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Magnus Marten’s Jackpot, based on a Joe Nesbø story, eschews goofy, excessive horror gags and builds on a tight script and solid acting to create a wonderfully twisted black comedy. Oscar Svendsen quickly discovers the challenge of proving his innocence after the police find him clutching a shotgun in a strip club surrounded by eight dead bodies.

Comedy horror takes an artistic turn in this award-winning film following a washed-up artist named Lars who can only paint when inspired by blood, guts and limbs. Upon the request of his art dealer, Lars relocates to the tiny Canadian city of Koda Lake for a “therapeutic retreat.” Lars soon meets Eddie, whose ‘eccentricities’ compel him to act in erratic and murderous ways. Fortunately for Lars, Eddie’s subconscious rage stirs his creative juices like nothing else.

What was supposed to be a peace-brokering trip between estranged friends quickly turns into a fight for their lives in Kate Aselton’s new drama-turned-horror film. When a dinner party goes wrong, three women need to find a way to escape a remote island off the coast of Maine. This deliberately common horror scenario is revitalized in the hands of Aselton, who blends Hollywood, independent, and b-movie sensibilities into something entirely new. Black Rock (written by Aselton’s husband Mark Duplass) premiered at Sundance.

The chilling debut from Brandon Cronenberg, son of famed filmmaker David Cronenberg, Antiviral premiered at the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes. This dystopian thriller takes celebrity worship to a new extreme as customers of a specialized cosmetic clinic are injected with diseases extracted from their favorite superstars. One clinician becomes terminally ill when he injects himself with a disease that killed a world-renowned actress, and now the whole world wants a piece of him before he dies.

The use of dead car crash victims in the Morgan Brothers' "Blood and Bone" fertilizer company has been a huge boon to business. But it's been months since their last find and an important customer is waiting on a delivery. When Reg Morgan comes across three young people stranded on a remote country road, he sees a radical solution to their supply problems. But things don't quite go to plan when Reg starts forming an attachment to one of their captives.