh Dibb, founding member of experimental rock band Animal Collective.

Watch Trailer on YouTube. 

OBEX will be available to stream or download from 9th March 

 

 

 

Short film BLOOD BUZZ - Screening at Romford Horror Festival

If you are attending this years ROMFORD HORROR FESTIVAL, be sure to check out the horror short BLOOD BUZZ from Writer/Director Daisy Bata.

Synopsis
Smart but Naive teenager Lianna is stumbling, dehydrated and lost, in the sweltering Suffolk countryside, when she happens upon Greg, an isolated farmer, After collapsing in exhaustion, she wakes up in his house after dark. 

As the night goes on, she desperately tries to convince Greg that humanity is on the brink of being overrun by body-snatching-mosquitos, mutaed by climate change into vampiric "mosquitozoids" that hijack the human brain.

But when her calm and condescending step-brother Kyle arrives, he casts doubt on everything. Revealing Lianna's history of 'episodes' and obsession with extreme conspiracy theories.  As reality starts to fracture, the question remains, is Lianna delusional, or the only one who sees the truth?

The final act explodes into grotesque violence and unexpected camaraderie, as Lianna and the grizzled Greg are forced to unite and fight for survival.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

BLOOD BUZZ is screening as part of the short film section this years ROMFORD HORROR FESTIVAL, for more info on this and other films visit https://www.romfordhorrorfestival.com/

 

 

Death Is a New Beginning in Indie Horror BAD VOODOO - On VOD & DVD, Feb

Escaped convicts find themselves in a situation beyond their worst nightmares in Bad Voodoo.

The ritual begins when the supernatural horror film curses VOD and DVD on February 10 via DeskPop Entertainment.

Two escaped convicts break into a house and take a hostage, only to discover that the hideout houses something far more dangerous: a voodoo curse born from a grieving couple’s thirst for vengeance. As the night spirals into terror, they must battle an unseen power that feeds on guilt, blood, and lost souls.

Manny Perez (Pride and Glory) and John Fiore (The Sopranos) lead the cast, which also includes Christina Moody, Justin Genna, Alex Joseph Pires, and Jimmy C. Jules.

Andrew Adler and Andre Hepburn make their feature directorial debut on the project, which they also produced alongside Marie Brandt. Devin Fearn penned the script, based on a story by Hepburn.

"BAD VOODOO was my way of confronting grief," Hepburn explains. "Grief can haunt us as powerfully as any monster. The film lives in the space where folklore, faith, and terror collide."

"With BAD VOODOO, we wanted to use supernatural horror as a lens to tell a deeply human story about moral boundaries," Adler adds. "At its heart, the film examines how loss can distort our sense of justice and lead us into choices we never imagined we were capable of."

BAD VOODOO embraces the old Haitian saying: it doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in voodoo, because it believes in you.

View the trailer on YouTube.