Heed this, those of you who work in finance... if you turn down a mortgage extension to an impoverished old lady (especially a gypsy one) this might be your fate. find out more...

Charlotte Hollis has been closeted in her mansion, a deteriorating Southern plantation, since the grisly murder of her married lover many years earlier. When the county wants to tear down the house to build a highway, the spinster's relatives and friends appear to rally behind her but each slowly preys on her mind until the gruesome rumours of the last forty years appear to be coming true. On hand are cousin Miriam, Dr Drew Bayliss, Jewel Mayhew and the scariest inhabitant of all, loyal serva find out more...

A straight up ghost story meets the superficiality of the fashion industry in this haunting, eerie tale of a young woman trying to find 'a sign' from her dead twin brother whilst busying herself buying clothes for a stuck up supermodel. Beautifully captured by Assayas, wonderfully performed by Stewart and one that stays with you long after the credits roll. find out more...

Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community, all trapped in the local supermarket, come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumours point to an army experiment gone awry at a nearby top-secret base, but as the locals break off into increasingly murderous factions the ravenous monsters are in danger of taking a back seat to the carnage. Mist is a superior adaptation of a Stephen King horror thanks in large part to find out more...

A group of backpacking friends discover an ancient temple in the jungles of Mexico, but their delight soon turns to terror when they're attacked by aggressive locals and then savaged by a blood thirsty, but quite pretty, vine (yup, as in a plant). As terrifying as realising you've fried the garlic before the onion while cooking a ‘spag bol' for your mates, but some fun might be had from its unrelenting awfulness. find out more...

Teenager Anna returns to her family; sister, dad and wicked stepmother after time spent in a mental institution following their real mother's death. The two girls suspect the step-mother of involvement in mum's death, but what could easily have been a straight forward 'cuckoo-in-the-nest' thriller veers leftward into a world of dreams, hallucinations, fantasy and ghosts. find out more...

Kevin Smith had a podcast where they made a joke about the idea of kidnapping and turning a human into a walrus. It went viral on the twittersphere. Then it became a movie. This movie. Though the whole thing starts out well, with decent doses of good humour and dramatic tension, it all falls very quickly by the wayside. The result is a ridiculous prosthetic walrus suit that envelops Justin Long. Somewhere inside this mess of a movie there's a punchline, if only Smith could get to it without q find out more...