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A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.

A debt-ridden, former vocalist relocates to his remote Papuan hometown under the pretense of visiting his terminally ill adoptive mother, masking a sinister plot to plunder her estate that inadvertently unleashes a lethal, ancient supernatural entity.

Dottie, a lonely and bored woman becomes obsessed with James, a new employee at the vintage store where she works. When Dottie discovers a spell that can turn a person into a doll, she decides to cast it on James, believing it will make him hers forever.

Walking in her home, Evelia experiences the past, the present and the future at the same time. In the symbolic life she leads, governed by the god Janus, everything around her seems to speak to her, until random visions are born poetic. Through the trance state that awakens the inner gaze, Evelia's anima connects with the anima mundi. Simonetta's eyes is about the memory that a person will leave behind; Evelia tells the viewer, with the language of the gaze: "one day, we will only be memory".

Five young friends are hanging out in the woods and discussing their different views on love. There’s Mary who is happily in love with Toby, Toby who is sort of indifferent about Mary, Joby who has a secret crush on Toby, Caty who is single and satisfied and Freddy, the gang’s own enthusiastic nerd. Freddy tells his friends about an ancient greek myth which suggests that humanity used to consist of people who were literally stuck together with their true loves. He then suggests that they should all pray to the old god Zeus so that Mary and Toby are reunited in their true form. Caty finds this suggestion repulsive but to her horror the others consider it to be a charming idea. The ritual works… but maybe not in the way they intended.

At an exclusive private school, new student John Van Owen struggles to cope with a trio of bullying jocks jealous of his friendship with beautiful classmate Mary. He's intrigued, then, when an enigmatic misfit offers him a chance at revenge using witchcraft — but John doesn't realize that the price of his newfound power.

Bayram and Gül live a modest life with their son Ali in a quiet village in Anatolia. Everything changes when strange, unexplained events begin to occur in their home. While Bayram and Gül seek help from religious scholars to unravel the mystery, Ali, a young man who uses science as a guide and acts logically, denies what is happening. However, the situation soon spirals out of control. The darkness in the house begins to directly target Ali. His psychology begins to crumble, and his perception of reality is shaken.

A short film about self-love and self-discovery.

In a working-class neighborhood of Naples, a woman works as a sorceress and healer. Gianni spends a day with her, observing her work with poor clients, the sick, those suffering from love, and, of course, the superstitious.

A man undergoes a ritual in which he is possessed by three lustful, witchy women of decidedly supernatural pedigree. After his acclaimed Thanatomorphose, genre filmmaker Éric Falardeau is both behind and before the camera in this sensory extravaganza, somewhere between an occult hallucination and a self-portrait of conflicted masculinity, that serves up a heady mix of horror, poetry and unbridled eroticism. A tribute to the magic of Méliès, the early American avant-garde and underground film (think: Kenneth Anger), Asmodeus renders bodies and fluids transcendent through its use of textured black-and-white Super 8 and in-camera special effects. A cinematic memento mori that’s at once carnal and otherworldly.

In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.

Willing to do anything to get their friend back from the dead, three idiots turn to dark magic. However, one large obstacle lies in the way: they need a sacrifice. What unfolds is a messy chaos filled with suspense, the supernatural, and lots of sugar.

A ritual shot on black and white Super 8 film. A witch summons various goddesses and mythological figures until the Queen of women shunned by patriarchy—Lilith—breaks through.

Joe is an ugly loser, incapable of picking up women. But when he’s taught a magical power, capable of transforming him into anyone he pleases and then back to his normal self, he decides to use it to live out his perverse fantasies. Initially content just watching them shower, Joe soon tires of mindless nudity and gears up to take his ultimate revenge against womankind: luring them to his shabby apartment, violently killing, and even eating them!

The bereaved wife of a teacher who died prematurely resorts to ritualistic magic to resurrect her beloved husband. The results have unintended bloody consequences.

Powell Davidson and his magician friends summon a spirit in an abandoned pueblo outside of town, unwittingly unleashing a murderous Civil War Major, who is out to kill the descendants of every person who condemned him to death in 1875.

In the stillness of night, a lone man is trapped in a state of sleep paralysis. As darkness closes in, he must confront the ghosts of his past.

Streamed exclusively on her Instagram stories, film maker Janne Elens takes us on a short and intimate journey to her family's abandoned house to reflect on her past and communicate with her deceased grandmother's spirit.