Prey
Starring: David Kross, Hanno Koffler, Maria Ehrich, Robert Finster, Yung Ngo, Klaus Steinbacher, Livia Matthes, Nellie Thalbach
Written and Directed by: Thomas Sieben
Produced by: Barbara Mientus, Sonja Ewers
On his bachelor party weekend, Roman, his brother Albert and their friends go on a hiking trip into the wild. When the group hear gunshots nearby, they attribute them to hunters in the woods. However, they soon find themselves in a desperate bid for survival when they realize that they have fallen prey to a mysterious shooter.
NIGHTBOOKS. KRYSTEN RITTER as NATACHA in NIGHTBOOKS. Cr. CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/NETFLIX © 2021
Nightbooks
Directed by: David Yarovesky
Starring: Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett and Krysten Ritter
Screenplay by: Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis
Based on the book by: J.A. White
Produced by: Sam Raimi, Romel Adam, Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen
When Alex (Winslow Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, is imprisoned by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her contemporary New York City apartment, he meets Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), who is also trapped there, and learns he must tell a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.
INTRUSION. LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN as HENRY, FREIDA PINTO as MEERA in INTRUSION. Cr. URSULA COYOTE/NETFLIX © 2021
Intrusion
Directed by: Adam Salky
Starring: Freida Pinto and Logan Marshall-Green
After a deadly break-in at a couple’s new dream home, the traumatized wife searches for answers — and learns the real danger is just beginning.
NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE
Cristina Rodlo as Ambar, in NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix
Directed by: Santiago Menghini
Starring: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca
Ambar is an immigrant in search of the American dream, but when she’s forced to take a room in a boarding house, she finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape.
MIDNIGHT MASS
Created and directed by Flanagan, the seven episode limited series also stars Kate Siegel, Rahul Abburi, Crystal Balint, Matt Biedel, Alex Essoe, Annarah Cymone, Annabeth Gish, Rahul Kohli, Kristin Lehman, Robert Longstreet, Igby Rigney, Samantha Sloyan, Henry Thomas, and Michael Trucco. The series is executive produced by Flanagan and Trevor Macy for Intrepid Pictures.
From The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan, MIDNIGHT MASS tells the tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man (Zach Gilford) and the arrival of a charismatic priest (Hamish Linklater). When Father Paul’s appearance on Crockett Island coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, a renewed religious fervor takes hold of the community – but do these miracles come at a price?
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