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Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to north London, where a woman and her four children are being tormented by a poltergeist.

Husband-and-wife Josh and Renai Lambert seek to uncover the secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

When young Dalton Lambert falls into an unexplained coma, his parents are told that he has been astral travelling in his sleep and, unafraid of what he believes are dreams, has wandered too far into a realm called The Further, home to tormented shades of the dead. Only his father Josh, who possesses the same ability of astral travel, can free Dalton, but at what cost?

A widower returns to his home town to find answers to his wife's murder, which he suspects is linked to a murdered ventriloquist from his family's past.

The third film in the Saw franchise, Saw III shows 'Jigsaw' growing increasingly weak from his incurable cancer, and his apprentice starting to add her own twist to the games that they force their victims to endure.

The first film in the Saw franchise, Saw introduces 'Jigsaw', a killer whose complex and sadistic traps are designed to 'test' his victims.

When young couple Jamie and Melinda find themselves trapped in another world known as Exile, Jamie must seek out Melinda.

The first feature-length film from James Wan, who was to go on to direct Saw, and his fellow RMIT student Shannon Young, Stygian is now rare and difficult to access: though it did do the festival circuit on release, it has never been released on DVD.

At the time of its release at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, however, the reviewer noted that 'Stygian allows its ambition to exceed its ability as it puts its highly capable male lead through a feature length chase sequence. This action fantasy does require audience stamina but packs itself with invention especially in the area of make-up special effects.'

Source: Senses of Cinema festival report (http://sensesofcinema.com/2000/festival-reports/muff-2/). (Sighted: 12/7/2012)