13 Days ‘Til Summer (2025) – Introverted teenager Antek’s terrible day goes from bullying at school to discovering a dead body in the woods, exactly one year after the unsolved family massacre committed by the school’s janitor. Left alone for the weekend in their sleek smart home, Antek and his sister Paula find their strained relationship pushed to the breaking point when a party spirals into a night of terror, as a relentless masked killer turns the supposedly secure house into a deadly trap.

80 Min – Poland – Dir: Bartosz M. Kowalski

Don’t Leave the Kids Alone (2025) – When her babysitter cancels last minute, single mother Catalina leaves her two sons, Matías and Emiliano, home alone in their newly purchased auction house on Elm Street, I mean, what could go wrong? What begins as an 80s-flavored night of TV, pizza, and no bedtime soon unravels into a tense battle between the brothers as strange noises, shifting objects, and flickering power hint that something far more sinister is lurking in the walls.

97 Min – Mexico – Dir: Emilio Portes

Whistle (2025) – A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.

85 Min – Canada/Ireland – Dir: Corin Hardy

The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025) – Agnes Applewhite, caught between her sanctimonious mother and tightly wound sister, defies family expectations by working as a shampoo girl at a lively beauty salon, only to have debilitating menstrual cramps manifest as real-life monsters, blurring reality and nightmare. Shot on 16mm with a bold technicolor palette and 1960s flair, Brooke H. Cellars’ debut transforms her personal battle with endometriosis into a surreal, drag-infused horror-comedy bursting with psychosexual weirdness, humor, and unapologetic period blood.

89 Min – USA – Dir: Brooke H. Cellars

Silencio (2025) – From the Black Plague to the AIDS crisis to a near-future pandemic, SILENCIO follows generations of vampire sisters as they love, lust, and survive through centuries of disease, prejudice, and desire. Eduardo Casanova’s return to Fantastic Fest is a delirious cocktail of camp, gothic decadence, and grotesque beauty. A monster movie, a manifesto, and a celebration of queer resilience, it’s a lush, blood-soaked plea for empathy.

56 Min – Spain – Dir: Eduardo Casanova

Deathstalker (2025) – When a cursed amulet latches onto a roguish ex-soldier, he’s forced into an uneasy alliance with a master thief and a pint-sized wizard to stop a dark sorcerer from conquering the Kingdom of Abraxion. Steven Kostanski (MANBORG, THE VOID, PSYCHO GOREMAN) reboots the 1983 cult classic with flesh-ripping demons, two-headed ghouls, and deliriously goofy flying creatures. With Daniel Bernhardt in the title role and Patton Oswalt voicing the wizard Doodad, DEATHSTALKER is a gloriously gory, laugh-out-loud Sword & Sorcery spectacle.

99 Min – Canada – Dir: Steven Kostanski

Night Patrol (2025) – When LAPD officer Carr returns to his old neighborhood, a murder witnessed by his brother sparks accusations that the precinct’s elite Night Patrol is killing civilians. As a rookie recruit’s initiation reveals the terrifying truth behind the task force, the community must unite, gang leaders, family, and cops alike, drawing on their African heritage to battle an unspeakable evil. Ryan Prows’s politically charged, unflinching horror-thriller is powered by knockout performances, with Justin Long delivering a chilling turn as the newest Night Patrol recruit.

104 Min – USA – Dir: Ryan Prows

Vieja Loca (Crazy Old Lady) (2025) – During a cross-country drive, Laura’s calls home reveal her mother Alicia has stopped taking her medication, prompting an urgent visit from Laura’s ex-boyfriend, Pedro. But when Alicia begins mistaking Pedro for her first husband from Argentina’s dictatorship era, the night spirals into a violent, delusional cat-and-mouse game. Martín Mauregui traps audiences in the twisted memories of a woman whose personal horrors are inseparable from her country’s darkest history.

94 Min – Argentina/Spain – Dir: Martín Mauregui

A Woman Called Mother (2025) – After moving to a new city to start fresh, Vira watches her mother Yanti’s behavior spiral from volatile to violently unhinged, her obsession with her son’s sex life hinting at something far darker. As Vira digs deeper, she uncovers a dangerous ritual and a demonic possession lurking beneath the family’s fragile new beginning. Randolph Zaini (PREMAN) returns to Fantastic Fest with a blood-soaked domestic horror anchored by Artika Sari Devi’s magnetic turn as a mother teetering between duty, desire, and full-blown madness.

119 Min – Indonesia – Dir: Randolph Zaini

Vicious (2025) – When a mysterious visitor delivers a box with instructions to place inside something she needs, hates, and loves, Polly (Dakota Fanning) reluctantly complies, only to trigger a reality-warping nightmare. As time unravels and memory twists against her, she faces a gauntlet of impossible choices. To survive, Polly must confront the darkness within before it swallows everything she holds dear.

103 Min – USA – Dir: Bryan Bertino

Peau à Peau (Nesting) (2025) – When a late-night walk with her newborn leads Pénélope into a violent crime scene, the shock fractures her already fragile mental state. Haunted by visions, unresolved grief, and postpartum insomnia, she spirals into self-destructive behavior that blurs the line between past and present. Chloé Cinq-Mars’s striking debut is a tense, unnerving psychological thriller anchored by Rose-Marie Perreault’s raw, fearless performance.

103 Min – Canada/Switzerland – Dir: Chloé Cinq-Mars

Dinner to Die For (2025) – Hannah, a culinary photographer, and her friend Evan share a passion for true crime content. When Evan suggests role playing their own true crime scenario involving a killer meal and the girl next door, things get a little messy.

75 Min – South Africa – Diana Mills Smith

The Restoration at Grayson Manor (2025) – After a freak accident severs the hands of flamboyant Irish heir Boyd Grayson, he becomes the first to test an experimental pair of thought-controlled prosthetics, only for the hands to start moving on their own. Packed with biting insults, outrageous family drama, and gloriously unhinged performances from Chris Colfer and Alice Krige, this camp-horror romp turns a stately manor into a playground of queer chaos. Director Glenn McQuaid balances wicked humor with genuine heart, exploring the messy bonds of family, identity, and acceptance.

90 Min – Ireland – Dir: Glenn McQuaid