Liam Gavin delivers a masterclass in slow-burn dread with A Dark Song. A grieving mother and an abrasive occultist engage in a months-long ritual with terrifying results.

Chris LaMartina returns with Out There Halloween Mega Tape, a spiritual successor to WNUF. Trade the 80s news for 90s talk shows and alien conspiracies.

Radio Silence and David Bruckner deliver a unique, loop-based horror anthology in Southbound. Five stories bleed into one another on a desolate desert highway.

Perry Blackshear delivers a haunting and sympathetic portrayal of mental illness in They Look Like People. Two friends reconnect as one suspects a monstrous invasion.

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell reunite for Evil Dead 2, the ultimate “re-quel.” Buckets of blood meet slapstick comedy in this pulse-racing horror thrill ride.

Lucky McKee delivers a quirky, grungy masterpiece with May. Angela Bettis stars as a lonely outsider who takes the idea of “making a friend” to a literal extreme.

Richard Bates Jr. delivers a stylishly depraved character study with Excision. A troubled teen goes to surgical extremes to win her mother’s approval.

Bruce McDonald delivers a brilliant “chamber piece” horror with Pontypool. A radio shock jock discovers that language itself has become a deadly weapon.

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead deliver a daring, genre-bending debut with Resolution. Two friends find themselves trapped in a story they didn’t write.