POE 4: The Black Cat

Otto; or, Up with Dead People

January 2008 •English

A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.

Blood of the Werewolf II: Wolves & Zombies

January 2013 •English

Three part anthology with all the stories revolving around werewolves or zombies.

The Dark Dealer

November 1995 •English

A trio of desperate men are forced to participate in a nightmarish game of blackjack for their souls. The circumstances behind how these fellows wound up in purgatory are revealed in three individual segments: Two vicious hoodlums break into the basement dwelling of an old hermit who isn't nearly as harmless as he appears to be; an unscrupulous entertainment lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he decides to steal several songs from a deceased blues singer; and a young ex-con agrees to help a scuzzy drug dealer rob a pharmaceutical lab in order to save his girlfriend from the clutches of said dope pusher.

Ghosthunters

July 2016 •English

When one of their own loses his wife and daughter at the hands of a serial killer, a team of ghost hunters is determined to capture the spirits of the loved ones so their spirits can finally rest in peace. But as the team goes deeper into the house, the ghosts become more hostile, and the group discovers the true secrets of the house and its murderer.

Halloween Horror Tales

November 2018 •English

A movie featuring four stories. First is about a psychotic killer clown stalking a young woman. In the second a scream queen gets more than she bargained for when she is interviewed by a TV talk show hostess. The third is a nature run amok tale and the fourth tells the story of an FBI agent investigating a series of brutal murders in a small town.

Con la muerte en los 2 tacones

Invalid date •Spanish

A Tale of Two Sisters

June 2003 •Korean

A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house – all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.

A Monster in the House

October 2021 •English

Two siblings must learn to confront their childhood trauma when their abusive father passes away. Left with a house full of bad memories, they spend the weekend clearing it out, all too eager to be rid of it. But all these years later, something they thought was a figment of their childish imagination has returned, feeding on the fears instilled in them by their father.

First Blood

August 2022 •English

A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.

The Persistence of Time

November 2022 •English

A pair of time-traveling detectives, sent to investigate a cold case murder in 1957, uncover the horrible, cosmic truth of humanity’s ascendancy, unraveling their perception of time and space.

The Wooden Woman

December 2021 •English

Edith has been beset by vivid hallucinations that only end when she begins spying on her next door neighbor.

Happy Birthday to You!

January 2006 •Spanish

A dark story about obsession, cats, and birthday presents.

Dokurogeki: atoaji no warui sasupensu

January 2012 •Japanese

An omnibus drama that delivers suspense with a bad aftertaste, a number of bad endings with a hopeless aftertaste, and indescribable "unbearable" emotions, this feeling will surely become a habit.

Hiraeth

November 2021 •German

The story of a lonely young man as he inexplicably wakes up in his dark and empty apartment one day. What follows is his journey through this mysterious and unrecognizable world he is thrown into. As he tries to grasp the surreal occurrences happening around him, he comes closer to unraveling the truth behind his existence and his dark past.

The Other Dimension

February 1992 •Italian

A macabre anthology, the second and last feature film of Italian underground filmmaker Fabio Salerno.

3 Cortes

December 2006 •Portuguese

"3 Cortes" is a collection of three gore-filled shocking short films from three Brazilian filmmakers. The first story, "Sozinho", is about a man meeting up with a young woman he met earlier in the day. When he gets to her place, she has a special surprise in store for him. "Coleção de Humanos Mortos" is the second story, and in it a young man is plagued by his inner demons, pushing him to satisfy his desire to inflict pain on others. Finally, in "06 Tiros, 60ml" a man wakes up to find himself trapped inside a hospital with blood-soaked faceless monsters and must do what he can to escape, even if that means killing every monster or person he comes across.

Rakshasa Tantra

March 2024 •Kannada

Rakshasa Tantra is a story of a group of friends who come online on a video call to catch up and chat with each other. Soon they come across dangerous content on the dark web.

Apartment Zero

September 1989 •English

In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.

The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie

July 2016 •English

Two wealthy siblings at their New Years party wait for their friends to arrive. While waiting, they are stalked and descended upon by a masked man.

Ring

January 1998 •Japanese

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.