Screamfest LA

A family is terrorised by an evil presence in their new home, built on the site of a medieval prison. Directed by: Jeffrey Scott Collins Starring: Tamzin Merchant, Edmund Kingsley, Whoopie van Raam Stop me if you've heard this one before: a struggling writer hopes to get his mojo back when he moves his family into a secluded property that, unfortunately for all involved, happens to be haunted.

A mysterious record causes a woman to lose the ability to hear men's voices. Directed by: Abner Pastoll Starring: Sarah Bolger, Sungsoo Yune, Ko Asung Nervous boasts arguably the year's most arresting horror premise - what if a woman lost the ability to hear men's voices? It might be the first horror movie that causes its female audience to envy its protagonist, as what woman hasn't wished she could drown out the sound of a man at some point?

A horror writer's childhood nightmares turn real when she returns to her home to visit her dying father. Directed by: Martín Florio Starring: Mayra Hermosillo, Rocío de la Mañana, Luis Felipe Tovar This Uruguayan chiller sees director Martin Florio mash up two distinctly different horror sub-genres. As its title suggests, Insecta is a creature feature centred on a creepy crawly, and a nasty little bugger it is too.