Stars: Jamie Grefe, Sofia Papuashvili | Written and Directed by Jamie Grefe We’ve talked plenty on Nerdly about the hyper-prolific end of indie filmmaking. The Scott Jeffreys, the Louisa Warrens, and more recently the Gregory Hatanakas – directors who churn out movies with the relentlessness of a photocopier on fire. And right there in that […]
Stars: Manny Luke, Erin Áine, Punkie Johnson, Hendrix Deveroux, Christian Casillas, Carlo Mendez, Nichole McAuley, Anna Valencia, Leighton B. Allen, Scott Anthony Simmons | Written by Kyle Valle, Manny Luke, Erin Áine | Directed by Kyle Valle Once in a while, an indie horror-comedy comes along that’s so packed with personality, you can almost hear […]
Stars: Helena Jauregui, Savanna Blau, Jamie Grefe, Chris Spinelli | Written and Directed by Jamie Grefe We’ve covered Scott Jeffrey plenty on Nerdly, but he’s not the only one-man film machine out there. The real productivity monster might be Gregory Hatanaka, who somehow has 54 producing credits in 2025 alone. Wild. Like Jeffrey, Hatanaka works […]
Stars: Sonny Middleton, Bella Ramsey, Ziad Abaza, Elleese Bradshaw, Kristy Smedley, Jonny Phillips | Written and Directed by Derry Shillitto Written and directed by Derry Shillitto, The Correction Unit is a sci-fi horror flick about data harvesting, mind control, and the pretence of rehabilitation. Shawn (Sonny Middleton) finds himself in Brookfield’s Young Offenders’ Institute, his […]
Stars: Chrissie Wunna, Anna Rakhvalova, Clara Legallais-Moha, Christopher Kouros, Nick Field, Joseph Heaps, Brynmor Leyshon, Dimitrios Pantos | Written by Alessandro Di Giuseppe | Directed by Sushank Kini Champdog Films – long-time purveyors of micro-budget British genre mayhem – are back at it again. But this time they’re swerving away from another horror sequel or […]
Stars: David Christian, Elia Berthoud, Arya Shahbazy, Adem Yilmaz, Michelle Deniz Rinehart, Arneta Liberyte, Anthony Tran, Kaan Ylimaz | Written and Directed by Bilal Kalyoncu Bilal Kalyoncu, writer of the recently released Quarantine-19, also heads behind the camera for US-lensed quasi-slasher movie The Final Party, which sees outcast Alex (David Christian) and his friends set […]
Stars: Ayse Akin, Adem Yilmaz, Özüm Çakir, Kaan Yilmaz, Melih Degirmenci, Selçuk Yapar, Michelle Deniz Rinehart, Allen Stewart | Written by Bilal Kalyoncu, Can Sarcan, Koray Yeltekin | Directed by Can Sarcan Part of Turkey’s contribution to the slew of quarantine-inspired films that emerged during the Covid-19 period (with the “19” in the title leaving […]
Stars: Adam Bash, Lukas John, Faith McCoy, Paul Ogletree, Oscar Rockwell, Jared Hasmuk, Scot Scurlock | Written and Directed by Charlie Steeds Charlie Steeds – the mind behind Escape From Cannibal Farm, The Barge People and Winterskin – returns with his latest slice of creature-feature mayhem, albeit one that’s been quietly lobbed onto Tubi with […]
Stars: Eva Hamilton, Marco Reese Maldonado, Mark Francis, Dan Grogan, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Carl J Grasso, Terry Kiser | Written and Directed by Buddy Cooper Much like other slasher movies of the era, the original The Mutilator felt like a much bigger deal here in the UK – mainly due to this country’s ridiculous […]
Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Josh Gad, Billie Lourd, Anthony Carrigan, Alex Winter | Written by Michael M.B. Galvin | Directed by Alex Winter Adulthood is a darkly comic suburban thriller that pairs Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario in one of the more unexpectedly sharp indie films of the year. Directed by Alex Winter and written by […]
Stars: Susan Priver, Pat McNeely, Ezra Buzzington, Robert Rhine, Brandon Kirk, Ginger Lynn, Lew Temple, Brinke Stevens | Written and Directed by Chad Ferrin Chad Ferrin’s Dorothea tackles the chilling true story of Dorothea Puente, the seemingly sweet elderly landlady who preyed on vulnerable tenants throughout the 1980s. It’s a case steeped in horror, manipulation, […]
Stars: Konstantina Mantelos, Adam Tsekhman, Cristo Fernández, Peter MacNeill, Fuad Ahmed, Nobahar Dadui | Directed by Joanna Tsanis The Killgrin, the first feature-length film from Joanna Tsanis, is a mournful, slow-burning slice of supernatural horror that fuses creature-feature tension with a grounded portrait of grief. While it isn’t without its structural missteps, the film stands […]
Stars: Michael Madsen, Ethan Daniel Corbett, Emma Reinagel, Erik Celso Mann, Adam Slemon, Gabriel Pranter, Ian Hummel, Maddie Lane, Anna DeRusso, Michelle Bauer, Bix Krieger | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes The Asylum has built a name for itself through a steady stream of budget-conscious genre films that fully embrace their status as B-movie […]
Stars: Joan Iyiola, Arazou, Nikolas Salmon, Jorja James, Rhys Howells, Onur Cocen, Benjamin Grant-Ewen, Xavier Nunez, Lina Mira, Isidro Tellez | Written by Brook Judge | Directed by Douglas Thompson Directed by Douglas Thompson, Don’t Come Here is a slow, simmering thriller that trades jump scares for tension you can actually feel. Set in Mallorca, […]
Stars: Paul Collett, Erin Alvey O’Sullivan, Russell Geoffrey Banks, Wayne Han, Zara Dragon, Poi Haywood, Alexandra Merle, Selina Wiesmann, Michael Paré | Written by Dustin Alexander III, Daniel Zirilli | Directed by Steven Edgewood Beautiful women, deadly sharks, and dangerous criminals – that’s the enticing promise of Shark Island, the 2024 thriller directed by Steven […]
Stars: Martina Capaccioli, Isacco Salvi, Marcello Castiglioni, Marco Cevoli, Sofia Pieroni, Arianna Panieri, Toni Pandolfo | Written by Samuele Breschi, Isacco Salvi | Directed by Samuele Breschi Samuele Breschi’s Man in the Fields is an Italian-made horror film that ambitiously tries to mimic the tone and style of American genre films in the same way […]
Stars: Scott Adkins, Peter Shinkoda, Donald Cerrone, Michael Rene Walton, Gabi Garcia, Michael Copon, Gary Cairns, Masanori Mimoto, Atsuki Kashio, Shane Kosugi | Written by Scott AdkinsMarc Clebanoff | Directed by Louis Mandylor Scott Adkins has built a career on precision, power, and presence, but Prisoner of War might just be his defining moment. Directed […]
Stars: Alexandra Corin Johnston, Sumayyah Ameerah, Nick Tag, Ryan Bertroche, Devon Odessa, John Griffin, Randolph Summiel, Brian Guest, Delaney Hogan | Written and Directed by Justin Shilton, Rob Zazzali Despite its title, Shark Girl is not the aquatic creature feature you might be expecting. Outside of a fleeting glimpse of a shark, there’s very little […]
Stars: Emily Webber, Callum Preville, Alina Desmond, Ivan Wilkinson, N Walters, John Eccles, Rebecca Phillipson, Maureen Casey, Elena Blichfeldt | Written by Harry Boxley | Directed by Daniel Yates, Zach Van Den Burgh The Curse of Humpty Dumpty was a tremendous low-budget horror that used the genre as a metaphor for mental health and growing […]
Stars: Jamie Costa, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Sean Young, Ivana Rojas, Edward Michael Scott, Andrew Keegan, Vladimir Kulich, Sab Shimono, Takayo Fischer, Sonia Jackson | Written and Directed by Nicholas Gyeney Written and directed by Nicholas Gyeney, The Activated Man is a striking low-budget horror film that blends psychic thriller elements with a deeply emotional […]
Stars: Alexandra DeCaluwe, Lauren Budd, Lila Lasso, Gaston Alexander, Jase Rivers, Danielle Scott, Connor Powles, Wayne Dobson, Phillip Hockley, Jenna N. Wilson, Andrew Rolfe, Benjamin Schnau, Jamie Langlands, Nicola Fishwick | Written by Ben Daly | Directed by Ben J. Williams Spiders on a Plane sees a group of four friends jetting off on holiday, […]
