In Clown in a Cornfield (2025), Frendo the clown haunts a dying Midwestern town in a blood-soaked horror-thriller that pits nostalgia against chaos. Directed by Eli Craig, starring Katie Douglas and Aaron Abrams, this cornfield carnival of carnage delivers jump scares, slasher tropes, and a few surprises, though not all land clean.
Hold the Fort (Fantasia 2025) is a horror-comedy where homeownership comes with hellspawn battles, HOA absurdities, exploding heads, and a mercenary named McScruffy. Review by Mother of Movies.
In Bring Her Back (2025), the directors of Talk To Me return with a haunting foster horror soaked in grief, guardianship, and spiritual misfires. Sally Hawkins delivers an eerie, layered performance in a film that doesn’t always explain itself, but always knows how it wants you to feel.
n The Surfer (2024), Nicolas Cage returns home only to face spiritual and social exile from a brutal beachside cult. Set in a warped vision of Australia, the film unpacks toxic masculinity, ritualistic control, and identity collapse under the sun-bleached weight of the past.
Monster Island (2024) is a WWII survival horror film steeped in Malay folklore, where a Japanese soldier and British POW battle inner demons and an ancient monster. Directed by Mike Wiluan and streaming via Shudder, the film is a slow-burn descent into character-driven chaos, soaked in myth and moral ambiguity.
Hot Spring Shark Attack (2025) is a Japanese horror-comedy that blends absurdist shark attacks, spa tourism satire, and surprisingly competent filmmaking into a cult-worthy splash. Directed by Morihito Inoue and streaming via Utopia, the film flexes rubber sharks, weird science, and oiled-up heroes with comic finesse.
