1980s slasher horror directed by Tom Holland. A young boy, Alex (Andy Barclay) is given a doll called Chucky for his birthday. Unfortunately, Chucky is possessed by the spirit of serial-killing psychopath Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), aka 'the Lakeshore Strangler', who was killed by the boy's cop father. The doll soon picks up where his creator left off, embarking on a gruesome killing spree - for which all the evidence points to Alex. The film went on to spawn two sequels.

Horror sequel in which a species of violent prehistoric piranha continue to terrify a small town. The chaos unleashed in 'Piranha' (2010) by a group of the omnivorous fish, set free by an earthquake that split the floor of a lake, may only have been the beginning. The tests of marine biologist Carl Goodman (Christopher Lloyd) indicate that these fish were only adolescents, suggesting their parents would be even fiercer adversaries. When the piranha make their way into the town's plumbing system, the terror spreads. Soon swimming pools and even the town's brand new waterpark are infested by the bloodthirsty critters. Can the town's residents, marshalled by survivor of the first movie Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames), find a way to combat their sharp-teethed tormentors?

A city banker takes bloody retribution after he loses his job, in this British indie horror directed by Ryan L. Driscoll. Unable to tell them that he has been let go by his firm, disciplinarian Kurt Wendell (Jonathan Hansler) decides to take his family to a remote country location on the pretext of a family bonding session. Once there, however, the deranged father's mood quickly changes. As his behaviour becomes ever more alarming, he begins sharpening his axe in preparation for an orgy of bloodletting, with his unsuspecting family first in line for the chop.

Having boarded an aeroplane ready to embark on a school trip to France, Alex (Devon Sawa) suddenly has a premonition that it will explode. He tries to convince his friends to disembark, causing so much trouble that he and six others are eventually ejected before take-off. Shortly afterwards, standing in the departure lounge, they see the plane destroyed in a mid-air explosion. Later, after three of the ejectees have died in strange circumstances, Alex becomes convinced that death feels cheated, and is now trying to collect back the debt. Can Alex convince his other friends of this before they too meet their untimely ends?

Extended cut of the third film in the camcorder horror franchise. A prequel to the first two films, this instalment goes back to Katie (Katie Featherstone)'s childhood in the late 1980s. Katie and her sister, Kristi (Sprague Grayden), still living with their parents in the family home, make their first contact with the spirit, Bloody Mary. Mary, who so mercilessly haunted the adult Katie in the first two films, is at first a friendly, if strange, presence. However, as time goes on, her unseen presence begins to torment the two girls. Much of the ensuing chaos is - as in the first two films - captured on video.

Scott Spiegel directs this straight-to-DVD third instalment of the horror franchise. When four friends arrive in Las Vegas for a bachelor party, they meet a group of attractive women who invite them to go with them to a private party. Unfortunately for the boys, the venue turns out to be a gruesome torture chamber where members of the Elite Hunting Club are hosting the most sadistic show in town.

Ben Wheatley directs this dark British thriller/horror starring Neil Maskell. Former soldier Jay (Maskell) works alongside his partner Justin (Ben Crompton) as a hitman. When problems erupt in Jay's marriage and personal life, the strain has a devastating effect as he abandons any semblance of morality or humanity and becomes consumed by the violence and depravity of his work.

Double bill of horror films directed by Ti West. 'The Innkeepers' (2011) is set in the Yankee Pedlar Inn, a run-down and supposedly haunted hotel. With the inn set to close down owing to a lack of business, two 20-something employees, Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), are left in charge for its final weekend. Eager to prove the rumours of hauntings and paranormal phenomena, the pair decide to set a camera rolling and set out in search of unusual events. 'The House of the Devil' (2009) follows cash-strapped college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue), who takes a babysitting job in a remote country mansion to make ends meet. However, as a lunar eclipse darkens the sky overhead, Samantha begins to realise that her employers (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov) intend to use her for something far more sinister than childcare...

Horror set in a post-apocalyptic America that has been taken over by an ever-increasing army of vampires. Connor Paolo stars as Martin, a teenager who joins forces with vampire hunter Mister (Nick Damici) after his parents are killed by the marauding vampire forces. Together, the two set out to find a town where they have heard they will be safe - but does such a place really exist?

'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke directs this Gothic retelling of the classic Grimm Brothers fairy tale. Amanda Seyfried stars as Valerie, a beautiful young woman whose parents have arranged a match for her with the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). But Valerie is in love with the handsome young Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), and the two plan to run away together. However, a werewolf attack on Valerie's sister throws their plans into disarray. The villagers turn to werewolf hunter Father Solomon (Gary Oldman) to protect them, but as the death toll continues to rise they are horrified to discover that the wolf, who takes human form by day, is living among them.

Horror sequel starring Bre Blair and Josh Cooke. Following on from the infection of the Los Angeles tenement, one person manages to escape the quarantine and boards flight 318. With the passengers turning into bloodthirsty killers as the virus begins to spread, the alerted authorities force the plane to land, quickly surrounding it with armed agents. Now, with time running out, and panic spreading, the passengers have to quickly decide just what lengths they are prepared to go to to survive.

Haunted house horror. Five college students set up their filming equipment in a supposedly haunted hotel in the derelict town of Goldfield, Nevada. Having heard the local legend of the ghost of Elisabeth Walker (Ashly Margaret Rae), a young maid said to have been tortured and killed in room 109, the friends hope to capture some supernatural footage. But as they settle in for the night, they soon realise that the spectre is present - and, with a doorway to the other world situated in the basement of the hotel, all hell is about to break loose.

Haunted house horror. Five college students set up their filming equipment in a supposedly haunted hotel in the derelict town of Goldfield, Nevada. Having heard the local legend of the ghost of Elisabeth Walker (Ashly Margaret Rae), a young maid said to have been tortured and killed in room 109, the friends hope to capture some supernatural footage. But as they settle in for the night, they soon realise that the spectre is present - and, with a doorway to the other world situated in the basement of the hotel, all hell is about to break loose.

Triple bill of the vampire horror film series. In 'The Lost Boys' (1987), two brothers move to a new town and soon fall in with the wrong crowd - a gang of punks who also happen to be blood-swilling vampires. The older brother (Jason Patric) proves easy prey and is soon a fully paid-up member of the undead. But the younger brother (Corey Haim) is made of tougher stuff and, along with a couple of friends, decides to make a stand. Pretty soon the suburbs start swinging to the sound of teen vampire combat. In 'The Lost Boys - The Tribe' (2008), a young girl named Nicole (Autumn Reeser) falls in with a pack of vampire surfers after moving to California with her brother Chris (Tad Hilgenbrink). Seduced by the leader of the gang, Autumn soon realises that there are forces in nature that could destroy everything she has ever cared for. 'The Lost Boys - The Thirst' (2010), sees Corey Feldman reprise his role as Edgar Frog, a down and out vampire hunter who is asked by writer Gwen Lieber (Tanit Phoenix) to rescue her son from a newborn army. Gwen offers to pay Edgar a substantial fee for his services and he agrees to take on the dangerous mission. Realising the risks involved, Edgar asks his brother, Alan (Jamison Newlander), to assist him.

Low-budget slasher horror. Eleven years ago, troubled teenager Jack Riley (Eric Peter-Kaiser) went on a murderous rampage and killed the entire family of Karen Cook (Michele Morrow), who miraculously managed to survive his brutal attack. Now, after ten years in a youth institution, Jack is free to track Karen down and finish what he started. Karen, however, has pre-empted his movements, enlisting the help of small-town cop Chris Watts (Sam Skoryna) in a desperate attempt to put an end to Riley's killing spree - but stopping this crazed psychopath in his tracks does not prove an easy task.

Low-budget horror directed by Jack Messitt. At a rundown cinema in a quiet suburban town, a group of teenagers attend the midnight screening of a 1970s cult horror film, unaware that the film's director and star escaped from a psychiatric ward five years earlier and are on the loose. As the midnight movie begins, the kids heckle its old black-and-white scenes - but they are brought up with a jolt when the killer appears to butcher one of their friends onscreen. They soon realise that they are locked inside the theatre with only the crazed killer for company.

Supernatural horror. The Campbell family are forced to move to upstate Connecticut in order to be near the clinic where their teenage son Matt (Kyle Gallner) is being treated for cancer. When they begin experiencing disturbing events, the Campbells attribute them to their stress over Matt's illness - but they soon discover that their picturesque Victorian home has a dark and disturbing history, and that an unspeakable terror awaits them...

Horror remake of the original 1980 teenage slasher movie. The film begins in 1980 with Pamela Voorhees (Nana Visitor) attempting to murder her last female victim in a bid to avenge her son Jason (Derek Mears)'s death. However, the girl manages to escape after cutting off Pamela's head: an act which the young and apparently alive Jason witnesses from the woods. Events then skips to the present day with a group of teenagers set to go camping at Camp Crystal Lake, the scene of previous atrocities. Inevitably, one by one, they run into the machete-wielding, hockey-masked Jason who's back to do some slashing.

Supernatural horror set in the Wild West. A band of brave pioneers sets out to find and recover a family of settlers that appears to have been abducted following an attack on a frontier homestead. Expecting the offenders to be the usual posse of hostile natives, the group prepares for routine battle. But as men start to vanish mysteriously and hideous evidence begins to accumulate, the men realise that their enemy may not be merely human after all...

Psychological horror. Three lifelong friends, Tabitha (Katheryn Winnick), Shelby (Laura Breckenridge) and Lisa (Jessica Lucas) are being stalked by a psychotic serial killer bearing a grudge linked to a seemingly innocent incident from the women's school days. In the name of revenge, the deranged killer has invented the most brutal and sadistic games for his three victims to 'play'. Can they possibly get out alive?

Horror written and directed by Jonas Barnes. Sheltered teenager Angie Albright (Sarah Thompson) has been brought up in a devout Christian home, but is about to head off into the outside world to begin college. Shortly after beginning her studies, she is offered a babysitting job on a remote farm, where she receives a string of mysterious and threatening phone calls. While her young charge sleeps upstairs, Angie is subjected to a night of terror that knows no limits.

Horror in which a group of five strangers find themselves fighting for their lives after receiving an invite to a New Year's party on the 27th floor of an abandoned skyscraper. Soon after arriving, they realise that they are trapped in the building and the only way out is to solve a number of clues left by a deranged killer. Unfortunately for the hostages, the game has a number of shocking and gruesome twists.

Horror starring Stephen Baldwin. While searching for his father, who has recently disappeared, David (Baldwin) stumbles across a cryptic trail which leads to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. When David's girlfriend Laura (Vanessa Johansson) is kidnapped by the Mafia, who want to claim the treasure for themselves, David is plunged into a desperate race against time and in order to rescue Laura, he must enter the deadly waters.

Low-budget 'creature-feature' horror. When Annie (Emmanuelle Vaugier), the alcoholic sheriff of a desolate New Mexico town, arrives at the scene of a mysterious accident, she is puzzled to discover a crab-like leg stuck to the grill of a burned-out vehicle. It later transpires that an archaeological dig has unearthed a murderous monster that's been trapped underground for 900 years and is now very, very angry with the human race. Teaming up with a group of stranded civilians, Annie must find a way to stop the beast before it wipes out everything, and everyone, in its path.

When a supernatural force causes Elizabeth, a young reporter, to investigate an old house, she finds herself to be the only hope for a family of long-dead ghosts. But when the father of the family, who is still alive, hears about her visits, he takes action to ensure the truth is never told.