THINGS HEARD & SEEN (Cert 15, 121 mins, streaming from April 29 exclusively on Netflix, Thriller/Horror/Romance)
OSCAR nominee Amanda Seyfried and James Norton star in husband and wife Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman's psychological horror torn from the pages of Elizabeth Brundage's acclaimed novel All Things Cease To Appear.
Professor George Clare (Norton) and his wife Catherine (Amanda Seyfried) move to the small New York town of Chosen into a dairy farm that has fallen on hard times since tragedy befell the previous owner.
As the couple settle into new surroundings and raise a young daughter called Franny, the farm's dark past begins to manifest. Catherine experiences phenomena that she is scared to disclose to her cynical husband, whose attention is focused on a flirty female student.
Slowly, Catherine's mental state unravels and she fears that grim history may be repeating itself.
SPRING BLOSSOM (12A, 73 mins)
Released: April 23 (streaming on Curzon Home Cinema)
LEAD actress Suzanne Lindon draws on her experience of first love for an eye-catching debut as writer-director.
Sixteen-year-old Suzanne (Lindon) has adoring parents (Frederic Pierrot and Florence Viala) and an exceedingly comfortable life but the teenager feels disconnected from other people her age. She has little interest in engaging with classmates at her school, who seem to be frittering away their youth.
Every day, Suzanne passes a local theatre and, inside, she meets 35-year-old Raphael (Arnaud Valois). She becomes obsessed with the older man and, despite the troubling age difference, Raphael reciprocates Suzanne's amorous designs.
Sparks fly but the teenager cannot escape a nagging feeling that she is missing out on an important aspect of her childhood by devoting her time to Raphael.
CHICK FIGHT (Cert 15, 97 mins, streaming from April 23 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, Comedy/Action/Drama)
A COFFEE shop worker discovers a new direction in life when she joins an all-female fight club in director Paul Leyden's comedy.
Anna Wyncomb (Malin Akerman) is rudderless, making cappuccinos for strangers while she processes the death of her mother Mary from cancer.
After an unfortunate incident involving a joint, Anna's police officer best Charleen (Dulce Sloan) introduces her to an underground fight club run by Bear (Fortune Feimster). The club was established as a safe space for women to vent their aggression away from judgmental eyes.
Anna's first bout ends in bruising defeat but when she learns that her mother Mary founded the club and was a lioness in the ring, Anna joins forces with former boxing coach Jack Murphy (Alex Baldwin) to hone her fighting skills.
