Stan Steinbichler in Doug Rao’s 'DIRTY BOY'
October 2025 Indie Film Releases: UK & US — Dates, Trailers & Where to Watch
Explore the latest independent film releases for October 2025 across the UK and US, including new horror, drama, sci-fi, and thrillers. This month’s lineup features digital premieres, theatrical runs, and DVD/Blu-ray releases — with official trailers for every title.
From gritty British dramas to chilling American horror, BritFlicks highlights standout indie films worth a look.
📅 Scroll down for trailers, story summaries, release dates, and where to watch.
October 2025 Film Releases
📅 October TBC – THE WORKOUT (VOD – US)
📅 October 1 – SUNDAY AT IL POSTO ACCANTO (Streaming – Apple TV)
📅 October 2 – THE OVERSHADOW PARABLES (Theatrical Premiere – USA)
📅 October 3 – WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL? (Theatrical – Los Angeles & Brooklyn, USA)
📅 October 3 – AN AMERICAN ABROAD (Digital HD & DVD – North America)
📅 October 3 – THE PARTISAN (Theatrical – UK)
📅 October 3 – STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR (Theatrical – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 3 – CHAPERONE (Digital & On Demand – US)
📅 October 3 – STELLA STEVENS: THE LAST STARLET (Digital HD – US)
📅 October 6 – DELIVERY RUN (Digital Platforms – UK)
📅 October 6 – THE SEVERED SUN (Digital Platforms – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 6 – FACE THE MUSIC, GREYSON GREY (Digital – UK)
📅 October 7 – INTHRALLED (Digital – Worldwide)
📅 October 7 – LOST CONTACT: UFOS AFTER WARTIME (Digital Platforms – US)
📅 October 7 – STELLA STEVENS: THE LAST STARLET (DVD – US)
📅 October 7 – BORLEY RECTORY: THE AWAKENING (Digital – USA)
📅 October 10 – DIARIO, MUJER & CAFÉ (Limited Theatrical – US)
📅 October 10 – AMERICAN SKYJACKER (Select Theaters – US)
📅 October 10 – IRON LADIES (Theatrical – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 13 – WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE (Digital – UK)
📅 October 13 – BORLEY RECTORY: THE AWAKENING (DVD & Digital – UK)
📅 October 13 – HELLOWEEN (Blu-ray – UK)
📅 October 14 – STINGER (Digital – Worldwide)
📅 October 14 – THE BOAT (Digital & VOD – North America)
📅 October 14 – THE MANNEQUIN (Digital, VOD, Blu-ray & DVD – US)
📅 October 15 – DIRTY BOY (Digital Platforms – UK)
📅 October 17 – BAD BOY (Select Cinemas – UK)
📅 October 17 – GLADIATOR UNDERGROUND (Digital – US)
📅 October 17 – DELIVERY RUN (Select Theaters, Digital & On Demand – US)
📅 October 20 – BOSTON KICKOUT (One-Night Screening + Q&A – London, Picturehouse Central)
📅 October 20 – BAD BOY (Digital Platforms – UK)
📅 October 20 – STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR (DVD, Blu-ray & Digital – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 21 – LUDERDALE (Digital HD & DVD – North America)
📅 October 21 – SOMEONE DIES! (Digital & VOD – US)
📅 October 24–31 – THE LAST SACRIFICE (Special Halloween Screenings + Q&As – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 27 – DIAMOND SKY (Digital – UK)
📅 October 27 – BOSTON KICKOUT (Digital – UK)
📅 October 27 – THE DRAFT! (Digital Platforms – UK & Ireland)
📅 October 31 – SELF-HELP (Theatrical – US)
#BostonKickout #PaulHills #JohnSimm #MarcWarren #AndrewLincoln #EmerMcCourt #BluebellFilms #4KRestoration #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'BOSTON KICKOUT' – ’90s Brit Classic Returns in 4K for 30th Anniversary
📍 Starring: John Simm, Marc Warren, Andrew Lincoln, Emer McCourt
📍 Genre: Drama (Coming-of-Age, Crime)
📍 Restoration: Brand-new 4K restoration supervised by Paul Hills (30th Anniversary Edition)
📍 Home Entertainment: Limited Edition 4K/Blu-ray Box Set — November 3, 2025 (Bluebell Films); Standard DVD/Blu-ray — November 17, 2025.
📍 Certificate: 18 | Running Time: 1h 50m
🎬 Synopsis: Early ’90s Stevenage. Phil (John Simm) and his mates drift from school into a spiral of unemployment, violence and drugs. As friends peel away and bad choices close in, Phil is pulled between the banal and the criminal—until a family jolt forces momentous decisions. A raw, era-defining snapshot with a killer ’90s soundtrack (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Oasis).
#TheLastSacrifice #RupertRussell #FolkHorror #TrueCrimeDoc #Antiworlds #HalloweenScreenings #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'THE LAST SACRIFICE' – The Real Murder That Inspired Folk Horror
📍 Distributor: Anti-worlds
📍 Genre: Documentary, True Crime, Folk Horror
📍 Score: Mike Lindsay (Tunng) — limited-edition vinyl from October 28 (Weird Walk Record Cult)
📍 Certificate: 15 (TBC)
📍 Running Time: 94 minutes
📍 Screening Notes (Select dates include Q&As with Rupert Russell)
🎬 Synopsis: A chilling deep-dive into the unsolved 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton—the real-life case that helped inspire The Wicker Man and seeded Britain’s folk horror. The film traces the occult anxieties, rituals, and cultural undercurrents that shaped a genre and still echo today.
📅 October 24 – THE LAST SACRIFICE (Theatrical – Dublin, IFI Horrorthon)
📅 October 28 – THE LAST SACRIFICE (Theatrical + Q&A – London, The Nickel)
📅 October 30 – THE LAST SACRIFICE (Theatrical + Q&As – Manchester HOME; Edinburgh The Cameo; Epsom Cinema; London Finsbury Park Cinema; Liverpool FACT; Liverpool The Plaza Community Cinema)
📅 October 31 – THE LAST SACRIFICE (Theatrical + Q&A – Lewes, Depot Cinema)
(November previews to list on your November page: Nov 1 London Picturehouse Central + Q&A; Nov 1 Lancaster The Dukes; Date TBC Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre.)
'LUDERDALE' – A Mystery-Thriller of Outsiders, Secrets & Survival
📍 Produced by: Thom Mills, Wendy Winston, Melissa Vitello
📍 Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media (Allen Media Group)
📍 Starring: John Gargan (‘Hutch’), Austin Valli (‘Nicky’), Christian Shupe (‘Tommy’), Ayden Skye (‘Candy’), Joe Chambrello (‘Mr. J’), Sophie Swiszcz (‘Lude Girl’), Rachel Lookshin (‘Violet’)
📍 Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
🎬 Synopsis: Fort Lauderdale, 1980. Two cousins hiding out in a shuttered beachfront hotel are discovered by a young drifter who turns up at their door. As local dealers and New York mobsters close in, distrust gives way to a fragile alliance—tested by buried secrets, shifting loyalties, and a mysterious woman living at the far end of the hotel.
#DIARIOMUJERYCAFE #RoselynSánchez #FreestyleDigitalMedia #AngélicaVale #ClarissaMolina #EricWinter #PuertoRico #Dramedy #October2025Releases #November2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'DIARIO, MUJER & CAFÉ' – Friendship, Reinvention & an Island Road-Trip
📍 Writer/Director: Roselyn Sánchez
📍 Produced by: Roselyn Sánchez, Anne Clements, Frances Lausell, Andrés Ramírez Molina, Paul Kampf
📍 Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media (Allen Media Group)
📍 Starring: Angélica Vale (‘Fabi’), Marisé Álvarez (‘Sol’), Karla Monroig (‘Ana María’), Angelique “Burbu” Burgos (‘Bianca’), Clarissa Molina (‘Ximena’), Charytín (‘Mami Chucha’), Eric Winter (‘Chef Matthew’)
📍 Genre: Dramedy, Adventure
📍 US Limited Theatrical Dates & Venues:
– Oct 10–16: Studio Movie Grill, Kissimmee, FL
– Oct 17–23: Look Dine-In W. 57th St., New York, NY
– Oct 24–30: Regal City North 14, Chicago, IL
– Oct 31–Nov 6: Look Dine-In Cinema, Downey, CA; AMC Universal CityWalk, Universal City, CA
📍 North America Digital & DVD: November 14, 2025 (Digital HD, cable/satellite; DVD)
🎬 Synopsis: Four lifelong friends—the “Tiki Tikis”—reunite for a whirlwind trip across Puerto Rico. What starts as carefree escape becomes an adventure of laughter, mishaps, and rediscovery, from Old San Juan’s streets to hidden beaches and rainforest havens. A heartfelt celebration of female friendship, resilience, and embracing change.
'SELF-HELP' – A Young Woman Infiltrates a Deadly “Self-Actualization” Community
📍 Writers/Producers: Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist
📍 Starring: Jake Weber, Landry Bender, Madison Lintz, Amy Hargreaves, Erik Bloomquist, Carol Cadby, Blaque Fowler, Adam Weppler
📍 Genre: Horror, Thriller
📍 Notes: Mischief Night sneak previews on October 30; North American VOD/streaming follows in early 2026 via Cineverse/Bloody Disgusting.
📍 Runtime: 85 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.
#SelfHelp #ErikBloomquist #CarsonBloomquist #MainframePictures #Cineverse #BloodyDisgusting #Horror #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'SOMEONE DIES!' – Lo-Fi Time-Travel Comedy of Errors (from Houston)
📍 Writer/Director: Justin Petty
📍 Production: Hidden Jim Pictures; in association with Monster Closet
📍 Starring: Joseph Graham, Amy Anderson, John Wessling, Adam Edwards, Anthony Obi (Fat Tony), Lindsay Gustin
📍 Director of Photography: Michael Langhausen
📍 Makeup/Practical Effects: Michael Comeaux
📍 Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Indie
📍 Running Time: 86 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: Driven by a cryptic note about his daughter’s safety, deadbeat-dad detective Jim Jenkins blunders into an apartment where two strangers are trading a “suicide sword.” The trio uncover a time-manipulating kitchen sink that might fix Jim’s mess—if they can survive their own chaos, the Russians, and the rules of time.
#SomeoneDies #JustinPetty #JosephGraham #AmyAnderson #JohnWessling #FatTony #HiddenJimPictures #MonsterCloset #LoFiSciFi #TimeTravelComedy #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'DIAMOND SKY' – A Mind-Bending Heist Through Love and Delusion
📍 Director: Felix Mackenzie (feature debut)
📍 Starring: Amanda Abbington, Elena Rivers
📍 Distributor: Reel2Reel Films
📍 Genre: Psychological Thriller, Heist, Romance
📍 UK Digital Release: October 27, 2025
🎬 Synopsis: A fractured love story collides with a high-stakes heist when young dreamer Alice (Elena Rivers) falls for a pauper she imagines as a prince. As fantasy becomes more seductive than reality, her realist mother (Amanda Abbington) watches desire curdle into danger in a hypnotic tale where all that glitters is not gold.
DIAMONDSKY #FelixMackenzie #AmandaAbbington #ElenaRivers #Reel2ReelFilms #PsychologicalThriller #Heist #UKDigitalRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'STINGER' – Gritty Action–Sci-Fi Thriller of Survival and Control
📍 Writer/Director/Star: Tony Garcia
📍 Produced by: Giorgio Schiavone (Take3 Ent LLC)
📍 Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures
📍 Starring: Tony Garcia, Amanda Tyson, Andy Szuran, Ronald Joseph, Richard Baines, Nada Price, Tashi Simmons, Douglas “Pioneer” Lacey
📍 Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
📍 Language: English
📍 Production Country: US
📍 Running Time: 91 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: Street dealer Vince Pazito is reeling from his brother’s cancer diagnosis, a breakup, and a volatile new romance when disgraced scientist Dr. Yawa doses him with a mind-control drug. Forced into a violent fight for survival, Vince teams with friend Gizmo to hunt the rogue doctor while navigating betrayal, dirty cops, and the cost of loyalty.
#STINGER #TonyGarcia #BreakingGlassPictures #ActionSciFi #IndieFilm #WorldwideRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'THE BOAT' – An Italian Yacht Trip Turns into a Fight for Survival
📍 Written by: Gianluca Ansanelli, Nicola Salerno, Ciro Zecca
📍 Produced by: Marco Belardi (Lotus Production)
📍 Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures
📍 Starring: Marco Bocci, Diane Fleri, Filippo Nigro, Marina Rocco, Caterina Shulha, Alessandro Tiberi, Eduardo Valdarnini
📍 Genre: Thriller, International
📍 Language: Italian
📍 Running Time: 91 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: Three couples set sail on a luxury Mediterranean yacht—but the voyage turns nightmarish when they become stranded with no fuel, food, or water. As a sinister voice on the radio manipulates their every move, paranoia mounts and buried secrets surface, pushing them to the edge.
#TheBoat #AlessioLiguori #BreakingGlassPictures #ItalianThriller #LotusProduction #NorthAmericaRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'BAD BOY' – The Real-Life Fight of Jeremy “Bad Boy” Bailey
📍 Directors: Terry Stone, Richard Turner
📍 Featuring: Jeremy “Bad Boy” Bailey, Michael Bisping, Terry Stone, Bailey’s lawyer (interviews)
📍 Genre: Documentary, True Crime, Sports
📍 Distributor: Miracle Media (UK)
🎬 Synopsis: A feature documentary charting the turbulent life of MMA and kickboxing champion Jeremy “Bad Boy” Bailey, whose name became entwined with the UK’s largest cash heist—the 2006 Securitas depot robbery. Through new interviews and archival accounts, the film follows Bailey’s battles in the ring and in court as he fights to clear his name and rebuild his life through his Basingstoke gym.
#BadBoy #JeremyBailey #TerryStone #RichardTurner #MichaelBisping #MiracleMedia #TrueCrime #MMA #UKRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'INTHRALLED' – A Family Curse Unleashed Across Generations
📍 Written by: Douglas Bankston, Kate Siegenthaler
📍 Produced by: Glenngary Productions
📍 Starring: Annie Sullivan, Alanna Hamill Newton, Kelcey Watson, Philip Paz, Brad Adams
📍 Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures
📍 Genre: Supernatural, Thriller, Horror
📍 Festival: Premiere at Fayetteville Film Fest (Arkansas)
📍 Running Time: 112 minutes
📍 Rating: TV-14
🎬 Synopsis: When a widowed mother returns to her childhood home with her daughter decades after a shocking tragedy, an ancient family curse resurfaces. A forbidden book reveals terrifying secrets that threaten to carry the curse into the next generation—through the daughter and her unborn child.
#INTHRALLED #BreakingGlassPictures #DouglasBankston #KateSiegenthaler #SupernaturalThriller #Horror #WorldwideRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL?' – Found-Footage Horror of Buried Family Secrets
📍 Writer/Director: Danny Villanueva Jr.
📍 Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
📍 Starring: Asya Meadows, Lisa Wilcox, Michael Hargrove, Arlene Armone Bibbs, Steven Alonte
📍 Genre: Horror, Found Footage, Psychological
📍 Festival: Fantastic Fest (2024)
📍 Theatrical Expansion: October 10, 2025 — Alamo Drafthouse (Los Angeles, New York City, Austin)
📍 US Digital & VOD Release: October 21, 2025
📍 Special Event: October 24, 2025 — Kenosha Public Library screening (Kenosha, WI)
🎬 Synopsis: Ozzie Gray (Asya Meadows) begins documenting her mental-health journey and unearths disturbing memories of a childhood attack by her grandmother, Dorothy Bell. Her search leads to a haunted hometown library tied to a sinister urban legend, where mixed-format footage—video diaries, CCTV, and camcorder tapes—blurs truth and terror in a story of generational trauma and secrets kept “for protection.”
'AN AMERICAN ABROAD' – A Globe-Trotting Romantic Comedy
📍 Written by: Marcia Kimpton, Brian Gross, Justin McAleece
📍 Produced by: Marcia Kimpton, Justin McAleece, Diederik de Man
📍 Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media (Allen Media Group)
📍 Starring: Marcia Kimpton, Brian Gross, Jacy King
📍 Genre: Romantic Comedy, Travel
🎬 Synopsis: A free-spirited travel host drags her buttoned-up boyfriend through Greece, Turkey, South Africa, France, Amsterdam and more—mixing shark dives, walking safaris, and street dancing with a budding TV series. As the crew films across seven countries, clashing personalities turn a dream trip into a trial by itinerary. Can they find common ground before love (or the crew) mutinies?
#AnAmericanAbroad #MarciaKimpton #BrianGross #FreestyleDigitalMedia #RomCom #TravelComedy #NorthAmericaRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE' – A Supernatural Mockumentary Mayhem
📍 Writer/Director: Steven Nesbit
📍 Starring: Steven Nesbit, Jennifer Bryer, Michael Flores, Kristina E. Howard, Marilee Ensign, Morris Featherstone, Austin Roy Green, David Ralph, TK Howard
📍 Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mockumentary
📍 UK Digital Release: October 13, 2025 — Miracle Media
🎬 Synopsis: When an inept paranormal investigation team is betrayed from within, they’re forced to band together to tackle evil entities—both human and supernatural. Writer-director Steven Nesbit makes his acting debut as cash-strapped ghost hunter Wallace Peebles in this wry, mockumentary spin on spooky-season chaos.
#WallacePeeblesParanormalInspectre #StevenNesbit #MiracleMedia #ComedyHorror #Mockumentary #UKDigitalRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'FACE THE MUSIC, GREYSON GREY' – A Musical Romcom with an Early-2000s Vibe
📍 Writer/Director: Stefanie Hubbard
📍 Producer/Composer: Kalani Hubbard
📍 Distributor: Miracle Media
📍 Genre: Romantic Comedy, Musical
🎬 Synopsis: From writer-director Stefanie Hubbard and producer-composer Kalani Hubbard, this musical romcom follows Greyson Grey on a fame-chasing journey where on-stage performances and original songs collide with an enemies-to-lovers spark. A light, feel-good story with live musical numbers and a toe-tapping soundtrack.
#FaceTheMusicGreysonGrey #StefanieHubbard #KalaniHubbard #MiracleMedia #MusicalRomCom #UKDigitalRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'AMERICAN SKYJACKER' – The True-Crime Story of Martin McNally
📍 Written & Directed by: Eli Kooris, Joshua Shaffer
📍 Genre: Documentary, True Crime
📍 In Select Theaters (US): October 10–30, 2025
📍 Digital & VOD (US): November 17, 2025
📍 Production Company: Pegalo Pictures
📍 Running Time: 97 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: In June 1972, Martin “Mac” McNally hijacked an American Airlines 727 out of St. Louis and parachuted with $500,000—echoing the infamous D.B. Cooper case. Through McNally’s own words, cinematic reenactments, and archival materials, the film traces a stranger-than-fiction saga of skyjackings, prison breaks, and survival.
(Note: runs in select theaters Oct 10–30, 2025; Digital & VOD follows Nov 17.)
#AmericanSkyjacker #EliKooris #JoshuaShaffer #PegaloPictures #TrueCrime #Documentary #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'GLADIATOR UNDERGROUND' – Bone-Crunching Underground Tournament Action
📍 Starring: D.Y. Sao, Andy Le, Brian Le
📍 Genre: Action, Martial Arts
📍 Festival: World Premiere at Big Bad Film Fest (Aug 2025) with cast/crew Q&A. ACTION-FLIX.COM+1
📍 US Digital Release: October 17, 2025. YouTube+2YouTube+2
🎬 Synopsis: Estranged brothers enter the world’s deadliest underground fighting tournament, where crime lords rig the match-ups and even the weapons. To survive, they must decide whether to play by the rules—or break them. Big Bad Film
#GladiatorUnderground #ChayaSupannarat #DYSao #AndyLe #BrianLe #MartialClub #MartialArts #ActionMovie #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'LOST CONTACT: UFOS AFTER WARTIME' – The Thomas Mantell Case Reexamined
📍 Production Company: Small Town Monsters
📍 Genre: Documentary, History
📍 US Digital Release: October 7, 2025 (Prime Video; Vimeo On Demand)
🎬 Synopsis: Small Town Monsters investigates the tragic 1948 pursuit of an unidentified flying object by WWII veteran Capt. Thomas Mantell Jr., the only known U.S. service member to lose his life during a UFO chase. Set against a backdrop of World War II–era sightings, the film traces the timeline of events and the enduring impact on Mantell’s family, revisiting one of postwar America’s most controversial aerial mysteries.
#LostContact #UFOsAfterWartime #ThomasMantell #SmallTownMonsters #UFO #Documentary #USDigitalRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
#StellaStevensTheLastStarlet #AndrewStevens #FreestyleDigitalMedia #AllenMediaGroup #Documentary #OldHollywood #WomenInFilm #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'STELLA STEVENS: THE LAST STARLET' – A Life and Legacy from Old Hollywood to New
📍 Written & Produced by: Andrew Stevens
📍 Executive Producers: Rick Moore, Adam Biddle, Hicham Benkirane
📍 Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media (Allen Media Group)
📍 Genre: Documentary, Biography
📍 Limited Theatrical (Q&A): September 30, 2025 — Laemmle Royal West, Los Angeles (one night)
📍 Interviewees/Participants include: Quentin Tarantino, Vivica A. Fox, Kin Shriner, Sandie Newton, Leonard Maltin, Andrew Stevens, Barbra Luna, Fred Specktor, Courtney Joyner, Fred Olen Ray, Cathy St. George, John O'Brien, Dennis McDougal, Aubrey Stevens, Steven Seligman, Donna Weinberger, Melinda Kubick, Kat Campbell, Bruce Kulick, Lisa Kulick; reenactments featuring Lindsey Kongsore as Stella Stevens
🎬 Synopsis: A portrait of Stella Stevens—one of Hollywood’s last true “starlets” who became a leading actress and a vocal advocate for women’s rights—tracing her career from the final days of the studio system into New Hollywood. The film examines her artistry, activism, and resilience through new interviews and archival reflections, guided by filmmaker Andrew Stevens.
'BORLEY RECTORY: THE AWAKENING' – A Haunting Based on “True Events”
📍 Writers: Steven M. Smith, Christopher Jolley
📍 Producers: Steven M. Smith, Louisa Warren
📍 Production Companies: Amplifier Films; Greenway Entertainment
📍 Starring: Julian Glover, Patsy Kensit, Mark Wingett, Vicki Michelle, Helen Lederer, Jess Inchbald, Corneille Dion Williams, Charlotte Luxford, Jenna Wilson, Lora Hristova, with Simon Phillips, Lee Brown, Samantha Anderson
📍 Genre: Horror, Supernatural
🎬 Synopsis: 1900, Essex. Newly installed Reverend Henry Bull and his sister Kitty take over the family home at Borley Rectory and soon face terrifying paranormal disturbances. To protect their mother and sisters, they enlist a family friend to uncover the origin of the haunting at what is widely called “the most haunted house in England.”
#BorleyRectoryTheAwakening #StevenMSmith #JulianGlover #PatsyKensit #MarkWingett #VickiMichelle #HelenLederer #AmplifierFilms #GreenwayEntertainment #Horror #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'THE DRAFT!' – Wild Indonesian Horror-Comedy of Fate and Survival
📍 Genre: Horror, Comedy
📍 Festivals: Screened at Fantastic Fest
📍 UK & Ireland Digital Release: October 27, 2025 — Blue Finch Films
📍 Running Time: 84 minutes.
📍 Certificate: 15
🎬 Synopsis: Five college friends head to a remote villa for a weekend away. Fun turns to terror when a powerful dark force traps them in what feels like a horror film itself; to survive, they must outwit the “draft” that seems to control their fate.
#TheDraft #YusronFuadi #BlueFinchFilms #IndonesianHorror #HorrorComedy #FantasticFest #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'THE SEVERED SUN' – Folk-Horror in an Isolated Religious Community
📍 Writer/Director: Dean Puckett
📍 Starring: Emma Appleton, Toby Stephens, Jodhi May
📍 Genre: Folk Horror, Supernatural
📍 Select Q&A Screenings: From September 29, 2025 (UK & Ireland)
📍 UK & Ireland Digital Release: October 6, 2025
📍 Distributor: Blue Finch Films
📍 Running Time: 80 minutes
📍 Certificate: 15
🎬 Synopsis: In an isolated religious community, The Pastor’s daughter Magpie kills her abusive husband, unknowingly unleashing a malevolent presence — a mysterious beast with shimmering white eyes. The feature debut of writer/director Dean Puckett, whose shorts (The Sermon, The Devil’s Footprints, Satan’s Bite) have played BFI Flare, Sitges and FrightFest, starring Emma Appleton, Toby Stephens and Jodhi May.
#TheSeveredSun #DeanPuckett #EmmaAppleton #TobyStephens #JodhiMay #BlueFinchFilms #FolkHorror #UKDigitalRelease #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'THE MANNEQUIN' – Haunted Factory Horror in Downtown L.A.
📍 Written by: John Berardo
📍 Produced by: Maxwell Hamilton, Ashely Nicole Rosenberg, Johnson Lee, Sanjay Belani, John Berardo, Carly Sturgeon
📍 Starring: Isabella Gomez, Lindsay Lavanchy, Shireen Lai, Maxwell Hamilton, Gabriella Rivera, with Krystle Martin and Jack Sochet
📍 Genre: Horror
📍 US Home Release: October 14, 2025 (Digital, VOD, Blu-ray & DVD)
📍 Distributor: Jackrabbit Media
📍 Certificate: Not Rated
📍 Running Time: 85 minutes
🎬 Synopsis: Liana Rojas, a creatively starved stylist’s assistant, discovers that the historic Downtown Los Angeles factory where her fashion-designer sister died is haunted by the ghost of a studio headshot photographer who murdered and dismembered victims half a century ago. She and her friends must find a way to break the curse and escape before they become the killer’s next victims.
#TheMannequin #JohnBerardo #IsabellaGomez #JackrabbitMedia #Horror #October2025Releases #britflicks #BritFlicksYouTube
'SUNDAY AT IL POSTO ACCANTO' – NYC restaurant-set indie comedy
📍 Director: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld. Apple TV
📍 Starring: Victor Rasuk, Danny Hoch, Judy Marte (with Il Posto Accanto owners Julio Pena & Beatrice Tosti di Valminuta). Apple TV+1
📍 Genre: Comedy, Indie. Rotten Tomatoes
📍 NYC Special Screenings: September 29 & 30, 2025 — Maysles Documentary Center (Harlem). Maysles Documentary Center+2
📍 Digital Release: October 1, 2025 — Apple TV (TVOD). Apple TV+1
🎬 Synopsis: Filmed over six days inside East Village mainstay Il Posto Accanto during the Covid era, this heartfelt, funny love letter to neighborhood restaurants blends professional actors with the real owners and patrons to capture resilience, friendship, and community. Sunday at Il Posto Accanto+1
#SundayAtIlPostoAccanto #SethZviRosenfeld #VictorRasuk #DannyHoch #JudyMarte #Filmhub #Comedy #NYC #AlphabetCity #AppleTV #appleTVplus #britflicks #britflicksYouTub
'THE PARTISAN' – WWII Espionage Thriller Inspired by Krystyna Skarbek
📍 Starring: Morgane Polanski, Malcolm McDowell, Steven Waddington, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Frederick Schmidt, Grégoire Colin, Piotr Adamczyk, Agata Kulesza
📍 Genre: War, Espionage, Drama
📍 World Premiere: September 30, 2025
📍 UK Theatrical Release: October 3, 2025
📍 UK Home Release: October 27, 2025 (Digital & DVD) — High Fliers Films
🎬 Synopsis: Budapest, 1939. Fearless and headstrong Krystyna Skarbek persuades a British agent known only as “Trenchcoat” to send her into Nazi-occupied Poland to gather intelligence and save her mother. Years later, hardened by war, she’s parachuted into southern France to assess a fractured Resistance and authorise a critical weapons drop. Defying orders in the face of betrayal, Krystyna leads a daring counter-move that will define her legacy as Britain’s most audacious female spy.
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'DELIVERY RUN' – US & UK Releases (Saban Films / Plaion Pictures)
📍 Genre: Thriller
📍 US Release (Select Theaters, Digital & On Demand): October 17, 2025 — Saban Films
📍 UK Digital Release: October 6, 2025 — Plaion Pictures
📍 Distributor: Saban Films (US); Plaion Pictures (UK)
📍 Running Time: 81 minutes (UK press)
📍 Certificate: 15 (UK); R (US)
🎬 Synopsis: Stranded on icy mountain roads, a delivery man is hunted by a mysterious snowplow driver with deadly intent. With the night closing in and nowhere to run, Lee must fight for his survival against a relentless killer.
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'THE OVERSHADOW PARABLES' – A Supernatural Thriller of Fame, Faith & Power
📍 Writer/Director: Jimmy Drain
📍 Produced by: Jimmy Drain, Bob Bagnall, Eric Cartwright, Joseph Williamson
📍 Music by: Adrian Croom
📍 Production Company: ThunderKnight Entertainment Ltd.
📍 Starring: Erika Monet Butters, Aeon Cruz, Eric Cartwright, Sarah Kornhauser, CJ Dunning, Natalie Riley, Alexis Amore, Aaron Robinson, Mohawk Bob Bagnall, Dawna Lee Heising, Vernon Wells
📍 Genre: Supernatural Thriller
📍 Premiere Details: October 2, 2025 — Los Angeles, California (double feature with SHOOT FROM THE HIP: RISE OF THE PHANTOM)
🎬 Synopsis: Nalum Bramlett (Erika Monet Butters), a renowned pop singer and high priestess, pursues the legendary Dagger of Destiny — an artifact of immense power. As her quest entwines celebrity and occult forces, she becomes a formidable threat to anyone in her path, revealing a world where fame and mysticism collide.
'IRON LADIES' – Working-Class Women at the Heart of the 1984–85 Miners’ Strike
📍 Production Company: Shut Out The Light Films
📍 Contributors: Heather Woods, Betty Cook, Rose Hunter, Lorraine Stansbie, Linda Erskine, Kate Alvey, Kate Flannery, Aggie Currie, Liz French, Christine Powell, Linda Allbutt, Kay Sutcliffe, Juliana Heron, Carol Ross, Janet Wilson-Cunningham, Maxine Penkethman, Sue Poitrowki, Sally Higgins, Kay Case, Lynn Gibson
📍 Genre: Documentary
📍 UK & Ireland Theatrical Release: October 10, 2025
📍 Running Time: 98 minutes
📍 Certificate: 12A
🎬 Synopsis: From Scotland down to Kent, working-class women from the coalfields recount how they became the backbone of the 1984–85 Miners’ Strike. Their year-long struggle reshaped political activism for working-class women and continues to resonate today. Directed by Daniel Draper (Nature of the Beast), the film shines a light on previously overlooked narratives and celebrates the iron-willed women who sustained their communities through crisis.
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'THE WORKOUT' – A Home-Gym Revenge Thriller Captured on Camera
📍 Director: James Cullen Bressack
📍 Screenplay by: James Cullen Bressack, David Josh Lawrence
📍 Starring: Peter Jae, Galadriel Stineman, Josh Kelly, Ashlee Evans-Smith, Kristos Andrews, Augie Duke, David Josh Lawrence, BJ Hendricks
📍 Genre: Action, Thriller
📍 US Theatrical Release: August 27, 2025 (limited, Anchor Bay Entertainment)
📍 US VOD Release: October 2025 (Insurgence)
🎬 Synopsis: Army Ranger Wyatt Park (Peter Jae) and his pregnant wife Becca (Galadriel Stineman) are filming a workout video in their private gym when a mob hit shatters their lives. Becca is killed, their unborn child is saved, and Wyatt—joined by brother-in-law Levi (Josh Kelly)—sets out on a relentless mission of vengeance, documenting every step so the child will one day understand what happened.
'HELLOWEEN' – Killer Clown Horror Set Amid the 2016 Craze
📍 Screenplay by: Phil Claydon
📍 Produced by: Shogun Films
📍 Starring: Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Michael Paré, Ronan Summers
📍 Genre: Horror, Thriller
📍 UK Digital Release: September 29, 2025 (Miracle Media)
📍 Distributor: Miracle Media (UK Digital); 101 Films (UK Blu-ray); Vertical (US)
🎬 Synopsis: Set during the 2016 “killer clown” craze, embattled psychiatrist Dr Ellen Marks (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott) teams with American journalist John Parker (Michael Paré) to trace a wave of clown-fuelled violence back to incarcerated serial killer Carl Cane (Ronan Summers). When Cane escapes, Marks races to protect her daughters as the cult of clown threatens to spiral into nationwide chaos — and something even darker.
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'CHAPERONE' – A Stirring Coming-of-Age Drama from Hawai’i
📍 Screenplay by: Zoë Eisenberg
📍 Produced by: Alison Week, Devin Murphy
📍 Executive Produced by: Adam Wong, Lauran Bromley, Gill Holland, Gerard Elmore
📍 Starring: Mitzi Akaha, Laird Akeo, Kanoa Goo, Krista Alvarez, Jessica Jade Andres, Ioane Goodhue
📍 Genre: Drama, Romance
📍 Digital + VOD Release Date: October 3, 2025
📍 Distributor: 1919 Films
🎬 Synopsis: Set in rural Hawai’i and featuring an entirely AANHPI cast, 'CHAPERONE' follows Misha, a 29-year-old woman who lives quietly in the house she inherited from her grandmother. Alienated by her peers and under pressure to conform to societal expectations, she forms a dangerously comforting connection with Jake, a bright 18-year-old who mistakes her for a fellow high school student. As the boundaries blur, CHAPERONE explores the consequences of seeking refuge in unconventional places.
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'DIRTY BOY' – A Psychological Cult Thriller of Paranoia and Survival
📍 Screenplay by: Doug Rao
📍 Produced by: Giles Alderson, Sarah Ann Grill, Marek Lichtenberg
📍 Starring: Graham McTavish, Stan Steinbichler, Susie Porter, Honor Gillies, Alice Lucy, Ruaridh Aldington, Olivia Chenery
📍 Genre: Psychological Thriller
📍 UK Theatrical Release: September 10, 2025 (select cinemas)
📍 UK Digital Release: October 15, 2025
📍 Distributor / Sales: Raven Banner; Firebook Entertainment
📍 Where to watch (UK): Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV / iTunes, Sky Store, Google TV / YouTube Movies, Rakuten TV
🎬 Synopsis: Raised in an oppressive cult, a reclusive schizophrenic discovers he’s being framed by the leaders for ritualistic murders. To prove his innocence, he must save the next victim and destroy the sect from within. Festival highlights include multiple Raindance nominations (Best UK Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Performance – Graham McTavish). Early press reactions: laughs in the face of horror — Dread Central; trippy, acid, hella fun in a twisted way — Cut To The Take.
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'STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR' – The Definitive Story of a Cult Phenomenon
📍 Distributor: Kaleidoscope Entertainment
📍 Genre: Documentary, Music
📍 UK & Ireland Theatrical Release: October 3, 2025
📍 Home Entertainment (UK & Ireland): DVD, Blu-ray & Digital — October 20, 2025
📍 Festivals: SXSW selection; UK premiere at Sheffield DocFest; Audience Award at GAZE Film Festival
📍 Cast/Contributors: Richard O'Brien, Tim Curry, Lou Adler, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Richard Hartley, Jim Sharman, Jack Black, Trixie Mattel
📍 Running Time: 89 minutes
📍 Certificate: 15
🎬 Synopsis: From humble London fringe beginnings to midnight-screening legend, this documentary charts how The Rocky Horror Show became the world’s biggest cult phenomenon. With intimate access to creator Richard O’Brien and key collaborators (including Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and producer Lou Adler), the film explores its transgressive themes, iconic performances, and enduring fan culture across generations.
