Tout Est Horreur! Tout Est Folie!

The Iron Rose AKA La Rose de Fer, Jean Rollin, 1972, 85 mins

This is one of Rollin’s rarest films, and a true treat for fans. Centred on a young couple who make love in an abandoned tomb and find themselves trapped for the night among the graves and crypts of a massive cemetery. The pair frantically try to escape the haunted grounds but all in vain as they are slowly overtaken by hysteria and finally death.

13 Notes in Red AKA 13 Notes en Rouge, François Gaillard, 2020, 75 mins

If you open you eyes now… It’s going to hurt a lot

After a drunken evening, Charlotte wakes up in the middle of the night on her bed. While she has no memory of the past few hours, she hears her co-tenant being violently attacked in her room…

The Cursed Island AKA L’île Maudite, Sylvain Malin, 2020, 56 mins

A gothic tale of superstition, fear, and isolation… A remote fishing community finds its very way of life under threat when none of the men return from their fishing trip, and demonic strangers appear in the woods. As they realise they are not as alone on the island, their thoughts, suspicions, despair, and unease grow… and as one of them seems to go into labour tensions escalate further. What can these mysterious interlopers possibly want?